Matthew 13.1-23 - Reverse Advertising - visuals.key
Reverse Advertising Matthew 13:1—23
Tips for reading parables Identify the audience - E.g. Prodigal told to Pharisees Hear it from their perspective (what are their expectations?) E.g. Old men don’t run Focus on the big picture - E.g. Lazarus in heaven & rich man in hell Look for the intended response (it’s connected to the audience)
Literary Context:
Excitement about Jesus has given way to mixed reactions and hostility Jesus is accused of being on the side of Satan (12:22ff) Leads to the question: why this reaction? Is there a problem with the message or messenger?
3 characters: Jesus, disciples, crowd
… hearing they will not hear…
Isaiah 6 - God accepts his people’s rejection Jesus: “just like Isaiah…” Two effects: Hardening & Inviting
“Where there are ‘insiders’ and ‘outsiders’, it is presumably always possible for an outsider to become an insider. The object of Jesus’ proclamation of the kingdom of heaven was that people should repent…. The disciples themselves represent those who have responded to this proclamation and so have become insiders…. “We may assume that parables have a role… in this process of bringing sight to the blind and hearing to the deaf..” –R.T. France, The Gospel of Matthew, pp. 509, 513
Pharisees; cities of Chorazin, Bethsaida, Tyre and Sidon
“I’ll follow you… but first…”
“I’ll follow you anywhere!” “Foxes have holes…”
A+ B CD
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Tips for reading parables Identify the audience - E.g. Prodigal told to Pharisees Hear it from their perspective (what are their expectations?) E.g. Old men don’t run Focus on the big picture - E.g. Lazarus in heaven & rich man in hell Look for the intended response (it’s connected to the audience)
Literary Context:
Excitement about Jesus has given way to mixed reactions and hostility Jesus is accused of being on the side of Satan (12:22ff) Leads to the question: why this reaction? Is there a problem with the message or messenger?
3 characters: Jesus, disciples, crowd
… hearing they will not hear…
Isaiah 6 - God accepts his people’s rejection Jesus: “just like Isaiah…” Two effects: Hardening & Inviting
“Where there are ‘insiders’ and ‘outsiders’, it is presumably always possible for an outsider to become an insider. The object of Jesus’ proclamation of the kingdom of heaven was that people should repent…. The disciples themselves represent those who have responded to this proclamation and so have become insiders…. “We may assume that parables have a role… in this process of bringing sight to the blind and hearing to the deaf..” –R.T. France, The Gospel of Matthew, pp. 509, 513
Pharisees; cities of Chorazin, Bethsaida, Tyre and Sidon
“I’ll follow you… but first…”
“I’ll follow you anywhere!” “Foxes have holes…”
A+ B CD
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