Jesus (c. 4 BC - AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ or Jesus of Nazareth (among other names and titles), was a first-century Jewish preacher and religious leader; he is the central figure of Christianity, the world's largest religion.Most Christians believe he is the incarnation of God the Son and the awaited Messiah (the Christ) prophesied in the Hebrew Bible. It isn't, it doesn't, it didn't. The World of the New Testament Journeys, English Translations of the New Testament, Jesus teaches how to receive the Holy Spirit, Jesus is changed on the slopes of Mount Hermon, Jesus heralds the end of the sacrificial system, The believers are filled with the Holy Spirit, Stephen is killed & the believers are scattered, 9. Great speakers making great speeches have always won over the minds and hearts of their hearers. Mark 6:5-6(NASB). Don't You come tell us You're the doctor if weif we don't have some proof.". Let me be very honest. Accordingly, early in October, 4 B.C., they departed from Bethlehem for Nazareth, going by way of Lydda and Scythopolis. So, Matthew seems to place the birth of Jesus quite a few years before 4 BCE. We haven't seen anything like this in all these chapters all these months. Dr. Scofield replied, Young man, my Lord had only twelve men in His school and in His congregation most of the time. Here is an enemy, a Gentile, somebody who has sacked and attacked and killed and plundered Israel and he's a leper. And the first thing that he does is he announces a drought. He is, Just one of us! Surely, He is nothing special. In the Greek text, a definite article appears before carpenter. This implies that Jesus had been the carpenter or craftsman of the town. They were literally stunned by it. He was a Gentile. Leprosy is a sort of a categorical word. We have witnessed this fact in the pages of the gospels. Many people did reject Jesus. God has not called us to peace at all costs. 2 Timothy 2:3(NASB), Indeed, all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted. It just means that the buzz was positive, just rippling through that packed synagogue. Text, maps & photos (unless otherwise stated) by Chris & Jenifer Taylor 2023. John Gills' Exposition of the Bible states that one time he sent his entire army into Jerusalem's temple, at Passover, in order to kill 3,000 men suspected of sedition. 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. His reputation was gathering by the time He came to this synagogue in Nazareth where He launches His year and a half Galilean ministry. On the Sabbath, he begins to teach the people. Around 100 BC, one clan from the line of David returned to Israel and established the town of Nazareth. Scripture tells of Joseph returning to Nazareth, avoiding any further residence in Judea. 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. Should Jesus have forced many people to be healed anyway? 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. Let me tell you something as you study the New Testament. Most scholarship places the date of Herod's death around 4 BCE.[6][7][8]. 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?" Mark. "Whatever we heard was done at Capernaum, do here in Your home town as well." 6:2, seq.) There is a story about Dr. C. I. Scofield, the man who was responsible for The Scofield Reference Bible. 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. 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. 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 Divided Kingdom & Journey into Exile, Jezebel kills the prophets & Elijah escapes, Elijah organises the opposition to King Ahab, Jehu races to Jezreel to depose King Joram, King Joash repairs the Temple in Jerusalem, Jeroboam II restores the boundaries of Israel, Tiglath-Pileser of Assyria invades Israel, Israel falls & the exiles are led to Assyria, King Hezekiah of Judah rebels against Assyria, Isaiah prophesies the destruction of Judah, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon invades Judah, Jerusalem falls and the exile in Babylon begins, Biblical sources relating to Judah in exile, The later years of exile & the return to Judah, The completion of the Second Temple in Jerusalem, A third group of exiles returns with Ezra, A fourth group of exiles returns with Nehemiah, Mordecai uncovers a plot to kill the king, The origin of the Jewish festival of Purim, 37. Bernegger, P. M. "Affirmation of Herod's Death in 4 B.C.
This was a proverb that was well known. 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. Let me tell you about the days of Elijah for a minute. It was so important to God for the warnings of horror to be believed that the Bible says if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life (Revelation 22:19). They were unsympathetic to that, they were too proud, too self-righteous, they were too skeptical because they were in a self-defense mode. The Jesus Trail (Hebrew: , Sh'vl Yesh) is a 65 km (40 mi) hiking and pilgrimage route in the Galilee region of Israel that traces the route Jesus may have walked, connecting many sites from his life and ministry. They don't want the salvation He offers if the terms are to admit that you are the poor and you're the prisoners and you're the blind and you're the oppressed. John 12:37(NASB). The day of salvation had come, it was there, it was fulfilled, He the Savior who would bring the salvation was standing in front of them and they were hearing His voice and looking at His face. And we both take God very seriously and take His Word seriously. It is quite possible that Joseph first met Mary when he came to work in Sepphoris. 