Sep. 14, 2025

Last week we ended with Jesus announcing His coming fate in Jerusalem for the fourth time, and the disciples still not understanding. This week Jesus heals a blind beggar in Jericho and Zacchaeus climbs a tree to see Jesus.

Luke Lesson 35 Study Questions

1.    As He was coming near Jericho: In the Gospels of Matthew (20:29) and Mark (10:46), this miracle is said to happen as Jesus and the crowd were leaving Jericho. The seeming contradiction in Luke is understood in the light of archaeology, which has discovered that by Jesus’ time there were two cities of Jericho: the _______ city, and the _____ Roman city. The miracle happened in-between these two cities of Jericho, leaving one and entering the other.

2.    What do you want Me to do for you? This is a wonderful, simple question God has not stopped asking. Sometimes we go without when God would want to give us something simply because we will not _______ this question, and we do not have because we do not ____ (James 4:2).

3.    He received his sight, and followed Him, glorifying God: The blind man, now healed and saved, began to follow Jesus. The way of Jesus ________ his way. This was especially significant considering that Jesus was on His way towards Jerusalem to ____.

4.    He sought to see who Jesus was: Zacchaeus wanted to set his eyes on Jesus; he sought after Him. Perhaps Zacchaeus had heard that Jesus ________ people like him; he longed to see this ___________ Man Jesus for himself.

5.    He looked up and saw him: Because Zacchaeus worked hard and risked embarrassment to see Jesus, Jesus saw him and did not pass him by. In the best sense, Zacchaeus _______ out to Jesus, and Jesus __________ with Him.

6.    Today I must stay at your house: Jesus didn’t merely want to preach to Zacchaeus and _______ him in a spiritual or religious sense. Jesus wanted to have real ____________ with Zacchaeus, beginning with a meal and time spent together.

7.    Jesus is joyful to _________ sinners, and they are joyful to be ______. We know that the joy of Jesus is greater, because it is more blessed to give than to receive.

8.    Look, Lord… I restore fourfold: In receiving Jesus and spending just a little time with Him, Zacchaeus knew he had to _______ and make ___________. First he just sought after Jesus; but in seeking Jesus he also came to seek repentance.

9.    Today salvation has come to this house: Jesus knew that the repentant Zacchaeus was saved, _______ from the bondage, power, guilt, and penalty of his sin. The word was no longer sinner but _________, and Jesus told everyone.

10.    Because they thought the kingdom of God would appear immediately: Jesus spoke this parable to warn His disciples that He would ______ and ______ again before the kingdom came in full glory, and to tell them how to conduct themselves in His absence.

11.    Do business till I come: While the master was away, receiving his kingdom, the servants were expected to do business – to use the _________ that the master gave them, and to use them to the _______.