Jesus is our example! In John 1:46, Nathanael reveals that the city was unimportant when he said, Can any good thing come out of Nazareth? Haggai & Zechariah encourage re-building, Haggai urges the exiles to re-build the Temple, Prophesies about the coming of the Messiah, 47. Very simple, admit their sin, ask Him to save them and see if He did it, right? All we have here is just a summation. All of a sudden bedlam broke loose in the crowded synagogue. It was a small, isolated city in the Galilean hills. How many journeys did Mary and Joseph take before and after Jesus' birth? And they said, Jesus of Nazareth. Honestly, they were as eager for the Messiah to come and wreak vengeance on their Gentile enemies as they were for Him to come and bring salvation to Israel. I greatly enjoyed our time together and I believe we'll have more time in the future, and I look forward to that. John's Letters to the believers in Asia Minor, 20. The people in the synagogue responded as some might today. He knew that. We can just imagine their thoughts. The local people of Nazareth later called Jesus the carpenters son (see Matthew 13:55). Event in the life of Jesus given in the canonical gospels, Return of the family of Jesus to Nazareth, Barnes, Timothy David. He was a wretched, wicked king who worshiped Baal. It just kept getting filled and filled and filled. There is a story about Dr. C. I. Scofield, the man who was responsible for The Scofield Reference Bible. 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. Sidon was Gentile territory on the north coast of Israel, Tyre and Sidon, the two familiar cities. 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. God sends a judgment on Ahab, a judgment on Israel and it's a three and a half year drought. You know how the Jews in the synagogue that day that they could have known that Jesus was Messiah? Naaman was a commander-in-chief of a section known as Aram. They hated their oppressors. Raymond E. Brown claimed that the narratives are "contrary to each other in a number of details."[12]. During Jesuss childhood, the most important town in Galilee was Sepphoris, located 4 miles / 6 km to the north of Nazareth (see Map 4). 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. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed upon Him and He began to say to them, 'Today, this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.'". We don't like that story at all. To guard against evil and ignorant prejudices. They never did. It's actually the Greek word parabol, which means parable, but parabol has a broad meaning. And if he's not, I'll just have one less meal and die half a day sooner. What it does do is affirm the faith of those who believe. God sends Elijah in this midst of all this famine over to Zarephath, to this widow. 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. Please be aware that these items are sent out from our office in the UK. The greater the distance away, the greater he became. 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). That's why they were so excited that He was going to speak in their synagogue. Huh. Don't You come tell us You're the doctor if weif we don't have some proof.". And you remember the story? My feeling is that our Lord set us an example here . You're saying, "Well, why should we believe Him, after all, we don't have any proof that He's the Messiah." So, that's what they want. And they are stirred, believe me, because they heard the truth presented as clearly as it could ever be presented. May He, in grace, save many sinners even today. 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. 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.". 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. What is happening? What did that sermon that He preached say? 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 . 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. The problem is we don't have proof. But all of a sudden on this Sabbath in the year 28, He was there. Mary ceased to be a virgin after Jesus was born. The young preacher leaned over and apologized to Dr. Scofield for the small number who had come to hear his preaching and teaching. Some of them probably were wondering about that. So if you look at 1 Kings 17 you see the story. Archelaus was known for his cruelty and in response to complaints from the populace, in 6 AD he was deposed by Augustus and banished to Vienne in Gaul. How about you? 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. Mary legally remained with Joseph until Jesus was 12 years old. 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. This was a proverb that was well known. 5-24. Jesus teachings and the rumors about His miracles should have encouraged them to respond, but they did not. They refused to admit it. JESUS VISITS NAZARETH AND IS REJECTED. "The Date of Herod's Death,". And it's true of this rabbi, a very gracious man, very knowledgeable man. That was the only That was the only negative in all these chapters that He was going to be opposed? 