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. He was a Gentile and worse than that, he was a leper, he had leprosy, he was unclean, he was despicable on every count. Powerful orators have always been able to captivate people. It is because they do not see themselves as the poor, the blind, the prisoners, and the oppressed. Yeah, and they tried to kill Him. Oh they said, "Do some things like You did down there. Then they'll know that I'm the Messiah, right?". The Golden Age of Israel under King Solomon, Solomon builds a palace and furnishes the Temple, The Ark of the Covenant is installed in the Temple, Solomon builds a network of chariot cities, 32. They hated that message so violently because they would not be humiliated. Let's follow the story. So the word is beginning to grow about Him. Some Bible scholars had noted differences in the birth narrative story of the flight. And You know, there's a bit of a concession here. We must not shrink from telling others about Christ. Remember him? All the way through these four chapters of Luke's gospel, everything has been very positive. 4:14-30 One Sabbath day, according to his usual custom, Jesus goes to the local synagogue in Nazareth where he was brought up (see 4 on Map 5). And she would only know if that was the man of God if she trusted him. It's always the problem. She says, "The Lord God of Israel lives." But if when you do what is right and suffer for it you patiently endure it, this finds favor with God. 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). Each day's trip is between 13 and 19 kilometres (8 to 12 mi) in duration. They didn't even take into consideration that the Father out of heaven had said, "This is My beloved Son.". At first His words settled well. Ahab became a Baal worshiper, a worshiper of Baal. Imagine coming to church today expecting to hear me preaching and having the Lord Jesus Christ appear in person to tell you that He had come to fulfill all the prophecies of His Second Coming, all the prophecies of the glory of His Kingdom of salvation on earth. Well that's something like what the Jews in the Nazareth synagogue experienced that day. 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. He knew, He read their minds. There are many widows. These other people were wretched, destitute outcasts. Thats the situation. Why? The people who sat in darkness have seen a great light, 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 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). Nazareth was nothing special. They responded by attempting to murder Him. The triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem is narrated in Matthew 21:1-11, Mark 11:1-11, Luke 19:28-44 and John 12:12-19. Matthew 8-15 . Jonah goes to Nineveh & Nahum condemns it, Jonah is thrown overboard to appease the gods, 42. They never questioned that. 2 Timothy 3:12(NASB). They continued to reject the apostles even after Jesus left. He says the same thing as recorded in Matthew 13:57 and Mark 6:4. They were His relatives and His friends and His neighbors. IV. Be a good soldier! All we have here is just a summation. Or eternal life in God's kingdom? There were many widows. 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 it's true of this rabbi, a very gracious man, very knowledgeable man. John's Gospel narrative refers to Jesus travelling through Samaria in order to reach Galilee, and describes his meeting with a Samaritan woman at a well at Sychar in Samaria. . I think Jesus is making a bit of a concession. And He said, 'Truly I say to you, no prophet is welcome in his hometown, but I say to you in truth, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah when the sky was shut up for three years and six months when a great famine came over all the land, and yet Elijah was sent to none of them, but only to Zarephath in the land of Sidon to a woman who was a widow; and there were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet, and none of them was cleansed, but only Naaman, the Syrian.' 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 . The Israelites journey from Egypt to Mt Sinai, 26. Its Hebrew name Zippori, meaning a bird reflected its lofty position looking out across Cana, Nazareth and the Bet Netofa Valley. The MacArthur New Testament Commentary. All rights reserved. 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. 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. This might well explain Jesuss familiarity with Roman customs and the Roman theatre (see, for example, Matthew 6:2 & 22:18 where Jesus calls the Pharisees hypocrites the Greek word ypokritae meaning stage-players who wear masks and act out a role, as Roman actors did in the theatre). The rejection of Jesus Christ is not something that has started only during our lifetime. 4:31-37 Following this rejection in his home town, Jesus goes down to Capernaum, by the lakeside (see 5 on Map 5). After clicking 'Register', you will receive an email with a link to verify your account and to complete your registration. The whole nation is worshiping Baal. And so, in self-defense they begin to think. Jesus's Journeys around Galilee Jesus starts his ministry Jesus is tempted Jesus returns to Galilee Jesus goes back to Nazareth Jesus travels to Jerusalem Jesus passes through Samaria Jesus performs healing miracles Please, we would like to believe in You, prove You're Messiah. To beseech Him to return and save us, if we have thoughtlessly or wilfully slighted Him. Well, if you go back to 1 Kings 17, I don't have time, you're going to hang with me now, another few minutes, because we can't break this off, I'm not going to get to speak to you for a while, we've got to cover this, this is so powerful. How could Jesus let it happen? Huh. We've had months and months and months, well over a year in Luke already and everything has been so positive. We sent you an email. Now listen to this very carefully. 