the role of the lukan parables in terms of the purpose of luke's gospel

of the Journey is the city of Jerusalem, and it was not reached before 19:48. This is why the
indicators in which the group of the travel is still near to the city Jerusalem definitely appears
in 19:29, 37 and 41. In this regard, for him other proposals (18:14, 18:30, 19:27/28 and
19:40/41) fail to show an appropriate and reasonable end to the travel narrative. 13
F. Ó Fearghail concentrates on the travel notice, so as to attest to that Jesus’ journey
toward Jerusalem continues at least until 19:46. According to him, the last travel notice in
19:45a is grammatically linked to 19:45b, as well as 19:46. In comparison with the solemn
introduction in 9:51-52, it is not suitable to end the Journey with 19:45-46, which has the
negative impression, “a den of robbers,” with reference to the temple. In addition, 19:45-46
as the cleansing of the temple functions as the preparation for Jesus’ teaching. Contrasting the
reaction of the people and that of the high priests and scribes, 19:47-48 summarizes both
reactions that will take place as the result of Jesus’ instruction. Moreover, that the travel
narrative ends with 19:48 is, for him, all the more obvious, since that major characteristic
during the Journey, namely, the didactic character and Jesus’ rejection seem to culminate in
19:47-48, and that the –formula and the time notice in 20:1 has an introductory
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character.
J.B. Green also selects 19:48 as the end of the Journey, since 19:48 signals that Jesus has
actually entered Jerusalem. He notes that Luke elaborates these final steps as follows: Jesus is
“near” (19:11), “going up to” (19:41), “approaching” (19:45) and “enter[s]” (19:47)
Jerusalem. However, Green casts doubt on whether this delineation would influence the
interpretation of the narrative. Furthermore, he, at the very least, accepts that 19:47-48 might
function as a summary heading for the following section, which is primarily filled with Jesus’
teaching in the temple (20:1-21:38), in which case 19:47 and 21:37 frame a literary inclusio:
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“Every day he was teaching in the temple.”
13. Egelkraut, Jesus’ Mission to Jerusalem: A Redaction Critical Study of the Travel Narrative in the Gospel of
Luke, Lk 9:51-19:48, 3-11, also refutes those who take the extent of the travel narrative from 9:51 to Acts 2:1, as
the goal of the Journey is the ascension. He explains four reasons for his disagreement, that is, 1. At the end of
chapter 19, the travel notices cease. 2. Rather than the ascension, the goal stated in 19:51, is Jerusalem. 3. As
other major sections in Luke-Acts do not begin with this formula …, (9:51 and Acts 2:1),
it seems absurd to assume that a certain section with this formula should continue to the point where this
formula occurs again. 4. There is little possibility that a section in Luke would continue in Acts, since it is most
likely that the two volumes were circulated separately from the outset.
14. Ó Fearghail, The Introduction to Luke-Acts. A Study of the Role of Lk 1:1-4:44 in the Composition of Luke’s
Two-Volume Work, 48-51. Given the fact that high priests and scribes conspire for the first time to kill Jesus in
19:47, according to Ó Fearghail, it can be said that the theme of Jesus’ rejection, which has run throughout the
travel narrative, comes into culmination in 19:47-48.
15. Green, Luke, 399.
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