Tuesday, January 15, 2019

English Bible Lesson 8: Prodigal Son (Luk e15:11-32)


听力预习

请预听和跟读路加福音第15章,侧重听15:11-32(浪子回头的故事/Prodigal Son)
https://www.biblegateway.com/audio/dramatized/niv/luke.15

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大家反复听后,仔细想想或独自写一下你对下面的预习题的想法:
1) 你知道这章书有关的成语吗?/Do you know any idioms/expressions from this chapter?
2)划出自己不懂的单词和不明白的句子/Identify new words and sentences that you don't understand
3)What are the 5W( who, where, when, what, why) of the story?
4)Read along practice 跟读练习和分享(在群里和/或网络直播时)
Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’ (Luke 15:21)
Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet.  Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let’s have a feast and celebrate.  For this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.  (Luke 15:22-24)
You are always with me, and everything I have is yours. But we had to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.  (Luke 15:31-32)
5) 思考以下问题:
- In Lk 15, what do the three parables have in common?
- In Lk 15:20-24, why did the father take back the prodigal son, and should he have done so? 
- In Lk 15:25,29-30, did the elder brother have a valid point?
6)换位思考:如果你是故事中的父亲/大儿子/小儿子, 你会如何?

课堂笔记
路加福音15章的纲要/Outline of Chapter 15
What prompted Jesus to tell the three parables(15:1-2)
Lost sheep (a shepherd's story) (15:3-6)
Jesus explained (15:7)
Lost money (a woman’s story) (15:8-9)
Jesus explained (15:10)
Lost son/Prodigal Son (15:11-32)

听和跟读/Listen and read along
注:下面的红字为难读或易读错的词语
The Parable of the Lost Son (1’21)
11 Jesus continued: “There was a man who had two sons. 12 The younger one said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate*.’ So he divided his property between them.
13 “Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country and there squandered his wealth in wild living. 14 After he had spent everything, there was a severe famine in that whole country, and he began to be in need. 15 So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs. 16 He longed to fill his stomach with the pods that the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything.
17 “When he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have food to spare, and here I am starving to death! 18 I will set out and go back to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. 19 I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me like one of your hired servants.’ 20 So he got up and went to his father.“But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him.
21 “The son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’
22 “But the father said to his servants, ‘Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet. 23 Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let’s have a feast and celebrate. 24 For this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’ So they began to celebrate.
25 “Meanwhile, the older son was in the field. When he came near the house, he heard music and dancing. 26 So he called one of the servants and asked him what was going on. 27 ‘Your brother has come,’ he replied, ‘and your father has killed the fattened calf because he has him back safe and sound.’
28 “The older brother became angry and refused to go in. So his father went out and pleaded with him. 29 But he answered his father, ‘Look! All these years I’ve been slaving for you and never disobeyed your orders. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends. 30 But when this son of yours who has squandered your property with prostitutes comes home, you kill the fattened calf for him!’
31 “‘My son,’ the father said, ‘you are always with me, and everything I have is yours. 32 But we had to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’”

Learn some new words and phrases 生词和短语的学习
share of estate: my part of all the money and property; 
squandered: wasted; wild living: Live a life in a very uncontrolled way;
Hire himself out: to give the use of his services for payment
Lost and found
Everything I have is yours:Becomes a famous quote in songs and movies

Fill in the blanks by using the words and phrases just learnt填空题:
Don’t squander food. Buy just what you will eat.
 I long to listen to the live concert of Lady Gaga.
The U.S. soldiers backed home safe and sound from Iraq.
When he came to his sense, he realized that he had been sleeping on the street.
 Do you know why more teenagers hire themselves out as teen models?

阅读理解/Reading comprehension
Look for the answers from Chapter 15
1.How did the younger son earn a living after spending his money?(15:15)
2. How did he come to his senses and decided to return home? ?(15:16)
3. How did his father react when he saw the son from a distance? (15:20)
4. Why was his elder brother angry and refused to celebrate his brother’s return? (15:29:30)

Literary device/文学手段
v 16 He longed to fill his stomach with the pods that the pigs were eating, but no-one gave him
anything. 【metaphor and exaggeration
v 17 When he came to his senses, he said, 'How many of my father's hired men have food to spare, and here I am starving to death!【contrast exaggeration
v30 But when this son of yours who has squandered your property with prostitutes
comes home, you kill the fattened calf for him!‘ 【contrast
v32 But we had to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is
alive again; he was lost and is found.'【metaphor,contrast

