The Parable of the Tenants
Taken from Luke for Everyone
author: Tom Wright
contributor: SPCK - N T Wright
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The Parable of the Tenants
Luke 20.9-19
One of the most dramatic scenes ever to take place in the British House of Commons occurred in January 1642. King Charles I went in person to the House to try to arrest five Members of Parliament who had opposed him. The Speaker of the House himself stood in his way, and prevented the king coming any further into the chamber where the Commons met. A painting of the incident hangs in the lobby of the Palace of Westminster to this day. It was something of a turning-point: another step on the road to civil war, and to the king’s eventual execution...
Taken from Luke for Everyone – by Tom Wright
Luke 20.9-19
One of the most dramatic scenes ever to take place in the British House of Commons occurred in January 1642. King Charles I went in person to the House to try to arrest five Members of Parliament who had opposed him. The Speaker of the House himself stood in his way, and prevented the king coming any further into the chamber where the Commons met. A painting of the incident hangs in the lobby of the Palace of Westminster to this day. It was something of a turning-point: another step on the road to civil war, and to the king’s eventual execution...
Taken from Luke for Everyone – by Tom Wright
Publisher: SPCK - view more
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