Characteristics of a parable with the example of The Good Samaritan Learning goals Understand the 5 categories of a parable Understand the story of The Good Samaritan Have the ability to dissect any parable in the bible into the 5 categories of a parable ID: 552640
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WHAT IS A PARABLE?
Characteristics of a parable with the example of The Good SamaritanSlide2
Learning goals
Understand the 5 categories of a parable
Understand the story of The Good Samaritan
Have the ability to dissect any parable in the bible, into the 5 categories of a parable. Slide3
The good Samaritan
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10:30-35)
We will be looking at the story of The Good Samaritan and dissecting it into the categories of a parable.
Lets have a look at the story of the
Good Samaritan Slide4
What is a Parable
A parable is a story…
Parables are stories, often about ordinary events of day-to-day life. They are about people losing a coin, being hired to work, finding treasures, sowing seed, and squandering their inheritance. Jesus' parables were based on daily life among his own people.
The Good Samaritan
This is a story of a traveller between Jerusalem and Jericho who falls into the hands of robbers, is severely wounded and receives help from a SamaritanSlide5
What is a parable?
A PARABLE IS A COMPARISON
A parable compares something we don't know (like the kingdom of God) with something we do know (events from everyday life). Jesus makes some surprising, even daring, comparisons.
THE GOOD SAMARITAN
This parable compares the Kingdom of God with the story of the man wounded by robbers who is lying in the ditchSlide6
WHAT IS A PARABLE?
A PARABLE CONTAINS A CRISIS
All good stories have a beginning, a crisis and a resolution. So do parables. The crisis of the parable is the most interesting part. Sometimes the crisis is very gentle; other stories take a strange turn. Our expectations of what is normal are challenged, overturned, or fulfilled in an unusual way. In this sense, parables are like metaphors.
THE GOOD SAMARITAN
The wounded man expects to be helped by the priest and the Levite, who are, after all, fellow Jews and religious people. But they both pass by on the other side of the road to avoid any contact. Help does not come from those we might expect it from. Slide7
What is a parable?
A PARABLE HAS AN ENDING
Some endings are happy and others are tragic.
THE GOOD SAMARITAN
A Samaritan, who would normally not be expected to help a Jew because of their religious biases against each other, arrives on the scene and goes far out of his way to help, bandaging his wounds, putting him on his animal, and bringing him to an inn. He even promises to come by on his return and pay any additional expenses. Imagine doing that for someone who would normally be considered an enemy.