Moody Press. When the Sabbath came, He began to teach in the synagogue; and the many listeners were astonished, saying, Where did this man get these things, and what is this wisdom given to Him, and such miracles as these performed by His hands?Mark 6:2(NASB), Many people were present, when Jesus started teaching. As Jesus was probably taught the same trade as Joseph, it is highly likely that he served at least part of his apprenticeship in the highly Romanised atmosphere of Sepphoris. We just can't buy this message. It's not going to convince you. In John 4:22, Jesus identifies himself as a Jew when speaking to the Samaritan woman. The Philosopher, the Lover & the Mourner, Introduction to the Old Testament Prophets, Amos denounces social injustice in Israel, Hosea laments the unfaithfulness of Israel, Micah decries social injustice in Israel and Judah, 39. They gave their tithes. If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you . Having met Mary, a local girl, he may have settled in nearby Nazareth a much quieter and more Jewish village a short distance away from the cosmopolitan (and more expensive) Sepphoris. ", In verse 28, "All in the synagogue were filled with rage as they heard these things." For the word nazar signifies to separate, to consecrate, to crown. All those many years they had gathered to hear the law and the prophets, and the law and the prophets had all spoken of the Messiah. There He grew up from a child into an adult and then started His ministry. Here at Grace to You Europe we take our data protection responsibilities very seriously and, as you would expect, have undertaken a significant programme of work to ensure that we are ready for this important legislative change. They didn't question that. Naaman was a commander-in-chief of a section known as Aram. Many religious leaders rejected Him, but not all of them. Paul's Letters to Galatia & Thessalonica, The risen Lord Jesus appears to his followers, Christ's Victory Parade & the New Covenant, 15. J. Vernon McGee. Few believed in Him! Did He attend a pastors conference or get His material from some famous rabbi or pastor? Many today think that a seminary education is important to prepare men for ministry. And they said, Jesus of Nazareth. Ask Him. "The Date of Herod's Death,". Heal some people, do some, you know" No that wasn't You know how they could have known if Jesus was the Messiah? So here's Elijah, he's in the midst of this. And what was behind that well speaking? He just drops out of nowhere. Messiah? How could God ignore the Jews of Israel? Psalm 146:9, "God, the Lord who relieves widows." Why did Jesus return to a city that had previously attempted to murder Him? After all, had John the Baptist himself in his ministry about which they all knew, John the Baptist had said, "When the Messiah comes He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with (what? Return to Nazareth; Finding in the Temple; Ministry. Salvation is available for the poor, the prisoners, the blind and the oppressed. The people in the synagogue responded as some might today. When King Herod fell sick and died, an angel appeared to Joseph with instructions. But the Christian ministry is spiritual warfare! God in Psalm 68:5 is called "The God who is the defender of widows." 8 AD approx. Verse 22, "And all were speaking well of Him and wondering at the gracious words which were falling from His lips and they were saying, 'Is this not Joseph's son?' Are you willing to suffer in your service for God? In 5 B.C., just before the birth of Christ, the Romans require them to travel to their ancestral home (they were both of the lineage of King David) of Bethlehem. Registered User On the Sabbath, he begins to teach the people. Having been warned in a dream, he withdrew to the district of Galilee, 23 and he went and lived in a town called Nazareth. Ethbaal, he was so devoted to Baal He named himself after Baal. They were astonished by it. There are some Christians, however, who are warriors. Exodus 22, Deuteronomy 10, through the Psalms, Isaiah 1, many, many places and God has a special heart for widows. The words that fell from His lips were like words they had never heard from anyone ever. In fact, John himself was greatly perplexed because John the Baptist, soon after the beginning of the ministry of Jesus, was taken prisoner. They persecuted the apostle Paul, and the Roman politicians persecuted Christians for many years after the apostles. Copyright Like The Master Ministries. And so, in self-defense they begin to think. The answer is obviously, No! Only a few people came to Him because the hearts of the others were unbelieving. That's an analogy of spiritual life and