Question Luke Chapter 5

Bible Knowledge Luke Chapter 5

Context Questions

Question1.
“Sir, if you want to, you can make me clean!” (Luke 5:12)

(i) Who asked Jesus to make him clean?

(ii) What did Jesus do and say to him in reply?

(iii)What further instructions did Jesus give him after he was healed?



Question 2
When Jesus saw how much faith they had, he said to the man, “Your sins are forgiven,my friend.” (Luke 5:20)
(i) To whom did Jesus say these words?

(ii) How had the man been brought to Jesus?

(iii) How did the Pharisees react to Jesus’ words?


Question 3.
They let them down and caught such a large number of fish that the nets were about to break.So they motioned to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. (Luke 5:6-7)

(i) Why was this catch of fish unexpected?

(ii) Who were their partners?

(iii)What immediate effect did this miracle have on Simon Peter?

(iv) What did Jesus say to him?


Question 4.
Some Pharisees and teachers of the Law who belonged to their group complained to Jesus’s disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and other outcasts.”Luke 5:30

(i) Where did this incident take place?

(ii) What was Jesus’ reply to this criticism?

(iii) Name another tax collector who was accepted by Jesus.


Question 5
Nor does anyone pour new wine into old wineskins..”(Luke 5:37)

(i) In whose house were these words said?

(ii) What would happen when new wine was put into old wineskins?

(iii) Explain the parable.


Question 6
Jesus also told them this parable: “No one tears a piece of a new coat to patch up an old coat.If he does…”(Luke 5:36)

(i) What does Jesus say will happen if someone does this?

(ii) What do the “new coat “ and the “old coat” represent?

(iii) State the lesson of this parable.


Essay Questions
Question 1
Describe the following miracles
(a) the miraculous catch of fish by Simon Peter and his partners.

(b) The stilling of the storm

Discuss briefly what the disciples learnt about Jesus in these two incidents.

(c) Discuss briefly what the disciples learnt about Jesus in these two incidents.


Question 2
( a) Give an account of the call of Levi to be a disciple of Jesus including the feast held at Levi’s house.

(b) Mention another tax collector whose house Jesus went to. Describe what happened at his house.

(c) What do these incidents show about Jesus’ attitude towards people like these tax collectors?


Question 3
Jesus often used a physical touch to show compassion to people. Describe the two incidents in which this is clearly seen in his

(a) healing a man with a dreaded skin disease.(a leper)

(b) raising a young man who had died

Briefly comment on why his touch in each case went against the social or religious customs of his day.