Study 23 - Luke 9:1-17

1. Verses 1-6. A new development in the work. Picture the twelve itinerating as here described. What lessons would they themselves learn, and what would be the impact on those who saw and heard them?

2. Verses 10-17. What light do these verses throw upon the unselfish love of Jesus, and on His concern for both physical and spiritual needs? Putting yourself in the place of the disciples, what would you have learned from the incident?



Stibbs, A. (1949). Search the Scriptures: The Study Guide to the Bible. Leicester: Inter-Varsity Press.

Study 22 - Luke 8:40-56

1. Verses 43-48. Try to enter into the woman's hopes and fears. What made her touch different from that of the rest of the crowd? Have you any experience and testimony similar to hers?

2. What do these two stories teach us of the importance and nature of faith, and the need to continue in faith?



Stibbs, A. (1949). Search the Scriptures: The Study Guide to the Bible. Leicester: Inter-Varsity Press.

Study 21 - Luke 8:22-39

1. Verses 22-25. 'Where is your faith?' In what way was their faith defective? What did they learn from the incident?

2. Verses 26-39. Compare the man's condition before and after he met Jesus. What evidence can you find of the reality of the change? What may we learn from this about Jesus' power to save?

3. Verses 35-39. What caused the different reactions to Jesus of the cured man and his fellow-countrymen? Why did Jesus grant the request of those who wanted to be rid of Him, and refuse that of the man He had saved?



Stibbs, A. (1949). Search the Scriptures: The Study Guide to the Bible. Leicester: Inter-Varsity Press.

Study 20 - Luke 8:4-21

1. Verses 4-15. What sorts of people do the four kinds of soil represent? What experience have you of the truth of this parable in yourself and in others?

2. Verses 16-21. What do these verses teach of (a) the responsibilities and (b) the priveledges of Jesus' followers?

3. Why did Jesus now adopt the method of teaching by parables (verses 9, 10)? Do verses 4 and 18 provide a clue?



Stibbs, A. (1949). Search the Scriptures: The Study Guide to the Bible. Leicester: Inter-Varsity Press.

Study 19 - Luke 7:36-8:3

1. Compare the Pharisee's attitude to Jesus with that of the woman. How did Jesus answer his criticisms of verse 39? How did the parable of verses 41, 42 appply to him?

2. What made the woman act as she did? Have you a similar incentive? How can it be expressed?



Stibbs, A. (1949). Search the Scriptures: The Study Guide to the Bible. Leicester: Inter-Varsity Press.

Study 18 - Luke 7:18-35

1. Verses 18-23. What exactly was the doubt in John's mind? Do you find a clue to this perplexity in 3:16,17? What is the significance of Jesus' reply?

2. Verses 24-35. How had the Jews gone wrong in their reaction to John's preaching? What had they failed to see? What does Jesus' estimate of John teach us concerning the greatness of our priveledge?



Stibbs, A. (1949). Search the Scriptures: The Study Guide to the Bible. Leicester: Inter-Varsity Press.

Study 17 - Luke 7:1-17

1. Verses 1-10. What are the characteristics of the centurion's approach to Jesus? What can he teach us about a right attitude in prayer?

2. What do we see in these two stories of the character of Jesus (a) of His appreciation of, and love for, people, and (b) of His unique authority?



Stibbs, A. (1949). Search the Scriptures: The Study Guide to the Bible. Leicester: Inter-Varsity Press.