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. Therefore the chief priests and the Pharisees convened a council, and were saying, What are we doing? He cares about the honor and glory of God and he's given his life to serve God. They may be passive Christians. All of this supposed miracle-working stuff that these modern-day, supposed healers do has absolutely no bearing on the gospel. Lk. You know what his name was? Many times the preacher had said, "The eyes who are honored to look at the sight of Messiah are of all eyes most blessed and the ears who are honored to hear His voice of all hears most blessed." He was concerned that they were sinners who needed their sins forgiven. In Matthew 2:23, the return to Nazareth is said to be a fulfilment of the prophetic word, "He shall be called a Nazarene". Those who claim that these children were not the offspring of Mary do so without proof. One preacher titled a sermon on this, "Seven ducks in a dirty pond." His wife worshiped Baal. However, the rest of the passage reveals that Jesus did perform healings when people came to Him. Oh they said, "Do some things like You did down there. 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." Mark. There is a similar event in the synagogue at Nazareth that happened at the end of Jesus' life. And it's a fair axiom. 2 Timothy 3:12(NASB). Instead, we should notice that very few people came to Jesus for healing. Then the people added another insult and rejection. It's not going to convince you. Joseph, Mary and Jesus return from Egypt to their home at Nazareth in Galilee. So, even John had talked about that. Accordingly, we have updated our Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions in order to comply with GDPR. Why did He leave the vengeance out? This website uses cookies to monitor usage (see Privacy Statement in drop-down box under 'Contact Us'). It's always the same. He was the greatest preacher who ever opened His mouth. God, the God of the fatherless and the widow, God, the God who cares about the widows, there was a famine in the land for three and a half years and the people were dying and the widows were dying and God never cared for any of the widows. It is possible that He also returned to visit His sisters. What you're about to hear is profound. To do good to those who despitefully use us and persecute us. If He had only twelve, who is C. I. Scofield to be concerned about a big crowd?[1]. There were many widows. John 18:7. Never does the Jewish population or the Jewish leaders question Jesus' miracles, never. 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. Though still young, he has the favor of God and men. Therefore, they rejected Him. It isn't, it doesn't, it didn't. And thenand the Lord did another amazing thing. Jezebel was a Gentile. They were speaking well of Him. We will discover later in John 7:15 that it was common knowledge that Jesus did not have any formal rabbinical education. All they want Him to do is to do in Nazareth what was done in Capernaum, twenty miles away. They never did. And through His whole life He didn't express vengeance. At first His words settled well. And when Jesus didn't do that, when, in fact, Jesus didn't take vengeance on any of the ungodly people, whether they were Romans or whether they were apostate Jews, when there was none of that going on at all, John became concerned and eventually so confused that he took some of his own disciples, got word to them, sent them to Jesus to ask Him if He was really the Messiah because he wanted to know if He's the Messiah, where is the vengeance. We will discover later in our study that the religious leaders would join together and devise a plot to get rid of Him. Jezebel was a Gentile Baal worshiper. 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. Galilee was ruled by Archelaus's brother, Herod Antipas. IV. Jesus went out from there and came into His hometown; and His disciples followed Him. Now this is worse. She wasn't in the synagogue in Nazareth and it was probably a good thing or she might have been influenced by the crowd attitude. She gives testimony. 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. How could God ignore the Jews of Israel? How do I know you're a man of God? There are those in the ministry today who do not have formal education, but they really know the One who was the from the beginning (1 John 2:12-14). 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 childs life are dead., 21 So he got up, took the child and his mother and went to the land of Israel. Two prophets in Israel unwelcomed, hated, rejected, refused by the people. Mark 6:5-6(NASB). We just can't buy this message. Each day's trip is between 13 and 19 kilometres (8 to 12 mi) in duration. Using the website implies your agreement to the use of cookies. That He was going to cause people to fall as well as to rise? That is the message of verses 5-6. They soon begin their travel back to Judea and Bethlehem. On the return, Joseph was further instructed in a dream to take the family to Nazareth. Jesus is brought up in Galilee (ruled by another of Herods sons) and becomes known as Jesus of Nazareth. John's Revelation to the 7 Churches of Asia, John's Letter to the 7 Churches of Asia Minor, The messages to the believers on the coastal plain, The messages to the believers living inland, 21. Jesus did not return to Nazareth because the city was important. This is the most wretched thing imaginable. And so here God sends His prophet to a woman from the home region of Jezebel, a Gentile widow. He was the Savior of the world. Ask Him. Jesus did not return to Nazareth because the city was important. Some Bible scholars had noted differences