Gospel of Luke: The Son of Man  

“Son of Man” was our Lord’s favorite designation for Himself, occurring more than 80 times in the Gospels. The title stresses the reality of His human nature, even as the companion title, “Son of God,” affirms His deity. Others never addressed Jesus by the title “Son of Man.”
 

This is the Greek title: According to Luke.
 

Sycamore leaves in the upper left-hand corner:

This symbolizes the Zacchaeus story (ch. 19:1-10).

 
The ascending Jesus:

Represents the resurrected Jesus as retaining His human nature after His resurrection (ch. 24:39, 40).
 

This is a Greek word that only Luke uses for pound as a sum of money, and only in the nineteenth chapter of Luke (ch. 19:13, 16, 18, 20, 24, 25). “It was not a coin, but a Greek monetary weight unit equal to 100 drachmas” (SDA Bible Dictionary 733).
 

Roman numeral for five thousand, to represent the feeding of the five thousand by Jesus (ch. 9:10-17).
 

Ten circles at the bottom of the glass:

These ten circles have a twofold significance:
The ten lepers (ch. 17:11-19) with the last circle being a different color to symbolize the one thankful leper.

The parable of the ten pounds (ch. 19:11-27) and the different colored circles represents the unfaithful servant with the one pound.

 
The lost coin:

The parable of the lost coin (ch. 15:8-10) mentions a woman’s search for a silver coin that made up a complete set of ten coins, that when she found it the discovery made her very happy. See if you can find the lost coin in the glass.
 

Face of a man in the left side above the Good Samaritan scene:

“The face of a man…bespeaks human sympathy, as it is written, ‘I drew them with the cords of a man, with bands of love’(Hosea 11:4). Luke shows how the ‘Son of Man’ could have compassion on the ignorant, seeing He also is compassed with infirmities” (Andrew Jukes, Four Views of Christ, p. 18).
 

Large hands of Jesus:

The hands of Jesus have intentionally been made large to emphasize His desire to bless mankind.
 

Geode under the Good Samaritan scene:

Represents Jesus’ first temptation (ch. 4:1-4) after the forty days of fasting to turn the stones into bread. This temptation was directed at sustaining His human nature, which is stressed throughout the gospel of Luke. 
It is noted that the Geode is a Brazilian Smoky Amethyst.
 

The material depicted in glass from left to right, counter clockwise:

1) The ascension of Jesus (ch. 24:50-53).
2) Male figure symbol as “Son of Man” (ch. 5:24).
3) Good Samaritan (ch. 10:25-37).
4) Birth of Jesus (ch. 2:1-7).
5) Jesus in role of saving mankind (ch. 19:10).
6) Parable of the prodigal son (ch. 15:11-32).
 
Note that all figures are connected to each other to symbolize how all men are joined together as members of the human race. It also shows how Jesus is joined to the human race as well through his permanent human nature.
 

The star:

This is the star that was prophesied by Balaam: “There shall come a Star out of Jacob…” (Numbers 24:17). In the Matthew glass, the Magi are pointing to this star which was not an actual star or planet, but was a distant company of angels (DA - 60) (ch. 2:9, 13; Matthew 2:2).

 
Beams from the star that extend to Jesus as a babe, the Son of Man, and His ascension:

These symbolize that the secret of the successful human life of Jesus was the power that constantly came from above. This connection He maintained throughout His life on earth.