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. The author of the book of Hebrew (7:14) informs that "it is clear that our Lord descended from Judah." And you could have paraded before me an infinite number of miracles. Well they were in awe of the gracious words which were falling from His lips. How am I going to know that that's true unless I do what He says? Why did He leave the vengeance out? They never did. Upon learning that Herod Archelaus had succeeded his father in Judea, they continued on to Galilee. Could you do some magic somewhere? And the cruse of oil was never empty. Paul's Journey to Ephesus, Philippi & Corinth, The Ephesians are filled with the Holy Spirit, Paul meets violent opposition in Jerusalem, 13. They went to the synagogue. You can see all the miracles under the sun, false miracles or whatever, you can see the whole parade of stuff. Mary and Joseph head home mistakenly leaving Jesus behind. And I think there's a bit ofthere's a bit of mercy in that in Jesus' case. Lk. This study describes this second return. In the synagogue, a man with an evil spirit shouts out, Jesus of Nazareth! Imagine that you had come this morning and Jesus was standing in the pulpit to tell you that the time was now for the fulfillment of all prophecies and it would begin with Him taking us to heaven in the glories of the rapture to the homes that He has prepared for us there. The completed registration allows us to send order and donation receipts to the email address you provided. 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. Is this really His prophet? They enjoy controversy and conflict. So the accumulated information about the miracles was growing and growing and nobody ever questioned that. And he said"I'll" he was furious, he was a man of honor and a man of stature and a man of dignity and a man of nobility and he isn't going to humble himself in some kind of humiliating deal and go dump himself down seven times in some dirty river. This is the most wretched thing imaginable. 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. Nazareth sits on a hill, many hills on the hill but it's up a slope. Whatever we heard was done at Capernaum, do here in Your hometown as well."' They couldn't equivocate on the masterful way in which He had communicated the message unlike anything they had ever, ever heard, not even close to anything they had ever heard. 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. He says, "You want Me to do what was over there, but that's not because you really care to have proof, this is your way of self-justification." They did not realize that schools can educate only the mind. '", You see what they were doing? Paul's Journey to Phrygia, Macedonia & Archaia, 11. The return of the family of Jesus to Nazareth, also known as the return from Egypt, appears in the reports of the early life of Jesus given in the canonical gospels. At the time of the return of Joseph, Mary and Jesus return home, Jesus was between two to five years old. 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? The answer is that people who don't believe when they know the facts don't believe for one reason. Go over there in this dirty river and just duck yourself seven times. The man who carried Jesus' cross when He was no longer able to, for example, was called Simon of Cyrene, noting his name and his place of residence ( Luke 23:26 ). It's more of that "familiarity breeds contempt." Is the man of God really the man of God? They were stunned by His ability to speak, and amazingly they hadn't heard Him speak and He had grown up in their midst. She knew that she was the poor, the prisoner, blind, and the oppressed. Haggai & Zechariah encourage re-building, Haggai urges the exiles to re-build the Temple, Prophesies about the coming of the Messiah, 47. What is happening? And he starts to think about it and he had second thoughts. Moody Press. They didn't even want these stories to be rehearsed again, they didn't like these stories. Let me tell you this, folks. Clean! The couple travels the roughly 80 miles (about 129 kilometers) to the city, where Christ will be ultimately born in a stable and laid in a manger (Luke 2:1 - 20). This is even more amazing. After the people rejected Jesus once again, He responded to them with these words, Jesus said to them, A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and among his own relatives and in his own household.Mark 6:4 (NASB). Mary was well along in her pregnancy; the Bible describes her at this time with the expressive phrase "heavy wi. If they wanted salvation, they had to confess their spiritual destitution, their spiritual poverty, their spiritual blindness, their spiritual bondage, their spiritual oppression. Nathanaels comment was negative. I understand that, human nature. After another dream, Joseph returned to Nazareth in Galilee. Listen. You want to know whether Jesus can save you from hell? Matt. And upon those who sat in the region and shadow of death, Many religious leaders rejected Him, but not all of them. Speaking of prophets that were unwelcome, I remind you of Elijah and Elisha. Because you can't be saved if you don't. It may also include what is today called leprosy, but really by that most people mean Hansen's disease, but it included all kinds of diseases of the skin described in Leviticus 13. But then how could He possibly send His prophet to go minister to a Gentile widow in, of all places, Sidon? 