Étude 1 sur 7 · Le Messie Jésus dans la maison du pharisien

  1. Étude 1 : Le Messie Jésus dans la maison du pharisien
  2. Étude 2 : L’invitation chez un pharisien
  3. Étude 3 : Guérison d'un homme atteint d'hydropisie
  4. Étude 4 : Parabole de l'invité prétentieux
  5. Étude 5 : La parabole du pharisien et du publicain
  6. Étude 6 : L’intervention du pharisien Gamaliel
  7. Étude 7 : Saul et le martyre d'Étienne

From the second to the third Passover festival

  • PER117 Jesus the Messiah in the Pharisee’s house

    In Capernaum, Jesus accepts an invitation from a Pharisee named Simon. During the meal, a sinful woman anoints his feet with tears and perfume. Faced with Simon’s contempt, Jesus tells a parable about forgiveness and declares that the woman has been saved by her faith. This episode, recorded only by Luke (7,36-50), illustrates the opposition between the Pharisees’ religious pride and the repentant humility that opens the way to salvation.

    Luke 7.39 (King James Version) :
    Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, he spake within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him: for she is a sinner.
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From the 3rd Passover to the start of the final week

  • PER227 The invitation to a Pharisee's home

    Pericope 227 recounts the invitation extended to the Messiah Jesus by a Pharisee for a meal, reported only by Luke (Lk 11.37). Far from being well-meaning, this invitation seems to be a trap orchestrated to gather accusations against Jesus before witnesses. Aware of what was at stake, Jesus nevertheless accepts the invitation, strengthened by a spiritual assurance that his hour had not yet come. The event probably takes place in Jerusalem, during a journey that Jesus undertakes despite the threats of the religious authorities.

    Luke 11.37 (King James Version) :
    And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat.
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  • PER236 Healing of a man with dropsy

    A man with dropsy is healed by the Messiah Jesus during a Sabbath meal at the house of a Pharisee in Jerusalem. Facing the experts of the law, Jesus asks a question about the lawfulness of healing on the Sabbath, then acts without waiting for their answer. His listeners, unable to reply, remain silent. Luke is the only evangelist to report this episode (Luke 14.2-6), dated 4 December AD 32.

    Luke 14.2-6 (King James Version) :
    And, behold, there was a certain man before him which had the dropsy.And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day?And they held their peace. And he took him, and healed him, and let him go;And answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath day?And they could not answer him again to these things.
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  • PER237 Parable of the Presumptuous Guest

    The Parable of the Presumptuous Guest (Luke 14.7-14), related only by Luke, takes place in the house of a leader of the Pharisees in Jerusalem. There Jesus teaches humility by urging us to choose the last place rather than the first, and selfless generosity by encouraging us to invite the poor and the outcasts rather than those who can repay. These two teachings illustrate the fundamental values of the Kingdom of God: honor comes from God, not from oneself, and true giving will be rewarded at the resurrection of the righteous.

    Luke 14.12-14 (King James Version) :
    Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompence be made thee.But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.
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  • PER254 The Parable of the Pharisee and the Publican

    This article analyzes the parable in Luke 18.9-14, where Jesus teaches that true righteousness before God is founded on humility and not on appearances or spiritual pride, through the figures of the Pharisee and the publican.

    Luke 18.9-14 (King James Version) :
    And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
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Pierre's Ministry

  • ADA023 The Speech by the Pharisee Gamaliel

    Lors d'une session du Sanhédrin au printemps 33, le pharisien Gamaliel intervient pour calmer les ardeurs des sadducéens qui souhaitent faire mourir les apôtres. Par un raisonnement pragmatique s'appuyant sur les précédents de Théudas et Judas le Galiléen, il convainc le conseil d'adopter une position attentiste. Dans la perspective de Luc, ses paroles illustrent un thème central des Actes : l'œuvre de Dieu ne peut être arrêtée par les hommes.

    Acts 5.34 (King James Version) :
    Then stood there up one in the council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in reputation among all the people, and commanded to put the apostles forth a little space;
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  • ADA030 Saul and the Martyrdom of Stephen

    L'article ADA030 analyse Actes 8.1-3 : la première apparition de Saul de Tarse, qui approuve le martyre d'Étienne, et le début d'une grande persécution contre l'Église de Jérusalem. La dispersion des croyants en Judée et Samarie, loin d'être une défaite, devient providentiellement le moteur de l'expansion de l'Évangile, accomplissant la promesse de Jésus en Actes 1.8.

    Acts 9.15 (King James Version) :
    But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:
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