The 1 Year Ministry of Christ According to Luke's Chronology

Humble Penny · Jul 17, 2021

While many have taught that the ministry of Christ lasted 3-3.5 Years based on a wrong reading of John's Gospel or even worse...using the 3.5 Years of the Great Tribulation in Daniel 9:27 to justify their teachings I haven't seen anyone bother to use the clear chronological account of Luke's gospel to help them order the events in the other three Gospels. Because of this I have also created a timeline which does what I just mentioned.

It was too difficult to get clear screenshots so, you guys will have to download the .pdf file. Other than that this was probably more tedious and difficult than the other tables I've done so, as a result I think I may have some events misaligned as many parables from the other three Gospels aren't mentioned by Luke, and don't have clear hints as to where they might belong so please forgive me if anyone does find that to be so.

Humble Penny · Jul 17, 2021

Seeing that Jesus is an observant Jew He would be obligated to attend the three mandatory feasts which are only celebrated once a year to appear before YHWH with the other men:

1) Passover/Feast of Unleavened Bread
2) Feast of Weeks
3) Feast of Tabernacles

“Three times in the year you shall keep a feast to me. You shall keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread. As I commanded you, you shall eat unleavened bread for seven days at the appointed time in the month of Abib, for in it you came out of Egypt. None shall appear before me empty-handed. You shall keep the Feast of Harvest, of the firstfruits of your labor, of what you sow in the field. You shall keep the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather in from the field the fruit of your labor. Three times in the year shall all your males appear before the Lord God."
Exodus 23:14‭-‬17

I put Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread together since they happen at the same time (see Exodus 12:1-20 ff.)

Humble Penny · Jul 17, 2021

Humble Penny said:
Seeing that Jesus is an observant Jew He would be obligated to attend the three mandatory feasts which are only celebrated once a year to appear before YHWH with the other men:

1) Passover/Feast of Unleavened Bread
2) Feast of Weeks
3) Feast of Tabernacles

“Three times in the year you shall keep a feast to me. You shall keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread. As I commanded you, you shall eat unleavened bread for seven days at the appointed time in the month of Abib, for in it you came out of Egypt. None shall appear before me empty-handed. You shall keep the Feast of Harvest, of the firstfruits of your labor, of what you sow in the field. You shall keep the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather in from the field the fruit of your labor. Three times in the year shall all your males appear before the Lord God."
Exodus 23:14‭-‬17

I out Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread together since they happen at the same time (see Exodus 12:1-20 ff.)

John supports this as he only mentions two other feasts:

1) Feast of Tabernacles
2) Feast of Dedication/Hanukkah

Humble Penny · Jul 17, 2021

So...pretty much this proves that Christ died at 30 Years old in 30 AD just as Luke 3:23 hints at.

Albion · Jul 17, 2021

Humble Penny said:
So...pretty much this proves that Christ died at 30 Years old in 30 AD just as Luke 3:23 hints at.

The theory that has the whole of Christ's public ministry lasting only one year just doesn't fit the chronology of his life (in addition to all the other evidence you assembled).

Also, there is little chance of Christ having been born in the year 1 (or even 1 BC), so the idea that he died in AD 30 at age 30 is now considered very unlikely.

Humble Penny · Jul 17, 2021

Albion said:
The theory that has the whole of Christ's public ministry lasting only one year just doesn't fit the chronology of his life (in addition to all the other evidence you assembled).

Also, there is little chance of Christ having been born in the year 1 (or even 1 BC), so the idea that he died in AD 30 at age 30 is now considered very unlikely.

I'm not sure where you get that from when the way the Anno Domini timline strictly operates is that BC are the years before Christ was born...which by default means AD counts all of the years from Christ's birth to His death, and would include when He resurrected.

Anyways I laid out all of the years and lined everything up from His birth to His death. So if you have something specific to point out that isn't true then please present your work as I have done with mine.

Humble Penny · Jul 18, 2021

Albion said:
The theory that has the whole of Christ's public ministry lasting only one year just doesn't fit the chronology of his life (in addition to all the other evidence you assembled).

Also, there is little chance of Christ having been born in the year 1 (or even 1 BC), so the idea that he died in AD 30 at age 30 is now considered very unlikely.

I don't know if you bothered to count the number of events listed by Luke but, from the time Jesus was 30 tto His death there are 136 different events recorded...and that's not counting all of the events which happened simultaneously or within the same day...John even said that all of the things Christ did while on earth couldn't be contained in all the books of the world.

