They were all the familiar faces of His life there. 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? His wife led that. Capernaum was the backdrop of many of Christ's mighty miracles. You know, words of salvation were offered to them, forgiveness, good news, release, light, sight, but they had to be willing to admit they were the poor, prisoners, blind, and oppressed. Remember that? The word had come back of what He had done there. Elijah comes on the scene in 1 Kings 17. So, it was fulfilled what was said through the prophets, Jesus will be called a Nazarene, even though He was born in Bethlehem. 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.' fulfills the prophecy found in Micah 5:2. On the return, Joseph was further instructed in a dream to take the family to Nazareth. How can we know the Messiah would be God incarnate? 1 Peter 2:20 tells us that we gain favor with God when we suffer for doing what is right. 1 Peter 2:19-20(NASB). but kept her a virgin until she gave birth to a Son; and he called His name Jesus. a MATT. I mean, there may have been some things that they were wondering about in His message. And so far the story has been positive. She is a pagan Gentile widow in the midst of a pagan godless area but believes in the true and living God. They just heard the greatest speaker that ever lived. They went to the synagogue. They all knew Elijah, the great prophet of Israel. They weren't about to do that. Give Him your life, that's the only way you'll ever know. We've had months and months and months, well over a year in Luke already and everything has been so positive. Father, this is such a powerful, powerful statement of the mission of the Messiah to save sinners. "I say to you in truth, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah." Accordingly, early in October, 4 B.C., they departed from Bethlehem for Nazareth, going by way of Lydda and Scythopolis. Enter your email address and we will send you instructions on how to reset your password. [2], Those who heard and saw Jesus did not reject Him for lack of evidence but in spite of overwhelming evidence. Their journey from Bethlehem to what is Egyptian-controlled territory (which was outside the jurisdiction of Herod) was at least 65 kilometers (40 miles). 1989. vol. The completed registration allows us to send order and donation receipts to the email address you provided. Those are the only people He can save. At this point they are in awe of His communication ability. 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. This was the time for the age of salvation. The MacArthur New Testament Commentary. I mean, it's a normal thing. Is God really truly God? For this finds favor, if for the sake of conscience toward God a person bears up under sorrows when suffering unjustly. Its Hebrew name Zippori, meaning a bird reflected its lofty position looking out across Cana, Nazareth and the Bet Netofa Valley. But then how could He possibly send His prophet to go minister to a Gentile widow in, of all places, Sidon? Deuteronomy 13 said that if you have a false prophet, you can do that, kill him. 6:2, seq.) This one is at the beginning. He was there. 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. 2. So the people at the end of the food chain get nothing, so widows are on the brink of death. If You want us to believe in You, then, physician, heal yourself. It was a small, isolated city in the Galilean hills. [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. Mark 6:1(NASB). 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. We will discover later in our study that the religious leaders would join together and devise a plot to get rid of Him. For example, C. H. Spurgeon (1834-1892), a British preacher, had no formal education beyond Newmarket Academy. Using the website implies your agreement to the use of cookies. Jesus ordered two disciples: "In that village you'll . He left Nazareth, where he had grown up, and dwelt in Capernaum, which is by the Sea of Galilee[3] "in the heart of the world, in a busy town, and near others, on the shore of a sea that was full of fish, and on a great international highway".[4]. This is the outcast of all outcasts. We don't know how many visits He made, we know of one in particular that is indicated in the second chapter of John. Written by on 27 febrero, 2023.Posted in long text copy paste i love you.long text copy paste i love you. But at this point, He makes a brilliant transition, and, folks, I want you to listen carefully. Amen is what the word is in the Greek, I solemnly assure you. It's an idiom for "I'm telling you the truth, this is really true. [1], The Pharisees heard that Jesus was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John, although in fact it was not Jesus who baptized, but his disciples. Jesus did not return to Nazareth because the city was important. Return of the family of Jesus to Nazareth, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Return_of_Jesus_to_Galilee&oldid=1088534225, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 18 May 2022, at 16:11. He knew, He read their minds. He just drops out of nowhere. You can see all the miracles under the sun, false miracles or whatever, you can see the whole parade of stuff. Both of the gospels which describe the nativity of Jesus agree that he was born in Bethlehem and then later moved with his family to live in Nazareth. They never got over this, by the way. And Jesus wasn't finished. Conflict is part of the Christian life. Remember him? If one is actively engaged in spiritual warfare and if one is doing what God has called him or her to do, then peace will not always exist. The Israelites face continuing opposition, The Israelites fight the remaining Canaanites, Israel under the 'judges': Othniel and Ehud, Gibeah is destroyed & the Benjamites punished, The Ark of the Covenant is captured at Aphek, 30. Let me tell you this, folks. If Jesus did a miracle, does that prove that He could, listen carefully, save sinners? Was Jesus an outspoken rabbi or was he God? Register. 