Today's podcast for 'Reading Luke in Lent' looks at Luke, Chapter 7: 1-35.
With the passage about John the Baptist it looks forward to where this whole section is heading — Peter’s confession of faith (Luke 9:18–20) where he recognises that Jesus is something greater than either Elijah or John the Baptist. In the encounter with the disciples of John Jesus invites them and us to see.
Firstly, Jesus is fulfilling the prophecies of Isaiah by healing the blind and the lame, and by preaching the good news to the poor. Secondly, to visualise John the Baptist in the desert — the last and greatest of the prophets who prepared the way for the kingdom of God.
'Reading Luke in Lent' is a series of simple podcasts for the Lenten season offering a daily reading from St Luke - covering the Gospel from start to finish - from Ash Wednesday to the first week of Easter.