So for you to sit there and limit the power of Christ is just bewildering...Jesus was not performing some elaborate rituals to heal people and mumbling magic incantations: He spoke and people were healed and demons ran away instantly...simple. I think you need to abandon those man made traditions. Anyways let's say Christ did each one of those events for 136 Days: that is just over 4 Months! You can read the Words of Christ in all the Gospels on an audio book in 8-10 Hours...so...I think your need to work your numbers again because if it only takes a few hours to read the Words of Christ then it doesn't take three years to preach in the small circle He walked as he always stayed near Jerusalem and Samaria, He did not travel internationally. I guarantee you that you can run all the numbers I provide and they won't come back false.

Yeshua HaDerekh · Jul 18, 2021

Humble Penny said:
While many have taught that the ministry of Christ lasted 3-3.5 Years based on a wrong reading of John's Gospel or even worse...using the 3.5 Years of the Great Tribulation in Daniel 9:27 to justify their teachings I haven't seen anyone bother to use the clear chronological account of Luke's gospel to help them order the events in the other three Gospels. Because of this I have also created a timeline which does what I just mentioned.

Michael Rood has been teaching a 1 year ministry for years now...

Humble Penny · Jul 18, 2021

Yeshua HaDerekh said:
Michael Rood has been teaching a 1 year ministry for years now...

Yes...and it is centered around his belief that John 6:4 "does not belong in the Bible" and a gross misapplication of Daniel's 70 Week prophecy to be completely fulfilled by Christ on His first coming.

The major problem with this is that you can't have a 1 Year Ministry of 52 Weeks completed in 70 Weeks...that's just basic knowledge of the calendar and arithmetic. And then his reasoning on why John 6:4 doesn't belong in the Bible is because he in his own mind interprets the phrase, "[...]was nigh." to mean that Jesus was feeding the 5,000 people right on Passover or just before and says this couldn't be possible since Passover wouldn't come for another 6 Months or so. The problem with this line of reasoning is that Michael Rood overlooks how we use that same expression in everyday speech to speak about things like "You know Megan's birthday is coming up soon" even though we know it won't be for a few more months; and if you've ever had to wait for a family member to be released from jail or prison then you would know that when they have a year left people say, "That's just right around the corner" even though we know there are yet 12 Months to go. Christ Himself even opened His ministry by saying, "Repent for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand." Now while Christ wouldn't be coming back for another 500 Years after this statement was made the idea was simply that the Kingdom of Heaven is so close you could almost touch it.

Anyways Michael Rood just seems to want to make money off of his book which is why he promotes it so heavily...I mean if he really wanted people to know the truth then he would freely give it as he received it...then again Paul did say there would be people preaching only because they see money to be gained...

Yeshua HaDerekh · Jul 19, 2021

Humble Penny said:
Yes...and it is centered around his belief that John 6:4 "does not belong in the Bible" and a gross misapplication of Daniel's 70 Week prophecy to be completely fulfilled by Christ on His first coming.

Yes I have heard that is his view but I have not really researched it

Humble Penny · Jul 19, 2021

Humble Penny said:
While many have taught that the ministry of Christ lasted 3-3.5 Years based on a wrong reading of John's Gospel or even worse...using the 3.5 Years of the Great Tribulation in Daniel 9:27 to justify their teachings I haven't seen anyone bother to use the clear chronological account of Luke's gospel to help them order the events in the other three Gospels. Because of this I have also created a timeline which does what I just mentioned.

It was too difficult to get clear screenshots so, you guys will have to download the .pdf file. Other than that this was probably more tedious and difficult than the other tables I've done so, as a result I think I may have some events misaligned as many parables from the other three Gospels aren't mentioned by Luke, and don't have clear hints as to where they might belong so please forgive me if anyone does find that to be so.

Updated the chart by adding some much needed color to breakup the passages of Scripture from the events which correspond to them. The previous .pdf file just had white cells which made it look atrocious and difficult to read and distinguish. I have therefore replaced the previous file with the new one.

Soyeong · Jul 19, 2021

Humble Penny said:
While many have taught that the ministry of Christ lasted 3-3.5 Years based on a wrong reading of John's Gospel or even worse...using the 3.5 Years of the Great Tribulation in Daniel 9:27 to justify their teachings I haven't seen anyone bother to use the clear chronological account of Luke's gospel to help them order the events in the other three Gospels. Because of this I have also created a timeline which does what I just mentioned.