in the birth narrative story of the flight. For what credit is there if, when you sin and are harshly treated, you endure it with patience? We are worse than a Syrian Gentile leper. There are some Christians, however, who are warriors. in Nazareth, Mary and Joseph had to return to Judah for the Roman-mandated census. They worshiped the true and living God. It was in this generation that He came and out of all that generation, the blessed of people because it was to them that He came, to that small little group in that small town in that small synagogue. Its Hebrew name Zippori, meaning a bird reflected its lofty position looking out across Cana, Nazareth and the Bet Netofa Valley. Now, you know, if she had been in the synagogue at Nazareth, she would have probably said, "Oh no, no, no. Ethbaal, he was so devoted to Baal He named himself after Baal. Please respond to confirm your registration. Everybody who rejects Jesus Christ as Messiah and Savior rejects Him for the very same reason and what that reason is will become clear to you this morning by the words of Jesus in the text of our message. They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. They were righteous. In brief: Jesus returned to Nazareth, the town of his youth. [1][2][3] The Gospel of Luke, on the other hand, does not record anything about the flight to Egypt, but says that Joseph had been previously living in Nazareth,[4] and returned there after the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple. Now what's wrong with Naaman? Psalm 146:9, "God, the Lord who relieves widows." As we have already discovered, Jesus was rejected early in His ministry. There was never a preacher like Him. Dr. Scofield replied, Young man, my Lord had only twelve men in His school and in His congregation most of the time. There's a bit of a concession there. And Jesus wasn't finished. Jesus banished disease from the whole land of Palestine and they put Him on a cross. 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. And He instructed the people to care for the widows and that was a very important part of living out godly righteous life. She says it, "The Lord God of Israel lives." Matthew does not mention Nazareth as being the previous home of Joseph and Mary; he says that Joseph was afraid to go to Judea because Herod Archelaus was ruling there and so the family went to Nazareth instead. 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. 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). Answer Jesus was referred to as "Jesus of Nazareth" for several reasons. Jesus, just before his public ministry began, left his boyhood home in Nazareth and took up residence in the city. The word had come back of what He had done there. (See Numb. c 16 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. Where did He get His wisdom? After clicking 'Register', you will receive an email with a link to verify your account and to complete your registration. Having been warned in a dream, he withdrew to the district of Galilee, 23 and he went and lived in a town called Nazareth. It was never a question of miracles. Do you see it? If You want us to believe in You, then, physician, heal yourself. We pray in His name. They chose to throw up a smoke screen in their minds and Jesus read their minds. There's only one reason why people who know the truth of Jesus don't believe. The following comparison is primarily based on the New International Version (NIV): [1] Jesus, the disciples and the crowd went to Bethphage from Jericho (20:29). . Let's go back to verse 16 in Luke 4 and pick up the scene where it really begins. Look at verse 22, "All were speaking well of Him." And they were saying repeatedly, "Is this not Joseph's son?" So they fled to Egypt in order to save Jesus. 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. Then He gave the exposition of those passages and showed what they meant and how He fulfilled them. 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). The Romano-Jewish world of the New Testament, 22. Accordingly, early in October, 4 B.C., they departed from Bethlehem for Nazareth, going by way of Lydda and Scythopolis. Religious education cannot guarantee that the heart is in love with God or that the person is growing spiritually. And He closed the book and gave it back to the attendant and sat down. He told him to take Mary and Jesus back to Israel. It relates the return of Jesus to Galilee upon the imprisonment of John the Baptist. God offers nothing to people who are content with their own condition, except judgment. It was now present, it was now in their midst. No. We are told that Jesus was surprised by their unbelief. And the first thing that he does is he announces a drought. 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. 2023 Grace to You. Jesus would have been between two and five years old. For example, C. H. Spurgeon (1834-1892), a British preacher, had no formal education beyond Newmarket Academy. 2:19-23 Some time after the death of Herod the Great in March 4BC, Mary and Joseph journey north to Nazareth in Galilee, as they are afraid to return to Bethlehem in Judaea where Herod's son Archelaus is now ruling over Judaea (see 4 on Map 4). And You know, there's a bit of a concession here. The Israelites journey from Egypt to Mt Sinai, 26. What do you want with us? Open your Bible to the fourth chapter of Luke. His sisters remained in Nazareth, perhaps because they were already married (Mark 6:3). Together, the two events provide an instructive microcosm of the Galilean ministry as a whole. 