141 views, 2 likes, 2 loves, 5 comments, 0 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from First Methodist Church Ardmore: Traditional Service February 12, 2023 The Journeys of Isaac, Jacob & Joseph, Jacob cheats Esau and flees to Mesopotamia, 25. Back in John 2 when He was in Judea it says that the people came to Him but He didn't commit Himself to them, John 2:24, because He knew what was in them. The Jewish World of the Old Testament, Sources of the History of Israel and Judah. So if you look at 1 Kings 17 you see the story. But on that day the Messiah Himself is the reader and He is the expositor, Messiah the Son of God Himself is the mafteer, to whom the chazan hands the haftarah. Now it says, verse 26, "And Elijah was sent to none of them." They persecuted the apostle Paul, and the Roman politicians persecuted Christians for many years after the apostles. The people who are at the bottom of the food chain are the widows because they're charity cases. Accordingly, we have updated our Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions in order to comply with GDPR. They had reliable eyewitness accounts of what Jesus had done when He was there during that first year of ministry, He spent some time there. 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. John's Letters to the believers in Asia Minor, 20. They never questioned that. This woman in the land of Sidon, hang on, is a Gentile. John 9:16(NASB). From Acts of the Apostles to John's Revelation, 12 Aug. 1 Corinthians 10:16-17,11:20-34, 2 Feb. Genesis 29:31-35,30:1-12,17-24. And so, in self-defense they begin to think. We will suffer because there is a spiritual battle. Map ReferencesHoly Bible, a Faithful VersionJohn Gills' Exposition of the Bible. 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?" That He was going to cause people to fall as well as to rise? Paul's Letters to Ephesus, Colossae & Philippi, 17. Mary legally remained with Joseph until Jesus was 12 years old. So he goes over there and he does his seven ducks in the dirty river and guess what? There's only one way to know that Jesus can save your soul from hell and change your life and send you to eternal heaven with all your sins forgiven and that is to take your meager, little, wicked life and hand it over to Him and see what He does with it. Ezekiel warns of the conquest of Jerusalem, Ezekiel's vision of idolatry in the Temple, Ezekiel speaks through prophesies and parables, Further prophecies & the fall of Jerusalem, Hope for the future - New life for Israel, 45. On one of his raids he took captive, this is in the stories in 2 Kings 5, first fourteen verses, you can read it yourself, he took back this girl, one of his captives and she became a servant in his house to help his wife. He would have gone into that synagogue and seen His aunts and His uncles, and His half-brothers and half-sisters, and His cousins and distant relatives and friends and neighbors. During Jesuss childhood, Herod Antipas (Herod the Greats son), the tetrarch (ruler) of Galilee, restored and redeveloped Sepphoris as a Romanised city (known as Diocaesarea), locating his palace there before building a new residence at Tiberias between 18 and 20AD. My feeling is that our Lord set us an example here . That was the only That was the only negative in all these chapters that He was going to be opposed? So, that's what they want. It is quite possible that Joseph first met Mary when he came to work in Sepphoris. How long did it take Jesus to walk from Nazareth to Jerusalem? He had no intention of kicking open the prison doors, of wreaking havoc and divine vengeance on the ungodly. But this was a different day because now He took the place of the Messiah and declared to them that He was the fulfillment of all messianic prophecy. They did not come because they had found reasons for rejecting Him. They were unsympathetic to that, they were too proud, too self-righteous, they were too skeptical because they were in a self-defense mode. We must not shrink from telling others about Christ. 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. The religious leaders of Jesus day repeatedly rejected Him. The reason for rejecting the Lord has always been that men prefer their own way to His.[3]. His sisters remained in Nazareth, perhaps because they were already married (Mark 6:3). Guest. As we have already discovered, Jesus was rejected early in His ministry. Then the people added another insult and rejection. Mary and the family's trip to and from Egypt is a fulfillment of Bible prophecy (Hosea 11:1). III. Then He gave the exposition of those passages and showed what they meant and how He fulfilled them. That is the message of verses 5-6. 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. 