It was too difficult to get clear screenshots so, you guys will have to download the .pdf file. Other than that this was probably more tedious and difficult than the other tables I've done so, as a result I think I may have some events misaligned as many parables from the other three Gospels aren't mentioned by Luke, and don't have clear hints as to where they might belong so please forgive me if anyone does find that to be so.

The ordering of Luke was more in regard to corresponding to the yearly parashah cycle and forming a complex chiastic pattern than in regard to communicating a precise chronological order of Christ's entire ministry.

Humble Penny · Jul 20, 2021

Soyeong said:
The ordering of Luke was more in regard to corresponding to the yearly parashat cycle and forming a complex chiastic pattern than in regard to communicating a precise chronological order of Christ's entire ministry.

While that chiastic structure does indeed exist I'm not sure what the parashat cycle has to do with the Gospels? Luke makes it quite clear in the opening of his Gospel that he sought to set things in order:

"Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us, even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word; it seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent The-oph´ilus, that thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thou hast been instructed."
Luke 1:1‭-‬4

While Luke doesn't record all of the same details that some of the other three go into his is the most orderly account. However my main focus was not analyzing the structure of the text but the order of the events to determine the length of Jesus's ministry. And seeing that you could only celebrate Passover at two specific times in the year:

1) 14th Day of 1st Month

Only if unclean for the 1st Month
2) 14th Day of 2nd Month

Logic would dictate that Jesus could have only celebrated Passover one to two times in a single year. Luke is the only writer to mention the age of Christ when He was baptized by John in the Jordan River, and seeing that He died on the 14th Day of the 1st Month i.e. Passover this meant that He was 29 Years old at His baptism and attended one Passover that year and a second Passover in His 30th year; but, the Gospels seem to actually indicate that Jesus had turned 30 years old at His baptism sometime after Passover, and died at 30 the following year on Passover. The Gospels don't show Christ's ministry lasting more than one year.

And when you take Daniel's 70 Week prophecy into account we are told that Christ would die on the cross after 69 Weeks:

69 Weeks × 7 Years = 483 Years

...now Daniel 9 indicates a period of 10 Jubilees when subtracted from 6000 AM tell us the year Christ would die...

(7 Weeks × 7 Years) + 1 Year =
49 Years + 1 Year = 50 Years = 1 Jubilee

49 Years × 10 Jubilees = 490 Years
70 Weeks × 7 Years = 490 Years
490 Years + 10 Years = 500 Years

6000 AM - 500 Years = 5500 AM
5500 AM - 483 Years = 5017 AM

We have now reached the point where Cyrus the Great gave the decree to the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem and the Temple. 69 Weeks later brings us to the year 5500 AM when Christ died on the cross. Outisde of this context the prophecy of Daniel and Christ being baptized at 30 Years old makes no sense.

Soyeong · Jul 20, 2021

Humble Penny said:
While that chiastic structure does indeed exist I'm not sure what the parashah cycle has to do with the Gospels? Luke makes it quite clear in the opening of his Gospel that he sought to set things in order:

"Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us, even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word; it seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent The-oph´ilus, that thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thou hast been instructed."
Luke 1:1‭-‬4

This book promotes the position that the ordering spoken about in these verses was done so that a relevant portion of Luke would be read along with each portion of the parashat cycle:

https://www.amazon.com/Evangelists-Calendar-M-D-Goulder-1978-08-31/dp/B01FIWKZF4

It is out of print and over $900 on Amazon, so this series of blog posts discusses the case made by the book:

The Shuvah Project #1 — What is it?

"“What sort of Greek history is it which moves from the Prologue to two chapters whose indebtedness to the Old Testament is evidenced in every verse? The order is no whit more chronological than Mark’s: in fact it is the Marcan order. When Luke deserts it, as in the Rejection at Nazareth (Luke 4:16-30), he involves himself in contradictions: the crowd asks Jesus to repeat miracles done at Capernaum, where Luke has not yet taken him (the reader).” (The Evangelists’ Calendar, p. 9)."