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. 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." (Judg. We infer, then, that the return was in the summer of 750, after a sojourn of three or four months. 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. In John 4:22, Jesus identifies himself as a Jew when speaking to the Samaritan woman. His reputation was gathering by the time He came to this synagogue in Nazareth where He launches His year and a half Galilean ministry. 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 ). The people dependent on charity suffer the worst because the people who give to charity only have enough to survive. It is because they do not see themselves as the poor, the blind, the prisoners, and the oppressed. After Herod dies in early 4 B.C., Joseph has a dream where an angel tells him it is safe to return to Israel. That's not a problem for Him. 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 reason for rejecting the Lord has always been that men prefer their own way to His.[3]. (123:0.6) By the first of October Joseph had convinced Mary and all their friends that it was best for them to return to Nazareth. How can we know the Messiah would be God incarnate? 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. Then they'll know that I'm the Messiah, right?". Wherefore the religious, under the old law, who separated themselves from wine and from the world, and consecrated themselves to God, were called Nazarites. Parallel Verses He is informed of this because Herod the Great will soon issue a command that all male children two years old and younger, in and around Bethlehem, are to be put to death (Matthew 2:16). As you may be aware, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into full effect on 25th May 2018. Moody Press. Then I knew. The Twelve Instructed and Sent Forth. How do I know that I can trust you? Should Jesus have forced many people to be healed anyway? [2], Those who heard and saw Jesus did not reject Him for lack of evidence but in spite of overwhelming evidence. He had married a woman named Jezebel. Omniscience, He read their minds. Speaking of unwelcome prophets, speaking of a prophet not welcome, let me talk to you, verse 25, about Elijah, verse 27, let me talk to you about Elisha. There is no hint in these passages that these men were not Marys sons. It doesn't. There are many widows. [11] Jesus returns to his home-town of Nazareth, and preaches in the synagogue (Lk 4:16). We must not shrink from telling others about Christ. Help Grace to You bring important resources like this to people in your community and beyond, free of charge. 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. If you're going to trust somebody to be a physician, you want some proof that he canhe can heal. Well that's something like what the Jews in the Nazareth synagogue experienced that day. 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." 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. But if he is the man of God, and if God did send him, then I have life." Are you willing to suffer in your service for God? These other people were wretched, destitute outcasts. And I think there's a bit ofthere's a bit of mercy in that in Jesus' case. Guest. Mary and Joseph head home mistakenly leaving Jesus behind. Huh. This can't be the Messiah." Sepphoris was an important trading centre, situated on the main route inland from the Mediterranean port of Ptolemais (Akko / Acre) to Tiberias on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee. Text, maps & photos (unless otherwise stated) by Chris & Jenifer Taylor 2023. We don't know how that happened. Amen. Now that they are reunited, Jesus returns home to Nazareth with Joseph and Mary and continues subject to them. He was a soldier. Based on the biblical accounts, there is evidence to suggest that Joseph provided a home to Mary and Jesus for as long as he was alive. But Christ had no intention of overturning the power of Herod. 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. In their minds they were the respectable. Paul's Journey to Ephesus, Philippi & Corinth, The Ephesians are filled with the Holy Spirit, Paul meets violent opposition in Jerusalem, 13. Because you can't be saved if you don't. She knew her condition. Her son got sick and died, remember? 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. Jesus did not return because the crowd was large. Another example is Dwight L. Moody (1837-1899), an American evangelist, who also lacked formal education. Well they were in awe of the gracious words which were falling from His lips. Jesus' birth, which occurs on or around the Feast of Trumpets (September 2 in 5 B.C.) Nazareth turned its back on Jesus. But it does nothing for those who don't because no miracles can prove that Jesus can save the sinner from hell. 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. 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. We will suffer for living a godly life. The power of the Holy Spirit - for everyone? The listeners could not believe what they heard. And so, in self-defense they begin to think. 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