12:42 says many did believe, but they kept it private, for fear the Pharisees would exclude them from the . They were like local churches in towns today, there are many in a given town. He just drops out of nowhere. This is the outcast of all outcasts. Instead, we should notice that very few people came to Jesus for healing. Just give your life to Him, He'll prove He can. Widows are dying, the special care of God are these widows, not enough food to feed your own children let alone to give it away to some widow. During Jesuss childhood, the most important town in Galilee was Sepphoris, located 4 miles / 6 km to the north of Nazareth (see Map 4). The words that fell from His lips were like words they had never heard from anyone ever. We will suffer because there is a spiritual battle. The World of the New Testament Journeys, English Translations of the New Testament, Jesus teaches how to receive the Holy Spirit, Jesus is changed on the slopes of Mount Hermon, Jesus heralds the end of the sacrificial system, The believers are filled with the Holy Spirit, Stephen is killed & the believers are scattered, 9. There was not an honest issue of evidence. Sometimes we think that trouble is a sign of Gods judgment or that we did something wrong. Joseph may well have moved from Bethlehem to Sepphoris as a young man, in search of work on one of the biggest building sites in the whole of Palestine. It rivets you to the page to understand how could this have happened. The judgment comes and it is a judgment on the idolatry, the Baal worship of Ahab and the people of Israel. Note that Matthew 13:55 provides the same list of Marys children. The initial response to His speaking in the synagogue was positive. a MATT. They were familiar, believe me, with 1 Kings 17, very familiar with it. how many times did jesus celebrate passover. He's saying to them, "I can see that it's hard for you to get past the fact that I'm a local guy, that I grew up here and that I am Joseph's son and Mary's boy and that this is my synagogue and you saw me here all those years of my life. The Romano-Jewish world of the New Testament, 22. Therefore, He was prevented from healing many. Oh boy, you're sitting in the synagogue, you're saying, "This is not going well. He knew that. His parents make an offering to the temple of two young birds. 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. How to get right with God: By water or the Spirit? That's not a problem for Him. And if he's not, I'll just have one less meal and die half a day sooner. How about you? Matthew 2:19-23, The angel Gabriel spoke to Mary about the birth of Jesus, An angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, Angels praised God for the birth of Jesus, Jesus at 40 days old was taken to the Temple, Magi traveled from the East to find Jesus, King Herod the Great plans how to kill Jesus, Timeline for Birth of Jesus The Christmas Story, Background Information Birth of Jesus The Christmas Story. He was sent to Zarephath in the land of Sidon to a woman who was a widow there. He has already been ministering almost a year in the south, in Judea, with a few visits to Galilee. Consequently, Nazareth became Jesus hometown. And He told them He had come to fulfill messianic prophecy, He had come to bring the favorable year of the Lord, which means the era of salvation. So, even John had talked about that. If they wanted proof, all they needed to do was ask Him to save them from their sins, but they had to admit their sins and they wouldn't. That is a judgment of God. No Sabbath ever began so wondrously and no Sabbath ever ended so tragically. Give Him your life, that's the only way you'll ever know. The greater the distance away, the greater he became. Mary ceased to be a virgin after Jesus was born. The only way she would ever know whether God would supply all she ever needed was to take the little that she had and trust it to him. And you know what happened? Her son got sick and died, remember? This website uses cookies to monitor usage (see Privacy Statement in drop-down box under 'Contact Us'). 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. But at this point, He makes a brilliant transition, and, folks, I want you to listen carefully. Never does the Jewish population or the Jewish leaders question Jesus' miracles, never. They understand exactly what He said and, believe me, they understand what He meant by what He said because He spoke so perfectly clear. Verse 27: "There were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha, the prophet." After the death of his step-father sometime between his 12th and 30th birthday, Jesus continues to live in Nazareth until he journeys to Capernaum to begin his public ministry. We tend to highly value someone we do not know, only later to be often disappointed with them. The family then makes the short trip back to Bethlehem. They were astonished by it. Jesus banished disease from the whole land of Palestine and they put Him on a cross. The travels of Mary and Joseph from Egyptian territory all the way north to Nazareth is a journey of at least 106 miles (170 kilometers, see Luke 2:39 - 40)! I mean, there may have been some things that they were wondering about in His message. If Jesus did a miracle, does that prove that He can transfer people from the kingdom of darkness to the kingdom of light? Tyre and Sidon in that Gentile region, Zarephath was a town in between the two, Tyre and Sidon, a Phoenician city. Open your Bible to the fourth chapter of Luke. They're getting angrier by the moment. We're in shock, aren't we? All Rights Reserved. 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