I found out about this information as part of this podcast, which goes through the Bible from Genesis to Revelation from a Messianic perspective:

The BEMA Podcast

This website has an index that tracks the complex chiastic structure of many of the books of the Bible, which includes the five books of Moses and the four Gospels:

Patterns Of Life Bible

For example, the book of Luke is one giant chiasm that is composed of 145 smaller chiasms. These 145 chiasms can be divided into halves, thirds, fourths, fifths, sixths, eights, ninths, tenths, twelfths, eighteenths, or twenty-fourths, and each part of those fractions forms its own chiasm. Chiasms express a sequence of thoughts and then usually repeat that sequence in the reverse order, and the goal of what the author is generally wanting us to notice is what is at the center of the chiasm and how the parts that mirror each other provide commentary on each other, which can throw off someone is approaching what they wrote as if their goal was to communicate a precise chronological order. This is not to say that there isn't a general chronology to what is being spoken about, just that the chronology is not the primary thing that the author is wanting us to understand. There are a number of things in the Bible that an astute reader will notice are not in chronological order and the chronological order can in some cases be intentionally adjusted if its placement makes a parallel to something else to make a point that the author is wanting us to understand as well as to fit the chiastic pattern.

AbbaLove · Jul 21, 2021

Your post is VERY Insightful ...

Soyeong said:
This is not to say that there isn't a general chronology to what is being spoken about, just that the chronology is not the primary thing that the author is wanting us to understand. ... to make a point that the author is wanting us to understand as well as to fit the chiastic pattern.

Is it fair to say that the primary "author" (Author) is His Holy Spirit teaching Luke and hopefully us? That's assuming we aren't being mislead by denominationalism as associated with the teachings of Theologians with doctorate degrees

. Another pet peeve is "Christian psychology" an oxymoron if there ever was one. Psychology is grounded in secular humanism.

John 14:26
I’m telling you these things while I’m still living with you. The Friend, the Holy Spirit whom the Father will send at my request, will make everything plain to you. He will remind you of all the things I have told you. I’m leaving you well and whole. That’s my parting gift to you. Peace. I don’t leave you the way you’re used to being left—feeling abandoned, bereft. So don’t be upset. Don’t be distraught.
1 John 2:27
As for you, the anointing which you received from Him abides in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you; but as His anointing teaches you about all things, and is true and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you abide in Him.
Matthew 10:19-20
When they deliver you over, do not be anxious how you are to speak or what you are to say, for what you are to say will be given to you in that hour. For it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.

Romans 1:16-17
16 For I am not ashamed of the Good News, since it is God’s powerful means of bringing salvation to everyone who keeps on trusting, to the Jew especially, but equally to the Gentile.
17 For in it is revealed how God makes people righteous in His sight; and from beginning to end it is through trust — as the Tanakh puts it, “But the person who is righteous will live his life by trust.” (Habakkuk 2:4; Proverbs 3:5-6)

visionary · Jul 21, 2021

This is not new thinking...

Eusebius referring to Matthew, Mark, and Luke "For it is evident that the three evangelists recorded only the deeds done by the Saviour for one year after the imprisonment of John the Baptist, and indicated this in the beginning of their account."

Eusebius, Church History, Book III, Chapter XXIV, 8

visionary · Jul 21, 2021

John 6:1 After these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias. 2 And a great multitude followed him, because they saw his miracles which he did on them that were diseased. 3 And Jesus went up into a mountain, and there he sat with his disciples. 4 And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh. 5 When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat?

Yeshua is in Galilee, which is far north of Jerusalem. If it’s the Passover, Yeshua would be traveling to, or already in Jerusalem as the feast commands. Did you ever think it strange that the gathering multitude are hungry and didn’t bring any food. If the pilgrimage to Jerusalem is happening, people would be equipped with food and supplies for the long journey through the wilderness. Yeshua is not going to the feast, when everyone else should be heading that way but instead He goes to Galilee, and not alone either, but with His disciples. From there He heads to Capernaum, which continues to not make sense for the One who fulfills the law.

While in Capernaum, Yeshua finds a synagogue full of Jewish people listening to His teaching. These are the same people that should be traveling to Jerusalem as well for Passover, if indeed it was truly Passover at hand.

Soyeong · Jul 22, 2021

AbbaLove said:
Your post is VERY Insightful ...

Is it fair to say that the primary "author" (Author) is His Holy Spirit teaching Luke and hopefully us? That's assuming we aren't being mislead by denominationalism as associated with the teachings of Theologians with doctorate degrees . Another pet peeve is "Christian psychology" an oxymoron if there ever was one. Psychology is grounded in secular humanism.