supply. John 9:16(NASB). They had come to the synagogue which, as Philo called it, was a house of instruction where the Scripture was read and explained. Or eternal life in God's kingdom? Well that's something like what the Jews in the Nazareth synagogue experienced that day. This is the father of the aposof the apostasy, in a sense, in Israel because he's the father of Jezebel who came and polluted Israel worship when she married Ahab, and so forth. It doesn't say that in 1 Kings, it does say that here and it says it in James 5:17, it refers to the same occasion, so we know it was a three and a half year drought. There's only one reason why people who know the truth of Jesus don't believe. Paul's Journey to Cyprus, Pamphylia & Galatia, Paul & Barnabas return to Antioch in Syria, Paul & Barnabas attend the Council of Jerusalem, Paul & Barnabas take the decision to Antioch, 10. Event in the life of Jesus given in the canonical gospels, Return of the family of Jesus to Nazareth, Barnes, Timothy David. 6:2, seq.) c 16 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. The Letter to the Jewish believers in Antioch, The General Letters: James, Jude, Peter & John, The Letter of James to the Jewish believers, The Letter of Jude to the Jewish believers, The 1st Letter of Peter to the Jewish believers, The 2nd Letter of Peter to the Jewish believers, 19. Mary and the family's trip to and from Egypt is a fulfillment of Bible prophecy (Hosea 11:1). It is very possible that the people had come because they had heard that Jesus would be speaking. The city is part of Galilee, which is ruled by a another son of Herod the Great named Herod Antipas. About 18,000 of these residents were clergy, priests and Levites. Paul's Letters to Ephesus, Colossae & Philippi, 17. This is even more amazing. On the return, Joseph was further instructed in a dream to take the family to Nazareth. [11] Jesus returns to his home-town of Nazareth, and preaches in the synagogue (Lk 4:16). They were familiar, believe me, with 1 Kings 17, very familiar with it. Jezebel was a Gentile. And Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them. And so He says to them in verse 23, "No doubt you will quote this proverb to Me, 'Physician, heal yourself! That doesn't prove anything. Why? And, of course, as I read in verse 15, He was at this point being praised by all and even in verse 22 all were speaking well of Him. Nazareth was nothing special. And maybe there were some in the synagogue who were wondering why He didn't read that and comment on it. Please, we would like to believe in You, prove You're Messiah. I mean, they must havesome of them must have wondered why He stopped reading there in verse 19. All the way through these four chapters of Luke's gospel, everything has been very positive. Paul's Journey to Cyprus, Pamphylia & Galatia, Paul & Barnabas return to Antioch in Syria, Paul & Barnabas attend the Council of Jerusalem, Paul & Barnabas take the decision to Antioch, 10. Jesus did not return to Nazareth because the city was important. And they may not know everything there is to know and their faith may not be full, but if they'll just come in their desperation and say, 'I don't have a choice, here's all I have and see what I can do with it.' Pretty good thinking, isn't it? They couldn't see themselves as spiritual lepers. They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. We also know in John 1 He was there to call some of His disciples. Is the man of God really the man of God? Somebody had witnessed to her about the true God of Israel and she trusted in the true God of Israel. (See Numb. His wife worshiped Baal. 8:39-59, 10:22-42 and 12:36-43. They continued to reject the apostles even after Jesus left. What did that sermon that He preached say? Courtyard of a typical 1st century house at Qasrin (Matthew 2:23). John 1:46(NASB). There are many widows. Verse 30, instant calm, "But passing through their midst He went His way." All you have to do is go over to the river and go down seven times." And He grew up and He didn't do any miracles and He didn't make any such claims and He didn't do any speaking and how can He now be the Messiah? . Then He gave the exposition of those passages and showed what they meant and how He fulfilled them. The people dependent on charity suffer the worst because the people who give to charity only have enough to survive. Matthew 1:25(NASB). The power of the Holy Spirit - for everyone? [2], Those who heard and saw Jesus did not reject Him for lack of evidence but in spite of overwhelming evidence. Jesus banished disease from the whole land of Palestine and they put Him on a cross. Therefore some of the Pharisees were saying, This