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marriage, until the day that Noah entered the back. 32 Remember Lot’s wife. 33 Whoever
ark, and the flood came and destroyed them seeks to save his life will lose it, and whoever
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all. Likewise as it was also in the days of Lot: loses his life will preserve it. I tell you, in that
They ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, night there will be two men in one bed: the
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they planted, they built; but on the day that one will be taken and the other will be left.
Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brim- 35 Two women will be grinding together: the
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stone from heaven and destroyed them all. one will be taken and the other left. Two men
30 Even so will it be in the day when the Son of will be in the field: the one will be taken and
Man is revealed. the other left.”
31 “In that day, he who is on the housetop, 37 And they answered and said to Him,
and his goods are in the house, let him not “Where, Lord?”
come down to take them away. And likewise So He said to them, “Wherever the body is,
the one who is in the field, let him not turn there the eagles will be gathered together.”
DAY 24:What about those who claim to see a wide gap
between Luke’s theology and Paul’s theology?

Although Luke, more than any of the other Gospel writers, highlighted the univeral scope of
the gospel invitation,some have questioned why a companion of Paul’s would use so little of Paul’s
language in explaining the process of salvation. But a difference in vocabulary does not necessari-
ly imply a difference in thought or underlying theology.
Luke certainly wrote in his own style.He was an astute observer and careful thinker.In writing
the Gospel, he was careful not to insert Pauline language back into the Gospel account.The theol-
ogy of Luke’s record parallels Paul’s exactly. Luke repeatedly related accounts of Gentiles,
Samaritans, and other outcasts who found grace in Jesus’ eyes. This emphasis not only records
Jesus’ appeal, but also proves to be precisely what we would expect from the close companion of
the “apostle to the Gentiles”(Rom. 11:13).
A compelling illustration of this parallel involves Luke’s treatment of the centerpiece of Paul’s
doctrine—justification by faith. Luke highlighted and illustrated justification by faith in many of the
incidents and parables he related in his Gospel.For example,the account of the Pharisee and the pub-
lican (18:9–14), the familiar story of the prodigal son (15:11–32), the incident at Simon’s house
(7:36–50),and the salvation of Zacchaeus (19:1–10) all serve to demonstrate that Jesus taught justifi-
cation by faith long before Paul wrote about it.

up both the shocks and the standing grain, as
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Then the Philistines said, “Who has done
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this?”
And they answered, “Samson, the son-in-
Judges 15:1–16:31
law of the Timnite, because he has taken his
After a while, in the time of wheat har- wife and given her to his companion.” So the
15 vest, it happened that Samson visited his Philistines came up and burned her and her
wife with a young goat. And he said, “Let me father with fire.
go in to my wife, into her room.” But her father 7 Samson said to them, “Since you would do
would not permit him to go in. a thing like this, I will surely take revenge on
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Her father said, “I really thought that you you, and after that I will cease.” So he attacked
thoroughly hated her; therefore I gave her to them hip and thigh with a great slaughter;
your companion. Is not her younger sister bet- then he went down and dwelt in the cleft of the
ter than she? Please, take her instead.” rock of Etam.
3 And Samson said to them, “This time I shall 9 Now the Philistines went up, encamped in
be blameless regarding the Philistines if I Judah, and deployed themselves against Lehi.
harm them!” Then Samson went and caught 10 And the men of Judah said, “Why have you
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three hundred foxes; and he took torches, come up against us?”
turned the foxes tail to tail, and put a torch So they answered, “We have come up to ar-
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between each pair of tails. When he had set rest Samson, to do to him as he has done to us.”
the torches on fire, he let the foxes go into the 11 Then three thousand men of Judah went
standing grain of the Philistines, and burned down to the cleft of the rock of Etam, and said
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