Using the evidence of the St. Luke Gospel, what made Jesus an effective communicator? How was he able to attract and impress large crowds?

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Topic 7: Jesus as Communicator Using the evidence of the St. Luke Gospel, what made Jesus an effective communicator? How was he able to attract and impress large crowds? Jesus was (and still is) a contradictory and paradoxical figure. Some saw him as a prophet, a liberator, a king; others saw him as a charlatan, a blasphemer. He was a preacher, teacher and guide. However, no matter what role people cast him in, Jesus was a …

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…of salvation". This seems somewhat harsh, too premeditated an action - like a well-prepared life stage production, a morbid campaign to gain support, and audience compassion and empathy not befitting of a human god-like figure, or was Jesus himself the ultimate metaphor, the self-sacrificial lamb? Written by C.Gerber. Works cited: Thomson, O, Mass Persuasion in History (reader), 1977. Wilson, Ian, Jesus: the evidence, London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1984. Zondervan NIV Study Bible, Zondervan, Michigan, USA, 2002.