man is not from God, because He does not keep the Sabbath. But others were saying, How can a man who is a sinner perform such signs? And there was a division among them. She knew her condition. Should Jesus have forced many people to be healed anyway? All of this supposed miracle-working stuff that these modern-day, supposed healers do has absolutely no bearing on the gospel. Enter your email address and we will send you instructions on how to reset your password. It's more of that "familiarity breeds contempt." If Jesus did a miracle, does that prove that He could, listen carefully, save sinners? Since Jesus was the God-man who had divine power for healing, the passage should not be understood as an inability to perform miracles. The religious leaders contributed to His rejection. And the prophet comes to her and you can read the story in 1 Kings 17, I wish we had time to do it, we don't. So, Matthew seems to place the birth of Jesus quite a few years before 4 BCE. Together, the two events provide an instructive microcosm of the Galilean ministry as a whole. She knew her condition. We're in shock, aren't we? And he raised her son from the dead just because she trusted the tiny bit that she had. He loved the people. Ive actually been criticized by some ministers and Christian workers for going to certain small churches instead of going to larger ones. The day of salvation was present. There is a similar event in the synagogue at Nazareth that happened at the end of Jesus' life. Light has dawned.[6]. There's all kinds of instruction in the Old Testament to take care of widows. She gives testimony. It doesn't prove that. Answer (1 of 5): That was the Bethlehem to which Joseph was summoned, for it was the ancestral home of the family of King David the family to which both Joseph and his bride belonged. The listeners could not believe what they heard. So he goes over there and he does his seven ducks in the dirty river and guess what? For them, everything is a crusade. And he says to her, first of all, "Could you get me some water?" Then I knew. The Letter to the Jewish believers in Antioch, The General Letters: James, Jude, Peter & John, The Letter of James to the Jewish believers, The Letter of Jude to the Jewish believers, The 1st Letter of Peter to the Jewish believers, The 2nd Letter of Peter to the Jewish believers, 19. Very importantly the Messiah is to have the full power of the Spirit of God upon Him. The Romano-Jewish world of the New Testament, 22. Just as some today show disrespect for those without formal seminary training, the people in this small Nazareth synagogue showed disrespect for Jesus lack of formal education. The Jesus Trail may be walked in a series of day walks for a total of four days due to the topography and distances involved . And as I said, it is a concession. [9][10], Cornelius a Lapide comments on this issue, writing: "In Hebrew nazir, or nozeri, written with zain, meaning separate, holy, consecrate, crowned, religious, because Christ, as man, being separated from every other thing, was hypostatically and wholly united to the WORD. That's got to be somebody else, thatthats the Gentiles. If Jesus were alive today, the questions might be something like this, What commentaries does Jesus own? This is a widow who believes in the true God. (Judg. They understand exactly what He said and, believe me, they understand what He meant by what He said because He spoke so perfectly clear. Isaiah offers comfort to those in exile, Words of comfort after the fall of Jerusalem, Those returning are encouraged to follow the LORD, The LORD's blessing will rest on Jerusalem, 41. For this man is performing many signs. How to get right with God: Sacrifice or Faith? 13:54-58; b MARK 6:1-6; c LUKE 4:16-31. b 1 And he went out from thence [from Capernaum]; and he cometh {a And coming} b into his own country; and his disciples follow him. After Herod dies in early 4 B.C., Joseph has a dream where an angel tells him it is safe to return to Israel. They had plenty. At the time of the return of Joseph, Mary and Jesus return home, Jesus was between two to five years old. If You want us to believe in You, then, physician, heal yourself. For one thing, in Bible times people were often identified by their native area or place of residence. Joseph, on the eighth day after Mary gives birth, takes the family to Jerusalem so that the Lord can be circumcised according to the law of God (Luke 2:21). If He does a miracle, does that prove that He can give you eternal life and take you to heaven? John 18:7. The crowds are amazed that Jesus has the authority to drive out evil spirits. Malachi & Joel await the Day of the LORD, 48. Jonah goes to