{"id":152,"date":"2003-10-04T21:29:16","date_gmt":"2003-10-04T21:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leithart.level2d.com\/?p=152"},"modified":"2017-09-06T22:47:37","modified_gmt":"2017-09-06T16:47:37","slug":"bailey-on-luke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/leithart\/2003\/10\/bailey-on-luke\/","title":{"rendered":"Bailey on Luke 9"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<\/head>

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Some very good material in Kenneth Bailey\u2019s discussion of the end of Luke 9 (in Through Peasant Eyes <\/em> ). Bailey is especially illuminating on the first of Jesus\u2019 encounters with the reluctant disciples. This man volunteers to follow Jesus, but Jesus alerts him that the cost will be great. Jesus is leaving for Jerusalem, and though He has received some hospitality in Galilee and offered hospitality on a massive scale, He will be (in David Moessner\u2019s words) the journeying guest who is not received. Better to be a bird or a fox, if you like to have a home to come to in the evening. <\/p>\n

Bailey points out that Jesus\u2019 small parable may well have political overtones. Jesus calls Herod a \u201cfox\u201d several chapters later, and that could be alluded to here as well. And the \u201cbirds of the air\u201d are reminiscent of the various nations that find their roosts in the tree of Nebuchadnezzar\u2019s Babylon (Dan 4). Jesus is saying, then, that the ones who are comfortable and cozy are the Edomite fox and his allies, and the Romans and other hangers-on who populate Israel. The true Israel, Jesus\u2019 Israel, is dispossessed, homeless, cast out of the land. This Israel will eventually inherit the earth, but for the time being following Jesus means giving up hope for nearly all inheritance and comfort. <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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