John 14:26
I’m telling you these things while I’m still living with you. The Friend, the Holy Spirit whom the Father will send at my request, will make everything plain to you. He will remind you of all the things I have told you. I’m leaving you well and whole. That’s my parting gift to you. Peace. I don’t leave you the way you’re used to being left—feeling abandoned, bereft. So don’t be upset. Don’t be distraught.
1 John 2:27
As for you, the anointing which you received from Him abides in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you; but as His anointing teaches you about all things, and is true and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you abide in Him.
Matthew 10:19-20
When they deliver you over, do not be anxious how you are to speak or what you are to say, for what you are to say will be given to you in that hour. For it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.

Romans 1:16-17
16 For I am not ashamed of the Good News, since it is God’s powerful means of bringing salvation to everyone who keeps on trusting, to the Jew especially, but equally to the Gentile.
17 For in it is revealed how God makes people righteous in His sight; and from beginning to end it is through trust — as the Tanakh puts it, “But the person who is righteous will live his life by trust.” (Habakkuk 2:4; Proverbs 3:5-6)

It might be evidence for the inspiration of the Spirit, though I am not sure to what extent this sort of patter is found it works other than the books of the Bible, and I am not prepare to say that anything that has this sort of pattern is proof of the inspiration of the Spirit, though it seems to be a pattern that would be extremely difficult to create a coherent narrative around.

Humble Penny · Jul 23, 2021

Soyeong said:
This book promotes the position that the ordering spoken about in these verses was done so that a relevant portion of Luke would be read along with each portion of the parashat cycle:

https://www.amazon.com/Evangelists-Calendar-M-D-Goulder-1978-08-31/dp/B01FIWKZF4

It is out of print and over $900 on Amazon, so this series of blog posts discusses the case made by the book:

The Shuvah Project #1 — What is it?

"“What sort of Greek history is it which moves from the Prologue to two chapters whose indebtedness to the Old Testament is evidenced in every verse? The order is no whit more chronological than Mark’s: in fact it is the Marcan order. When Luke deserts it, as in the Rejection at Nazareth (Luke 4:16-30), he involves himself in contradictions: the crowd asks Jesus to repeat miracles done at Capernaum, where Luke has not yet taken him (the reader).” (The Evangelists’ Calendar, p. 9)."

I found out about this information as part of this podcast, which goes through the Bible from Genesis to Revelation from a Messianic perspective:

The BEMA Podcast

This website has an index that tracks the complex chiastic structure of many of the books of the Bible, which includes the five books of Moses and the four Gospels:

Patterns Of Life Bible

For example, the book of Luke is one giant chiasm that is composed of 145 smaller chiasms. These 145 chiasms can be divided into halves, thirds, fourths, fifths, sixths, eights, ninths, tenths, twelfths, eighteenths, or twenty-fourths, and each part of those fractions forms its own chiasm. Chiasms express a sequence of thoughts and then usually repeat that sequence in the reverse order, and the goal of what the author is generally wanting us to notice is what is at the center of the chiasm and how the parts that mirror each other provide commentary on each other, which can throw off someone is approaching what they wrote as if their goal was to communicate a precise chronological order. This is not to say that there isn't a general chronology to what is being spoken about, just that the chronology is not the primary thing that the author is wanting us to understand. There are a number of things in the Bible that an astute reader will notice are not in chronological order and the chronological order can in some cases be intentionally adjusted if its placement makes a parallel to something else to make a point that the author is wanting us to understand as well as to fit the chiastic pattern.

Hmmm...I'll have to do my research on this one as it just sounds like a push for Rabbinic Judaism. Not that you're doing that but, the Law and the Prophets don't even indicate that. From Moses to Malachi no one was reading on such a cycle...and this should not be surprising as the Rabbinic Jews had no control over the people or say in the Temple though they spew such hideous lies by replacing the Elders who ruled with Joshua over Israel with the Sanhedrin thereby making a false claim that they had existed since the time of Moses.

Take for example Rabbi Akiva who was a Gentile from Babylon and is a direct descendant of Sisera who was killed by Jael in the days of Deborah and Barak. The Rabbi's take control of the people right after the failed Bar Kochba Revolt. And seeing that he was also a Pharisee it's interesting that he purposely made himself opposed to Paul/Saul...and it is also interesting that the Pharisees and Sadducees whom Jesus heavily attacked and exposed are the same stock from which modern Rabbinic Judaism would sprout from.

Anyways it is not the point of this thread to discuss these particular matters at length.

visionary said:
This is not new thinking...

Eusebius referring to Matthew, Mark, and Luke "For it is evident that the three evangelists recorded only the deeds done by the Saviour for one year after the imprisonment of John the Baptist, and indicated this in the beginning of their account."

