Deuteronomy 19:11-22:11
We read in Deut. 21:23: “anyone hung on a tree is under God’s curse.” Later in the time of the early church, this verse became a source of scandal that early Christians had to face: How can the Messiah be crucified? Indeed, Jesus took upon himself God’s curse for our sake. The point of this verse in Deuteronomy, however, seems to be that, unlike the later Romans, Jews were not to leave the body of a executed person exposed to the elements and carrion animals.
Mark 16:9-20; Luke 1:1-17
This longer ending of Mark is not in the oldest and best manuscripts of Mark, so it was probably added later. It summarizes the appearances of the risen Christ from the other Gospels and Acts. It’s God’s word, but was probably not written by Mark.
For Luke 1, I preached a few sermons last December (during our stormy weather!): here is one for this passage: http://lemonholm.com/2008-11-30_Luke_1_1-25.htm
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