32 thoughts on “How to Read the Bible For All Its Worth – Parables”
Can you please describe the difference between the true parables and the similitude parables. That doesn’t make much sense to me.Page 151
If not all parables are “true parables,” then why do we call them parables? pg.151
it says on page 153 how you have to be from that time giving the analogy of “interpreting a joke” and knowing of mustard seeds and sowing and yeast in their everyday life…basically put youself in their shoes. They say not to make parables have hidden meaning but “by interpreting we can understand what they caught”…how can one interpret without that being the same thing as finding th hidden meaning; since we have to make the parables relate to us in our times now.
Also…Rembrandt is a very cute old man, i just wanna give him a big hug!
I agree that we should interpret the parables so those we tell them to can understand. Although we need to be careful on translating them to present day ideas (Revelation 22:7-20). Deinetly infering or ignoring the things that are not stated. But what is a hermeneutical question?
The information about the Pharisees’ point of view on the parable of the Good Samaritan was interesting. I had never thought about that before. (p. 155-156, 160-162)
I know that the chapter says continuosly that parables were not allegories but is there benefit to looking at parables through an allegorical perspective?
What is Jesus’ prosaic teaching? pg 152
Is it important for us to distinguish between the different types of parables? ( true, metaphor, similitued…) and if so why does it make a difference? page151
how are we to go about finding the “intended response” properly?… just by reading the parables over and over? pg. 154
(p. 152) What does it mean when it says, “the parable itself is the message”? How do they know that the “parables function as a means of calling forth a response”?
(pg. 151) Parables were not meant to be understood by those who were not followers of Christ. Is this interpreted correctly? If not please correct me.
(pg 52) It says that in some ways interpreting a parable is to destroy what it was originally. Why is this so? I thought it was our goal to figure out what it meant originally instead of just thinking of what it means today, so how would this destroy it in some ways?
sorry it’s pg 152
page 152
If so many parables seem to have allegorical elements, why are none of them actually allegories?
Within the past week actually, I had a friend tell me that parables were used for condemnation on the basis on Mark 4:10-12. The book talks about how they “harden those on the outside”(149) and it talks about Mark 4:10-12 passage directly on 151, but I couldn’t figure out how they would answer that parables were used for condemnation?
pg 152 — how does the call to a responce nature of the parables and our attempts to interpret them destroy them?????
If we lack the immediate understanding of the points of reference that the origional listeners had, how can we be sure that we are not misinterpting the gospel stories, to our own way in relation to the times now?
What are the true-similitude-epigram parables all about? pg. 151
If there really is a deeper meaning to the parables then what appears on the surface, how were common people supposed to figure out stuff like what augustine came up with on page 150
On page 159 it is talking about the parable of the rich fool. I’m not exactly sure what the parable is saying about people who gain possessions, but shouldn’t possessions be reward for those who work hard in this life? And doesn’t God tell us to do everything to the best of our ability? I don’t know if the parable is telling us that we should give our hard earned possessions away even though we work hard for them to gain spiritually, because wouldn’t working hard also grow us spiritually?
If there really is a deeper meaning to the parables than what appears on the surface, how were common people supposed to figure out stuff like what augustine came up with on page 150?
On page 150-151, it talks about the parables and how they were understood by the people, and that the problem wasn’t that they couldn’t understand but that they failed to hear in a way that led to obedience. Does this mean that in our lives if we do not understand the parables that we ourselves are just pulling a cloth over our eyes, because we don’t want to apply his message to our eyes?
Why would you listen to the parable over and over again; wouldn’t that encourage looking at the “deeper meaning,” and not exposing the “intended response?” (pg. 155)
There’s something I really don’t get. It’s actually a question I’ve had for some time, back from the time that I was reading Mark. I don’t get why Jesus doesn’t explain many parables. On page 151, it says that leaving the parable as a riddle, unexplained, was a ministry. If the people failed to see what it meant, how was that a ministry? I don’t really get that.
Oh, and by the way, I’m digging the new blog layout. Except for when it won’t let me post. (:
why is it so important toknow thediffenrent types of prophecy?
pg 151
on page 153, it talks about knowing the points on reference. how can one living in this day and age better understand these when they aren’t as prevalent in our society?
Why did the “real meanings” of Jesus’ parables belong only to the church? pgs 149-150
page 159, paragraph 2,
Why does Jesus refuse to get involved?
I feel like there are a lot of parables that I can’t interpret on my own. does each parable have one specific interpretation, or is it the sort of thing where it can be interpretted different ways by different people and still be okay? is it just because of the time and cultural difference?
rodney?
on page 149 what is the misinterpretation to the Revelation?
