spoke 20

[gilgal]

Luke falls in the 20th spoke of the wheel, the 20th book of the 2nd cycle. It falls with Proverbs:
The King James Bible has 2 verses matching mouth + wisdom + give.

Proverbs 2:6 For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.

Luke 21:15 For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.
This shows that Jesus is that Lord spoken of in Proverbs because he is giving the wisdom. We know that the Lord in Proverbs is God.

Just to make the biblewheel more interesting, a side note, the 20th letter is resh. The word repha means "heal". We know through many commentaries that Luke was a physician. His Gospel was focused on the healings of Jesus, the great Physician.

Then the 3 cycles of the 20th spoke are in order, Proverbs, Luke and 3 John.
There was 1 verse that binds all three spokes together:

Luke 4:23
And he said unto them, Ye will surely say unto me this proverb (relating to Proverbs), Physician (The profession of Luke), heal (mentioned in the 1 chapter epistle of 3 John) thyself: whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country.

We know that the temptations of Christ were detailed in Matthew and Luke 4 which falls in spoke 4 along with the 4th book Numbers and Ezekiel.

But within the wording Luke adds what Matthew has left out:


Luke 4:4
And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.

And The only other place where that phrase is found is also on the 20th spoke, Proverbs, which defines the word of God:


Proverbs 30:5
Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.

[Richard Amiel McGough]

Luke falls in the 20th spoke of the wheel, the 20th book of the 2nd cycle. It falls with Proverbs:
The King James Bible has 2 verses matching mouth + wisdom + give.

This shows that Jesus is that Lord spoken of in Proverbs because he is giving the wisdom. We know that the Lord in Proverbs is God.

Just to make the biblewheel more interesting, a side note, the 20th letter is resh. The word repha means "heal". We know through many commentaries that Luke was a physician. His Gospel was focused on the healings of Jesus, the great Physician.

Then the 3 cycles of the 20th spoke are in order, Proverbs, Luke and 3 John.
There was 1 verse that binds all three spokes together:


We know that the temptations of Christ were detailed in Matthew and Luke 4 which falls in spoke 4 along with the 4th book Numbers and Ezekiel.

But within the wording Luke adds what Matthew has left out:

And The only other place where that phrase is found is also on the 20th spoke, Proverbs, which defines the word of God:
Thanks gilgal. Those are a few of my favorite links on Spoke 20.

And while we are on the topic, I think it worthwhile to point out how God prophetically anticipated the position of the 20th Book - Proverbs - in the alphabetically structured Psalm 111. The clause corresponding to the 20th letter Resh reads:

The beginning (reshit) of wisdom is the fear of the Lord.

The word beginning (reshit) is found in the first word of the Bible, Bereshit (In the beginning) where it is prefixed with a Bet (house) to signify the idea of "in" (since a "house" is the image of a place to go "in").

And indeed, where does our "wisdom" begin but in the very first verse of God's Word? But there is more. The "Resh" clause points directly to the essential character of the 20th book, Proverbs, the premier "Book of Wisdom" in the Bible!

And what is the literal meaning of the word "Resh"?

It means "head" - in which resides our brains, the seat of our faculty of thinking, hence "Wisdom" again!

This is truly one of the most amazing correlations between the structure of the Hebrew Alphabet, the Alphabetic Psalm 111, and the pattern of the Canon. I talk about it at length in the Synopsis of the 22 Spokes in the Bible Wheel book. The Resh article is reproduced online here (http://www.biblewheel.com/Wheel/Spokes/Resh_Wisdom.asp), and many other examples are gathered on my Alphabetic KeyLinks (http://www.biblewheel.com/Topics/AlphabeticKeys.asp) page.

God bless!

Richard

[Rose]

The beginning (reshit) of wisdom is the fear of the Lord.

The word beginning (reshit) is found in the first word of the Bible, Bereshit (In the beginning) where it is prefixed with a Bet (house) to signify the idea of "in" (since a "house" is the image of a place to go "in").

And indeed, where does our "wisdom" begin but in the very first verse of God's Word? But there is more. The "Resh" clause points directly to the essential character of the 20th book, Proverbs, the premier "Book of Wisdom" in the Bible!

And what is the literal meaning of the word "Resh"?

It means "head" - in which resides our brains, the seat of our faculty of thinking, hence "Wisdom" again!

Another "head" spoke 20 link is in Gospel of Luke in the parable of the wicked husbandman which happens to fall in chapter 20 where it quotes Psalm 118.

Luke 20:17 "And he beheld them, and said, What is this then that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner?"

Rose

[Victor]

Another "head" spoke 20 link is in Gospel of Luke in the parable of the wicked husbandman which happens to fall in chapter 20 where it quotes Psalm 118.

Luke 20:17 "And he beheld them, and said, What is this then that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner?"

Rose

The impact of the appearance of "head" in this verse is lessened by the fact that it also appears in Matthew and Mark and thus it is not a distinguishing link like others that are usually based on differences between Synoptic parallels.

On the other hand, this one appears in Chapter 20 of a book on Spoke 20, as you said. So if the link is less strong in the Synoptic comparison, it is strengthened by it being linked to Resh in two levels of Scripture!

Curiously enough, in Matthew the quote from Psalm 118 appears in chapter 21 verse 42, which corresponds to Book 42, the Gospel of Luke on Spoke 20 - Resh! The Head theme therefore is strong in the Synoptic quotes.


But there is one little alphabetic gem that distinguishes Luke's passage from the others. We know that one of the Alphabetic KeyWords that God placed in the Acrostics is Ra'ah (to look, to behold), that appears for example in Lamentations 2:
Lam 2:20 Behold, O LORD, and consider to whom thou hast done this.

Now compare the Synoptic passages:
Mat 21:42 Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?

Mar 12:10 And have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner.

Luk 20:17 And he beheld them, and said, What is this then that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner?

Only Luke adds that the Lord beheld them, in perfect harmony with the meaning of the Resh KeyWord Ra'ah! And this is not the only instance when Luke adds this distinguishing detail in his Gospel. See the article The Lord Looked (http://www.biblewheel.com/Wheel/Spokes/Resh_Look.asp).

[Richard Amiel McGough]

But there is one little alphabetic gem that distinguishes Luke's passage from the others. We know that one of the Alphabetic KeyWords that God placed in the Acrostics is Ra'ah (to look, to behold), that appears for example in Lamentations 2:
Lam 2:20 Behold, O LORD, and consider to whom thou hast done this.

Now compare the Synoptic passages:
Mat 21:42 Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?


Mar 12:10 And have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner.
Luk 20:17 And he beheld them, and said, What is this then that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner? Only Luke adds that the Lord beheld them, in perfect harmony with the meaning of the Resh KeyWord Ra'ah! And this is not the only instance when Luke adds this distinguishing detail in his Gospel. See the article The Lord Looked (http://www.biblewheel.com/Wheel/Spokes/Resh_Look.asp).
Excellent insight Victor!

I will need to add that to the list of synoptic parallels in which Luke is distinguished by the idea expressed by the KeyWord "ra'ah" that is conspicuously missing from the parallel passages, as discussed in the article you linked The Lord Looked (http://www.biblewheel.com/Wheel/Spokes/Resh_Look.asp). We now have five such parallels. And we must not forget that we also have many parallels in which Matthew is distinguished by the KeyWord "tzedeq" (righteousness). See "The Solution to the Synoptic Problem (http://www.biblewheel.com/Canon/SynopticSolution.asp)."