CMP Review 2025-01-12

Luke 11 ends with three verses unique to Luke. “In this paragraph,” writes Ralph Earle, “we see the animosity of the Pharisees at its unreasonable worst. As Jesus left the house, the scribes and the Pharisees began to harass Him, trying to provoke Him to say something for which they could get Him into trouble. They were lying in wait for Him, to catch something out of his mouth… The verb catch means literally ‘to hunt.’”

But as Charlotte Mason observed, Jesus was not afraid of this hunt. Whether in a storm of wind and rain, or a storm of angry men, Christ would go “His way majestic through.” Read or hear Charlotte Mason’s portrayal of Christ’s serenity in the face of trouble here.

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