Can you please describe the difference between the true parables and the similitude parables. That doesn’t make much sense to me.Page 151
If not all parables are “true parables,” then why do we call them parables? pg.151
it says on page 153 how you have to be from that time giving the analogy of “interpreting a joke” and knowing of mustard seeds and sowing and yeast in their everyday life…basically put youself in their shoes. They say not to make parables have hidden meaning but “by interpreting we can understand what they caught”…how can one interpret without that being the same thing as finding th hidden meaning; since we have to make the parables relate to us in our times now.
Also…Rembrandt is a very cute old man, i just wanna give him a big hug!
I agree that we should interpret the parables so those we tell them to can understand. Although we need to be careful on translating them to present day ideas (Revelation 22:7-20). Deinetly infering or ignoring the things that are not stated. But what is a hermeneutical question?
The information about the Pharisees’ point of view on the parable of the Good Samaritan was interesting. I had never thought about that before. (p. 155-156, 160-162)
I know that the chapter says continuosly that parables were not allegories but is there benefit to looking at parables through an allegorical perspective?
What is Jesus’ prosaic teaching? pg 152
Is it important for us to distinguish between the different types of parables? ( true, metaphor, similitued…) and if so why does it make a difference? page151
how are we to go about finding the “intended response” properly?… just by reading the parables over and over? pg. 154
(p. 152) What does it mean when it says, “the parable itself is the message”? How do they know that the “parables function as a means of calling forth a response”?
(pg. 151) Parables were not meant to be understood by those who were not followers of Christ. Is this interpreted correctly? If not please correct me.
(pg 52) It says that in some ways interpreting a parable is to destroy what it was originally. Why is this so? I thought it was our goal to figure out what it meant originally instead of just thinking of what it means today, so how would this destroy it in some ways?
sorry it’s pg 152
page 152
If so many parables seem to have allegorical elements, why are none of them actually allegories?
Within the past week actually, I had a friend tell me that parables were used for condemnation on the basis on Mark 4:10-12. The book talks about how they “harden those on the outside”(149) and it talks about Mark 4:10-12 passage directly on 151, but I couldn’t figure out how they would answer that parables were used for condemnation?
pg 152 — how does the call to a responce nature of the parables and our attempts to interpret them destroy them?????
If we lack the immediate understanding of the points of reference that the origional listeners had, how can we be sure that we are not misinterpting the gospel stories, to our own way in relation to the times now?
What are the true-similitude-epigram parables all about? pg. 151
If there really is a deeper meaning to the parables then what appears on the surface, how were common people supposed to figure out stuff like what augustine came up with on page 150
On page 159 it is talking about the parable of the rich fool. I’m not exactly sure what the parable is saying about people who gain possessions, but shouldn’t possessions be reward for those who work hard in this life? And doesn’t God tell us to do everything to the best of our ability? I don’t know if the parable is telling us that we should give our hard earned possessions away even though we work hard for them to gain spiritually, because wouldn’t working hard also grow us spiritually?
If there really is a deeper meaning to the parables than what appears on the surface, how were common people supposed to figure out stuff like what augustine came up with on page 150?
On page 150-151, it talks about the parables and how they were understood by the people, and that the problem wasn’t that they couldn’t understand but that they failed to hear in a way that led to obedience. Does this mean that in our lives if we do not understand the parables that we ourselves are just pulling a cloth over our eyes, because we don’t want to apply his message to our eyes?
Why would you listen to the parable over and over again; wouldn’t that encourage looking at the “deeper meaning,” and not exposing the “intended response?” (pg. 155)
There’s something I really don’t get. It’s actually a question I’ve had for some time, back from the time that I was reading Mark. I don’t get why Jesus doesn’t explain many parables. On page 151, it says that leaving the parable as a riddle, unexplained, was a ministry. If the people failed to see what it meant, how was that a ministry? I don’t really get that.
Oh, and by the way, I’m digging the new blog layout. Except for when it won’t let me post. (:
why is it so important toknow thediffenrent types of prophecy?
pg 151
on page 153, it talks about knowing the points on reference. how can one living in this day and age better understand these when they aren’t as prevalent in our society?
Why did the “real meanings” of Jesus’ parables belong only to the church? pgs 149-150
page 159, paragraph 2,
Why does Jesus refuse to get involved?
I feel like there are a lot of parables that I can’t interpret on my own. does each parable have one specific interpretation, or is it the sort of thing where it can be interpretted different ways by different people and still be okay? is it just because of the time and cultural difference?
rodney?
on page 149 what is the misinterpretation to the Revelation?