Nineveh & Nahum condemns it, Jonah is thrown overboard to appease the gods, 42. She says it, "The Lord God of Israel lives." As we have already stated, sometime later in Jesus ministry, He returned to Nazareth to tell the people that He was the Messiah. After King Herod died, an angel of the Lord told Joseph to take Mary and Jesus back home to the land of Israel. He has sent me to tell the captives they are free and to tell the blind that they can see again to announce the time when the Lord will show his kindness (Luke 4:18) (see Isaiah 61:1-2). They even say it. Why will some churches select a man who has recently graduated from seminary, whom they do not know, and ask him to become their pastor even if they have a man who is highly gifted and capable of being their pastor sitting among them? Isaiah predicts the fall of Israel & Judah, Prophecies written before the fall of Jerusalem, Isaiah reassures King Ahaz of God's support, Troubled times and a glorious future kingdom, 40. They were literally stunned by it. Background Reading: The Return from Egypt. That He was going to be the reason for a sword to penetrate the heart of sweet Mary, His mother. They were like Paul, and I read it in Philippians 3, they were circumcised and they had their tribal pedigree and they were of the people of Israel and they were traditionalists and they were ceremonialists and they were zealous for the law and they kept the law as blamelessly as they could. It's always the same reason. Well, I'm from the God of Israel and I'm going to ask you, if you will, to take all that you have left, your last meal before you die, starve to death, and she had a son as well, and give it to me. As a result, very few people came to Jesus for healing, and very few miracles were performed. They were so entrenched in their self-righteousness, so unwilling to see their sin that when Jesus, the Messiah they had waited for for so long, the Savior of the world came, they tried to kill Him because He threatened their self-righteousness. Matthew 13:53 to 58 and Mark 6:1 to 6 give the account of Jesus' visit to the Nazareth synagogue at the end of His ministry in Galilee. Log In . From the Kingdom of Israel to the Exile, 5. So the people at the end of the food chain get nothing, so widows are on the brink of death. The Gospel of Matthew describes how Joseph, Mary, and Jesus went to Egypt to escape from Herod the Great's slaughter of the baby boys in Bethlehem. The Journey continues from Sinai to Moab, The Israelites defeat King Sihon and King Og, The Israelites defeat the kings of Midian, Canaan is divided among the twelve tribes, 28. They were His relatives and His friends and His neighbors? I mean, there may have been some things that they were wondering about in His message. 10 Just as Jesus was coming up out of the water, he saw heaven being torn open and the Spirit descending on him like a dove. What you're about to hear is profound. Father, this is such a powerful, powerful statement of the mission of the Messiah to save sinners. The first part of the passage seems to suggest that Jesus was unable to perform any miracles. Impeccable understanding of truth He possessed, pure and holy passion for that truth, flawless reasoning, accurate interpretation, unmatched dexterity with the language. Each day's trip is between 13 and 19 kilometres (8 to 12 mi) in duration. He also used it as recorded in John 4:44. She had a great attitude, she knew about his leprosy and she said to him, "You need to go find the man of God, Elisha, because God can heal you." During Jesuss childhood, the most important town in Galilee was Sepphoris, located 4 miles / 6 km to the north of Nazareth (see Map 4). 1989. vol. The reason for rejecting the Lord has always been that men prefer their own way to His.[3]. Matthew. Here He comes to His own boyhood synagogue, and if, as historians tell us, the town of Nazareth had about 20,000 people, it would have had a lot of synagogues. Many times the preacher had said, "The people who are eyewitnesses of Messiah Himself will be greatly blessed." Please contact the publisher to obtain copies of this resource. Sometimes spiritual warfare is an indication that one is a good soldier who is engaged in a conflict for 1) righteousness and 2) for the souls of those who believe in Jesus Christ. Elisha followed Elijah and that was a time, 850 to 790 B.C., disease was a major problem. And Ethbaal was such a wicked man he murdered his predecessor and he was a priest as well as being a king. This study describes this second return. Consequently, Nazareth became Jesus hometown. Sepphoris had impressive colonnaded streets, a large forum (market place), several synagogues and a