9 At that time Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. How to get right with God: By water or the Spirit? . Dr. Scofield replied, Young man, my Lord had only twelve men in His school and in His congregation most of the time. He has asked us to be at peace with all men as much as possible (Romans 12:18). Now this is worse. To them had come the Messiah of God, to them had come the Savior of the world with the message of salvation, a message of riches, a message of forgiveness, a message of eternal life, a message of release. Not only was Jesus the carpenter, but they also knew His family: Mary, James, Joses, Judas, and Simon. There's only one reason why people who know the gospel don't accept Christ. Mary ceased to be a virgin after Jesus was born. These are statements indicating great importance. 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. Jesus did not send an angel to testify of myths, but of facts, prophecies that will soon take place. That's why they were so excited that He was going to speak in their synagogue. All the way through these four chapters of Luke's gospel, everything has been very positive. You see that? Some time after Jesus arrived in Nazareth, the Sabbath arrived; and so Jesus went to the synagogue. So Jesus is the fulfillment of this prophecy, "The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me because He anointed Me." If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you . And you know what happened? They're saying, "Do them here." Paul's Journey to Ephesus, Philippi & Corinth, The Ephesians are filled with the Holy Spirit, Paul meets violent opposition in Jerusalem, 13. They did not realize that schools can educate only the mind. Huh. All eyes in the synagogue are fixed on him as he says, While you heard these words just now, they were coming true! (Luke 4:21). Her son got sick and died, remember? You didn't know either and neither did I until I gave Him my life. Jesus, just before his public ministry began, left his boyhood home in Nazareth and took up residence in the city. So, Matthew seems to place the birth of Jesus quite a few years before 4 BCE. And that is the case of Jesus. Jezebel was a Gentile Baal worshiper. If He does a miracle, does that prove that He can save your soul from hell? It could include a proverb or an axiom. Do you see it? And a three and a half year drought produces a famine, people start to die. 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). For one thing, in Bible times people were often identified by their native area or place of residence. You know, the Jews didn't like this story, I can tell you, and as Jesus starts to tell it, they start to get angry. They had plenty. Jesus demonstrated an important truth for us God has not called us to avoid conflict in the ministry. And we both take God very seriously and take His Word seriously. Those who never suffer are probably not in the battle. 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). For what credit is there if, when you sin and are harshly treated, you endure it with patience? They aren't the poor, the prisoners, the blind, and the oppressed. And he starts to think about it and he had second thoughts. All we have here is just a summation. Why did Jesus return to a city that had previously attempted to murder Him? Exodus 22, Deuteronomy 10, through the Psalms, Isaiah 1, many, many places and God has a special heart for widows. We've had four chapters. As we have already stated, sometime later in Jesus ministry, He returned to Nazareth to tell the people that He was the Messiah. And it's true of this rabbi, a very gracious man, very knowledgeable man. The area was the home of the father of Jezebel. Mark 6:3(NASB). It is because they do not see themselves as the poor, the blind, the prisoners, and the oppressed. There is a similar event in the synagogue at Nazareth that happened at the end of Jesus' life. A street in Sepphoris (Diocaesarea) (Carole Raddato). Her food supply was down to one little bit of flour and one little bit of oil, enough to make one cake, right? 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. Ive actually been criticized by some ministers and Christian workers for going to certain small churches instead of going to larger ones. 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." Let me tell you something, there's nothing worse than spiritual pride, is there? Let me tell you about the days of Elijah for a minute. Matt. And they just put up a wall. Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? There's only one reason why people who know the truth of Jesus don't believe. 21 So he got up, took the child and his mother and went to the land of . GDPR is the new European privacy regulation, which will replace the Data Protection Act 1998 in the UK and the equivalent legislation across the EU Member States. Again I say, take all the healers, line them up, let them heal all the sick, that doesn't prove that Jesus can forgive sin. Jesus's return to Galilee marks the beginning of his "public ministry" in Galilee, as he begins to preach there,[5] and in Matthew's interpretation, the fulfillment of the prophecy of Isaiah (Isaiah 9): The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, And then he says when she's going to get the water, "Can you also take what youve got left and make me a meal?" 2. Capernaum was only twenty miles away. No prophet is welcome in his hometown, no prophet is dektos, accepted in his hometown. They could have proven that He was the Messiah in an instant. In their minds they were the respectable. Whatever we heard was done at Capernaum, do here in your home town as well. I have to do what the man tells me to do. 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