Idioms成语(路加福音中的成语)
New wine in old bottles新酒旧瓶(路加福音5:36-37)现在,我们把这句话说成”旧酒新瓶”,意思是换汤不换药,把本已有的事情重新包装成新的东西

Golden rule金科玉律 (利未记19:18,马太福音 7:12,路加福音6:31)金科玉律是指最重要和基本的定律。在《圣经》中,它是指“爱人如己”原则。 在其他学派也有很多类似的说法。例如,孔夫子曾说过:“己所不欲,勿施于人”,就被大家认为是所有行为的首要原则。

Carry his cross 背起十架(路加福音 9:23)如果有人要”carry his cross”,即是说他们需要面对很重大的责任或困难。

Puts his hand to the plough and looks back手扶着犁向后看 (路加福音9:62) 当人们犁地的时候,需要眼看前方,不能向后看。否则,犁沟就会弯曲。耶稣用这种隐喻来形容那些对跟随基督犹豫不决的人。那些对他的呼召没有立刻回应的人不配侍奉神。

Good Samaritan好撒玛利亚人/乐善好施的人(路加福音10:30-35)好撒玛利亚人是指那些向有需要的人提供帮助的人。

Prodigal son 浪子回头(路加福音 15:11) A prodigal son是指一个浪子,在无节制的生活方式中挥霍了大量钱财。The return of a prodigal son指一个浪子回头,回归到一个更好的生活方式。E.g. "Henry has already said that what he has done in the past has left him lifelong regrets. I think 'the return of the prodigal son' is most important,“ said Lisa Kuo Yu-chin 
[A Real-Life Prodigal Son –John Newton (1779)]

 思考/讨论以下问题:
- In Lk 15, what do the three parables have in common?
- In Lk 15:20-24, why did the father take back the prodigal son, and should he have done so?
- In Lk 15:25,29-30, did the elder brother have a valid point?
- 换位思考:如果你是故事中的父亲/大儿子/小儿子, 你会如何?

下面的不是标准答案,只是从Bible Query摘录下来供参考
Q: In Lk 15, what do the three parables have in common? 
A: All three parables have to do with lostness and the joy of being found. The parable of the 99 + 1 lost sheep shows God searches out the lost. The parable of the 9 + 1 lost coin shows that God rejoices over finding the lost. The parable of the prodigal son shows that God forgives and accepts back the lost and wayward. Of course, as we seek the heart of God, we want our love and attitude towards others to reflect God’s love and attitude, too.
Throughout Luke 15 God wants us to have a heart for the lost like He does. In Luke 16 God wants us to have a mind for the lost.


Q: In Lk 15:20-24, why did the father take back the prodigal son, and should he have done so? 
A: The father took back the prodigal son simply because he loved him. The son did the father wrong and showed him disrespect, but the father freely forgave his son who returned. 
The father was under no obligation to take the son back, so nothing says he "should" have done so. However, the father was in his rights to be generous, and he graciously took back his son. 

Q: In Lk 15:25,29-30, did the elder brother have a valid point? 
A: A person’s answer depends on if money and treasure are thought more important than people. The older brother gained back a brother, which he apparently did not value as much as one more fattened calf. The brother’s concern about fairness, down to one fattened calf, betrayed a lack of love. 
It has been said that some people use things and love people, while others love things and use people. When a genuine Christian even begins to love things more than people, then their perspective is far from what God wants it to be. Things can include material possessions, knowledge, rituals, and even religion. The only thing that we are told to love more than people is God. See Hard Sayings of the Bible p.476-477 for more info. 

歌曲欣赏
Amazing Grace: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsCp5LG_zNE

Amazing Grace, How sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me
I once was lost, but now am found
T'was blind but now I see

T'was Grace that taught my heart to fear
And Grace, my fears relieved
How precious did that grace appear
The hour I first believed

Through many dangers, toils and snares
We have already come.
T'was grace that brought us safe thus far
And grace will lead us home,
And grace will lead us home

Amazing grace, Howe Sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me
I once was lost but now am found
T'was blind but now I see

Was blind, but now I see.

参考:
疑难: http://www.biblequery.org/mt.html
课程内容教学计划:http://www.selbl.org/




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