huge four thousand seater amphitheatre built into the eastern side of the hill on which the city was perched like a bird. He even says, "We have clean rivers in my area, I'm not going in your dirty river.". We would like to believe that You can take the spiritually poor and make them rich, the spiritually bound and make them free, the spiritually blind and make them see, the spiritually oppressed and fearful and deliver them, we'd like to believe that, could You please spin up in the air and do a cartwheel or two in space and come back down? The family then makes the short trip back to Bethlehem. But He had done some miracles there as well as the miracle of the wedding at Cana when He made some wine out of nothing. He told him to take Mary and Jesus back to Israel. Jesus is brought up in Galilee (ruled by another of Herods sons) and becomes known as Jesus of Nazareth. This one is at the beginning. You see that? In Mark's Gospel, Jesus returns to Galilee from the desert after John's arrest, following a period of solitude and temptation. Many are impressed by Jesuss teaching, but others, realising he is a local boy Josephs son dismiss his words as arrogant nonsense, and they threaten to throw him down the steep cliff below the brow of the hill on which Nazareth is located. Like his father, Archelaus rules with tyranny and cruelty. We must not avoid spiritual conflict when wrong has occurred just because our culture or others in the church say conflict is wrong. Mark 6:3(NASB). The only way she would ever know was not if he went up in the air and spun around a few times, not if he went out and healed some people, the only way she would ever know that the God of Israel would give her all she would ever need was if she took what she had in her poverty and trusted him with it. And what they're saying is, you know, it's not our fault that we don't believe, Jesus, it's Your fault, it's all in Your control, it's Your fault if we don't believe, You just haven't done enough here to prove this, we just need more evidence. Sidon was Gentile territory on the north coast of Israel, Tyre and Sidon, the two familiar cities. It was in the time of Elisha, and they didn't like Elisha, he didn't have any honor in his ownin his own country any more than Elijah did. We infer, then, that the return was in the summer of 750, after a sojourn of three or four months. They were the people of God. Jeremiah warns of the destruction of Jerusalem, Jeremiah says idolatry will bring Judah's fall, Jeremiah prophesies the destruction of Jerusalem, Miscellaneous flashbacks to earlier times, Gedeliah is murdered & Jeremiah goes to Egypt, 43. It is because they do not see themselves as the poor, prisoners, blind, and oppressed. In brief: Jesus returned to Nazareth, the town of his youth. Zephaniah & Habakkuk foretell Judah's fall, Zephaniah warns of the punishment of Judah, Habakkuk asks why the cruel Babylonians succeed, 44. And the answer to that question obviously is a very important answer. And there may have been a little bit of town rivalry going on as well. Lk. When Jesus had lived there, He was the carpenter. Forty days after Jesus is born, fulfilling the purification requirement of Leviticus 12, Mary and Joseph travel to Jerusalem's temple to present him before God. Their journey from Bethlehem to what is Egyptian-controlled territory (which was outside the jurisdiction of Herod) was at least 65 kilometers (40 miles). Isaiah 9:1 says, "but in the future he will honor Galilee of the nations, by the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan." Galilee can be translated to mean wheel or revolution.Though much effort was made by the Roman Empire to keep it a peaceful territory, word of Jesus and His followers . She knew that she was the poor, the prisoner, blind, and the oppressed. Huh. If He does a miracle, does that prove that He can save your soul from hell? And there were other miracles that occurred in Judea that must have been well known to the Galileans who were often down there for Passover and other feasts. Paul's Journey to Phrygia, Macedonia & Archaia, 11. God has not called us to peace at all costs. After the destruction of Jerusalem in 70AD, Sepphoris became an important centre of Jewish learning where the Jewish Council (the Sanhedrin) met and the traditions of the Jewish elders, so often challenged by Jesus (see, for example, Matthew 23:1-28) were codified into the Mishnah. Paul's Journey to Ephesus, Philippi & Corinth, The Ephesians are filled with the Holy Spirit, Paul meets violent opposition in Jerusalem, 13. 