Luke’s record of Jesus’ move toward Jerusalem takes longer than Matthew or Mark. After Peter’s confession of Jesus in the other two gospels, we see Jesus moving intentionally toward Jerusalem and confrontations with the religious leaders that led to His ultimate arrest, trial, conviction and crucifixion. Here, it takes until chapter 19, before Jesus’ Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem. While He does have some interaction with religious leaders along the way, these chapters are more about Jesus teaching, or Jesus healing people. The action is straightforward, and intentional on Jesus’ part, but a bit slower in getting to the climactic confrontations with the religious leaders.