Eusebius, Church History, Book III, Chapter XXIV, 8

While the thinking is not new I simply stated in my OP that I haven't seen any public work out out that places the chronological events of the gospels in an orderly account by aligning them with Luke. There have been many writings and teachings for sure, and there are many Bible's which list and categorize the teachings if Jesus but, they don't do so in a clear chronological manner.

Soyeong said:
It might be evidence for the inspiration of the Spirit, though I am not sure to what extent this sort of patter is found it works other than the books of the Bible, and I am not prepare to say that anything that has this sort of pattern is proof of the inspiration of the Spirit, though it seems to be a pattern that would be extremely difficult to create a coherent narrative around.

Again while chiastic pattern is very nice I don't find it very special in supporting the parshat cycle as the main chiastic pattern running through the Bible is this:

God made the world and all that is in them temporal.
The first Adam sinned and fell from God's Grace making mankind unredeemable.
God prevents mankind from eating of the Tree of Life to live forever.
God Judged the sin of the World with water
Christ the last Adam died on the Cross to allow us to enter into God's grace once more in the Kingdom of God and redeemed mankind with His Blood
Christ will rule for 1,000 Years in the Kingdom of God
God will commence the Final Judgment on the world with fire
In the Kingdom of God the faithful among mankind will be able to wst from the Tree of Life and live forever in His grace with Christ, the Bride, and the saints
God will make the world new and to last forever

Again I digress...

Soyeong · Jul 23, 2021

Humble Penny said:
Hmmm...I'll have to do my research on this one as it just sounds like a push for Rabbinic Judaism. Not that you're doing that but, the Law and the Prophets don't even indicate that. From Moses to Malachi no one was reading on such a cycle...and this should not be surprising as the Rabbinic Jews had no control over the people or say in the Temple though they spew such hideous lies by replacing the Elders who ruled with Joshua over Israel with the Sanhedrin thereby making a false claim that they had existed since the time of Moses.

Take for example Rabbi Akiva who was a Gentile from Babylon and is a direct descendant of Sisera who was killed by Jael in the days of Deborah and Barak. The Rabbi's take control of the people right after the failed Bar Kochba Revolt. And seeing that he was also a Pharisee it's interesting that he purposely made himself opposed to Paul/Saul...and it is also interesting that the Pharisees and Sadducees whom Jesus heavily attacked and exposed are the same stock from which modern Rabbinic Judaism would sprout from.

Anyways it is not the point of this thread to discuss these particular matters at length.

The Israelites being exiled to Babylon led to some self-reflection about what went wrong and what they could do differently to help ensure that the they do not go astray again, which resulted in the start of synagogues and public Torah readings, as supported by Ezra and Nehemiah. Christ was participating in these traditions in Luke 4:16 when he went to his home town synagogue to read a portion of Isaiah. Likewise, in 1 Timothy 4:13, Paul encouraged him to devote himself to the public reading of Scripture. However, regardless of whether or not you agree that these are good traditions to follow, the context is that the people that the book of Luke was written to did follow these traditions. It is not so much that all of the oral law was given by Moses, but that the framework for its development had its roots in what Moses taught in Deuteronomy 17:8-13.

Again while chiastic pattern is very nice I don't find it very special in supporting the parshat cycle as the main chiastic pattern running through the Bible is this:

God made the world and all that is in them temporal.
The first Adam sinned and fell from God's Grace making mankind unredeemable.
God prevents mankind from eating of the Tree of Life to live forever.
God Judged the sin of the World with water
Christ the last Adam died on the Cross to allow us to enter into God's grace once more in the Kingdom of God and redeemed mankind with His Blood
Christ will rule for 1,000 Years in the Kingdom of God
God will commence the Final Judgment on the world with fire
In the Kingdom of God the faithful among mankind will be able to wst from the Tree of Life and live forever in His grace with Christ, the Bride, and the saints
God will make the world new and to last forever

Again I digress...

The parashah cycle is also chiastic, though Luke being chiastic is not what is not what supports the position that portions of Luke were intended to correspond to the weekly Torah portion. The haftarah is a short reading from the Prophets that corresponds to the theme of the Torah portion, and the book of Luke can be divided into portions that do the same thing, so it is the fact that Luke fits with the Torah portion that supports this position. Also, I was not claiming that the parashah cycle is a pattern that runs through the entire Bible, just that Luke corresponds to this cycle.

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