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The Bible In Paintings 41: JESUS PREACHES IN NAZARETH'S SYNAGOGUE
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Posted on 05/24/2021 6:27:10 AM PDT by Hebrews 11:6







JESUS

PREACHES IN

NAZARETH'S

SYNAGOGUE

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L U K E .. 4
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LUKE 4:14-30

Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news about him spread through the whole countryside. He was teaching in their synagogues, and everyone praised him.

He went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue, as was his custom. He stood up to read, and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. Unrolling it, he found the place where it is written:

“The Spirit of the Lord is on me,
because he has anointed me
to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners
and recovery of sight for the blind,
to set the oppressed free,
to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”

Then he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fastened on him. He began by saying to them, “Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.”

All spoke well of him and were amazed at the gracious words that came from his lips. “Isn’t this Joseph’s son?” they asked.

Jesus said to them, “Surely you will quote this proverb to me: ‘Physician, heal yourself!’ And you will tell me, ‘Do here in your hometown what we have heard that you did in Capernaum.’”

“Truly I tell you,” he continued, “no prophet is accepted in his hometown. I assure you that there were many widows in Israel in Elijah’s time, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and there was a severe famine throughout the land. Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them, but to a widow in Zarephath in the region of Sidon. And there were many in Israel with leprosy in the time of Elisha the prophet, yet not one of them was cleansed—only Naaman the Syrian.”

All the people in the synagogue were furious when they heard this. They got up, drove him out of the town, and took him to the brow of the hill on which the town was built, in order to throw him off the cliff. But he walked right through the crowd and went on his way.




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JOSEPH AND MARY WED
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NO ROOM AT THE INN
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JESUS GROWS INTO A MAN
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"LOOK, THE LAMB OF GOD!"
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SATAN REALLY REALLY REALLY TEMPTS JESUS

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1 posted on 05/24/2021 6:27:10 AM PDT by Hebrews 11:6
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2 posted on 05/24/2021 6:30:09 AM PDT by Hebrews 11:6 (Watch "THE CHOSEN," the great show about Jesus: https://watch.angelstudios.com/thechosen )
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To: Hebrews 11:6

Of all these paintings, only 4 or 5 show Jesus properly attired as a rabbi: White head shawl with blue stripes and fringes..........................

3 posted on 05/24/2021 6:31:25 AM PDT by Red Badger (Jesus said there is no marriage in Heaven. That's why they call it Heaven.....................)
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To: Hebrews 11:6

Good Morning, Dan! :-)


4 posted on 05/24/2021 6:32:33 AM PDT by left that other site (If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all. (Isaiah 7:9))
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To: Red Badger

And, of course, a 1st Century fedora—don’t forget the hat! Oh wait, Paul discussed that. Now I’m so confused!


5 posted on 05/24/2021 6:38:36 AM PDT by Hebrews 11:6 (Watch "THE CHOSEN," the great show about Jesus: https://watch.angelstudios.com/thechosen )
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To: left that other site

Talk to the Badger for me, will ya?!


6 posted on 05/24/2021 6:39:38 AM PDT by Hebrews 11:6 (Watch "THE CHOSEN," the great show about Jesus: https://watch.angelstudios.com/thechosen )
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To: Hebrews 11:6

Hats come and go with the fashion of the times, but the shawl is forever.............


7 posted on 05/24/2021 6:41:58 AM PDT by Red Badger (Jesus said there is no marriage in Heaven. That's why they call it Heaven.....................)
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To: Red Badger

So, then, another charge against Jesus....................


8 posted on 05/24/2021 6:49:01 AM PDT by Hebrews 11:6 (Watch "THE CHOSEN," the great show about Jesus: https://watch.angelstudios.com/thechosen )
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To: Hebrews 11:6

Great! Some of the pictures have wonderful details.


9 posted on 05/24/2021 6:52:02 AM PDT by etabeta
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To: Hebrews 11:6

Against the painters.....................


10 posted on 05/24/2021 6:53:41 AM PDT by Red Badger (Jesus said there is no marriage in Heaven. That's why they call it Heaven.....................)
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To: left that other site

So, do you finally have your own wheels back?


11 posted on 05/24/2021 7:03:15 AM PDT by Hebrews 11:6 (Watch "THE CHOSEN," the great show about Jesus: https://watch.angelstudios.com/thechosen )
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To: etabeta
So glad you're back, Alba! These threads aren't the same without you.

So, amazing cliffhanger last night, what? Poor Mary....

12 posted on 05/24/2021 7:08:05 AM PDT by Hebrews 11:6 (Watch "THE CHOSEN," the great show about Jesus: https://watch.angelstudios.com/thechosen )
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Thanks, what happened to Mary? Do we know from the Bible? It looked like she was again possessed by demons.


13 posted on 05/24/2021 7:18:45 AM PDT by etabeta
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To: Hebrews 11:6

Yep...and better than ever. The paint job was very good.


14 posted on 05/24/2021 7:19:17 AM PDT by left that other site (If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all. (Isaiah 7:9))
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So, a silver lining of sorts, after all, for Mary-Lou.


15 posted on 05/24/2021 7:22:10 AM PDT by Hebrews 11:6 (Watch "THE CHOSEN," the great show about Jesus: https://watch.angelstudios.com/thechosen )
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To: Hebrews 11:6

Not so much a silver lining as a silver coat of paint! :0


16 posted on 05/24/2021 7:23:17 AM PDT by left that other site (If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all. (Isaiah 7:9))
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To: etabeta

I don’t believe this incident is covered at all in the Bible. Nor do I get the idea that Dallas & company are suggesting a demonic reinfestation. Rather, my take is they are showing a setback for Mary, a falling into old bad habits. They’re using Mary to illustrate the residues and temptations even born-again believers are still prone to, along with Peter’s nastiness, Matthew’s unrepentance, Little James’ insecurity, Big James’ and John’s arrogance, Thomas’ judgmentalism...especially because the giving of the Holy Spirit was still three years away.


17 posted on 05/24/2021 7:40:17 AM PDT by Hebrews 11:6 (Watch "THE CHOSEN," the great show about Jesus: https://watch.angelstudios.com/thechosen )
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To: Hebrews 11:6

Thanks, Dan, great explanation.


18 posted on 05/24/2021 8:26:35 AM PDT by etabeta
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To: etabeta
While it might sound good, I could be completely mistaken, and Jesus will need to eject still more demons from Mary.

I am unaware of any biblical story portraying a born-again believer becoming demon-infested, and my presumption is that it is impossible. But I'm arguing from silence, without specific scriptural support. I'm simply counting on Dallas seeing it the same way.

19 posted on 05/24/2021 8:36:21 AM PDT by Hebrews 11:6 (Watch "THE CHOSEN," the great show about Jesus: https://watch.angelstudios.com/thechosen )
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At that stage they were all still wrapped up in their human selves, ups and downs, warts and all, it’s a very long process before becoming Christ-like.


20 posted on 05/24/2021 9:27:17 AM PDT by etabeta
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