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Luke 19 • The King Who Comes in the Name of the Lord 1.Luke is setting the stage for us in Luke 19:1-2. What details stand out to you? Why? 2.What is remarkable about Zacchaeus’ statement in Luke 19:8? How is Zacchaeus different from the rich ruler of Luke 18:18-23? 3.What do you make of Jesus’ statement in Luke 18:9-10? 4.Why is the setting provided by Luke in 19:11 important? 5.Read Jesus’ parable in Luke 19:12-27 carefully. How would you describe the parable and its ultimate point in your own words? 6.Is there any significance to Jesus’ instructions in Luke 19:30-31? Turning your Bible back to Zechariah 9:9 might prove helpful and enlightening (see also Matt 21:1-5). 7.Luke has included the details of this “triumphal entry” into Jerusalem (19:28-40) in his “orderly account” for a reason. What is really going on? Why does it matter? 8.Why did Jesus weep over Jerusalem (19:41-44)? What is he foretelling? And what is this “visitation” that he is referencing? 9.What can we learn from the account of Jesus “cleansing” the temple in Luke 19:45-46? 10.Luke 19 ends with a description of two very different demographics: the chief priests, scribes, and the principle men of the people on one side, with “all the people” on the other side. What sets these two demographics apart? Is there anything we need to appreciate and apply to ourselves today from Luke’s simple summary of what was going on in the temple?