Exegesis Essay

This exegesis report will focus on the Gospel according to Luke 13:10-17. In this narrative, Jesus is teaching in a synagogue on the Sabbath when a woman appears who has been bent over crippled for eighteen years. Jesus cures this woman of her aliment. The leader of the synagogue becomes indignant that Jesus cured on the Sabbath and says to the crowd that work should not be done on the Sabbath. Jesus answers what he did was not work and was allowed on the Sabbath. As one is allowed to provide for

Exegesis Paper In the Old Testament, Heman the Ezrahite, the son of Joel and the grandson of Samuel the judge and prophet of Israel, wrote Psalm 88. This Psalm is a very unique one in that it is the only one that does not end with an assertion of comfort or joy. It is very sad and melancholy and you can tell that it was written by someone in a very depressive state: 1 Lord, you are the God who saves me; day and night I cry out to you. 2 May my prayer come before you; turn your ear to my cry. 3 I

Ty Rex Higginbotham December 2, 2016 Introduction to Scripture Exegesis of a Passage Genesis 18:1-15 The Lord appeared to Abraham near the great trees of Mamre while he was sitting at the entrance to his tent in the heat of the day. 2 Abraham looked up and saw three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he hurried from the entrance of his tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground. 3 He said, “If I have found favor in your eyes, my lord, [a] do not pass your servant by. 4 Let a little water

Exegetical Paper of Ephesians 2:14-22 In Ephesians 2:14-22, Paul writes a letter to the people of Ephesus both Jews and Gentiles of the time, telling them that Christ had broken down the wall of hostility so that they can live in peace and unity. Within this paper, there will be an extensive exegetical look at the history of the passage; what the significance of this passage is to the biblical audience, and the differences between the biblical audience and today’s audience. By studying this passage

After conquering northern Israel in 722 B.C.E., the Assyrians engendered centuries of political intrigue and laid the foundation for future unscrupulous kingdoms and idolatrous people.1 Once the Babylonian empire overthrew Josiah, the King of Judah, Habakkuk began to compose a prophetic book, questioning the ways of God. Above all, Habakkuk could not comprehend why “the evil circumvented the just”2; he thought that the impiety of the world did not correlate with a supposedly just God.3 Throughout

This biblical passage is in Genesis. Its start in genesis chapter 37 and end in chapter 46. This is the story of Joseph and his brothers, the sons of Jacob. When Joseph was born, his father Jacob or Israel was elderly. Joseph had ten half older brothers because they were the sons of his father but not of his mother. When Joseph grew up, his father taught him how to read and write. His father loved him more because he had Joseph in his later ages. When Joseph was around seventeen, he took care of

God’s Mercy for the Ephesian Church: A Look at Ephesians 2:1-7 INTRODUCTION The book of Ephesians is one of Paul’s many New Testament letters, or epistles, to the Christian church still in its infancy. At the time of its writing, Paul is in Rome, imprisoned for championing the purposes of Christ and growing the church. We see numerous occurrences where Paul, being a man of little concern for the status quo, is either imprisoned or fleeing capture by Jewish or Roman officials for usurping the

As a pastor, the exegetical process of scripture is highly important. As humans, exegesis is a daily practice in our lives; we just don’t realize we are doing it! “Interpreting the Bible differs from reading a letter from a friend, an article in a contemporary magazine, a newspaper account of some event of a modern novel or short story.” As we dissect a Book of the Bible, we must be careful to not take scripture out of context. It is important to determine who wrote the book (if available), the

II. Exegesis on specific Passages Gordon Fee describes that vv. 23-32 is a sandwiched in the subject matter of the vv. 17-22 and 33-34. V.29 gives a similar argument of 10:16-17 focuses on the bread (church) that ties this part to that of vv.17-22 and 33-34. In any aspect, Corinthians abused "the body" at their "fellowship meal," which is a meal eaten at the Lord's Table (10:21) in "honor of the Lord" (v.20). The immediate context of 1 Cor.11:17-34 is that of problems public worship within the

An Exegesis of Philippians 3:12-21 Shedrack Wike BIB 252 Philippians & Colossians January 18, 2014 An Exegesis of Philippians 3:12-21 I chose to write my paper on Philippians 3:12-21. Before writing this paper I was not entirely familiar with the reasons for Paul’s letters to the church of Philippi. It was an interesting study once I understood the background and reasoning for Paul’s writings. Paul writes a thank you letter to the Christians at Philippi for their contributions