Ex 2; Lk 5; Job 19; 1Co 6

Luke 5:17

Healing and Forgiving a Paralytic 

Now on one of those days, while he was teaching, there were Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting nearby (who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem), and the power of the Lord was with him to heal.

Right question, wrong conclusion... 

Luke 5:21

Then the experts in the law and the Pharisees began to think to themselves, “Who is this man who is uttering blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”

Luke 5:26

Then astonishment seized them all, and they glorified God. They were filled with awe, saying, “We have seen incredible things today.” 

Luke 5:39

No one after drinking old wine wants the new, for he says, ʻThe old is good enough.ʼ” 

Note: sn The third illustration points out that those already satisfied with what they have will not seek the new (The old is good enough).

Job 19:25 As for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, and that as the last he will stand upon the earth.

Note: tn re Redeemer - “my Vindicator.” The word is the active participle from גָּאַל (gaʾal, “to redeem, protect, vindicate”). The word is well-known in the OT because of its identification as the kinsman-redeemer (see the book of Ruth). This is the near kinsman who will pay off one’s debts, defend the family, avenge a killing, marry the widow of the deceased. The word “redeemer” evokes the wrong connotation for people familiar with the NT alone; a translation of “Vindicator” would capture the idea more. The concept might include the description of the mediator already introduced in Job 16:19, but surely here Job is thinking of God as his vindicator. The interesting point to be stressed here is that Job has said clearly that he sees no vindication in this life, that he is going to die. But he knows he will be vindicated, and even though he will die, his vindicator lives. The dilemma remains though: his distress lay in God’s hiding his face from him, and his vindication lay only in beholding God in peace.