11 And a voice came from heaven: "You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased." 12 At once the Spirit sent him out into 22 But when he heard that Archelaus, who ruled from 4BC to AD6, was reigning in Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. And that is absolutely intolerable to them, to go to someone who is a life-long Jew, a life-long attender of the synagogue, a serious devout Jew and say, "You're no better off than a pagan, you're no better off than an outcast Gentile leper," is unthinkable because they're so committed to the self-righteousness that's a part of a works system. And you know what the message to them was? I don't know what they think they're accomplishing by falsifying miracles as if falsifying miracles somehow is going to cause people to believe in Jesus Christ. Before we're going to believe on You, before we're going to believe that You're the Messiah, You better do some miracles here like You did down there in Capernaum. Since the UK is now no longer a member of the EU, you may be charged an import tax on this item by the customs authorities in your country of residence, which is beyond our control. Now, you know, if she had been in the synagogue at Nazareth, she would have probably said, "Oh no, no, no. but kept her a virgin until she gave birth to a Son; and he called His name Jesus. Capernaum was the backdrop of many of Christ's mighty miracles. This is the most wretched thing imaginable. God sends Elijah in this midst of all this famine over to Zarephath, to this widow. The Journeys of Isaac, Jacob & Joseph, Jacob cheats Esau and flees to Mesopotamia, 25. Later the family returned from Egypt after God told them that King Herod had died and directed them to return to Israel (Matthew 2:19-21). And Jesus wasn't finished. That's not a problem for Him. Why did He stop reading in the middle of Isaiah 61:2, "The favorable year of the Lord," and He stopped when the rest of the verse said, "And the day of vengeance of our God?" I understand that, human nature. Verse 27: "There were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha, the prophet." 1 Tradition marks out the route which Joseph took into Egypt to have been by way of Hebron, Gaza, and the desert; which, as the most direct w r ay, is very likely the true one. Raymond E. Brown claimed that the narratives are "contrary to each other in a number of details."[12]. They were the blessed, the blessed of all nations, the blessed of all generations. In John 11:47 the Pharisees, the chief priests said, "This man is doing miracles." Mark 6:5-6(NASB). The result, the end of verse 25: "When a great famine came over all the land." Verses 14 and 15 tell himtell us about Him, "The news had spread throughout all the surrounding district," and verse 15 says, "He was being praised by all." That's always the problem. They cast Him out of the city. So S. Ambrose and Ruperti."[11]. I understand that humanly speaking that that's a factor. How do we know He's the Messiah? Guest. John 11:47(NASB). Why did He leave the vengeance out? They chose not to. R. Kent Hughes. Familiarity breeds its normal contempt. What is happening? The pope pointed to the Gospel of Matthew to offer advice for how to overcome the three types of temptations, as Jesus did when he was tempted by the devil after 40 days of fasting in the desert . In Matthew's Gospel, the narrative suggests that after his baptism he had spent time in the desert, the "holy city" (Jerusalem) and a mountainous area before returning to Galilee. Jesus ordered two disciples: "In that village you'll . The whole nation is worshiping Baal. The World of the Old Testament Journeys, 23.The Journeys of Adam, Enoch, Noah & Abraham, Cain is sent on a journey to the east of Eden, 24. Not only was Jesus the carpenter, but they also knew His family: Mary, James, Joses, Judas, and Simon. JESUS VISITS NAZARETH AND IS REJECTED. His parents make an offering to the temple of two young birds. 19 After Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt 20 and said, "Get up, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who were trying to take the child's life are dead.". And they were saying repeatedly, "Is this not Joseph's son?" But many of the crowd believed in Him; and they were saying, When the Christ comes, He will not perform more signs than those which this man has, will He? John 7:31 (NASB), But though He had performed so many signs before them, yet they were not believing in Him. We haven't seen anything like this in all these chapters all these months. And the cruse of oil was never empty. It must have bothered some of them that Jesus stopped there and didn't say anything about the day of vengeance. Two prophets in Israel unwelcomed, hated, rejected, refused by the people.
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