this is a mountain just outside the city of nazareth. this is the spot where the men from the synagogue drag jesus with the intention of throwing him off the cliff and killing him. i think mary, like any mother, would have horrified at what was happening to jesus. i think she would have been afraid for her son. things would have been happening very quickly, and she wouldn t really have understood what was going on. he s in a situation that s essentially a riot in the making. but he passed through the midst of them, and went on his way. you could see this story as one of the early indications of the miraculous power that jesus is going to have. it s partly a way of showing that he s a peacemaker, but he s not going to fight back, but
this is a mountain just outside the city of nazareth. this is the spot where the men from the synagogue drag jesus with the intention of throwing him off the cliff and killing him. i think mary, like any mother, would have horrified at what was happening to jesus. i think she would have been afraid for her son. things would have been happening very quickly, and she wouldn t really have understood what was going on. he s in a situation that s essentially a riot in the making. but he passed through the midst of them, and went on his way. you could see this story as one of the early indications of the miraculous power that jesus is going to have. it s partly a way of showing that he s a peacemaker, but he s not going to fight back, but it s also a way of showing that he s somehow stronger than that.
though the bible tells us very little about jesus childhood, we know from historical sources that turbulent events were taking place in galilee. how might these events have influenced the man jesus became? preceaisely because galilee s relatively fruitful, it was also a target of opportunity for the roman occupiers. jesus. i think jesus would have known about the harshness the romans had. jews in the first century a.d. galilee, farmers, artisans,
this is mount precipice, just outside of the city of nazareth. this is the spot where the men from the synagogue drag jesus with the intention of throwing him off the cliff and killing him. i think mary, like any mother, would have horrified at what was happening to jesus. i think she would have been afraid for her son. things would have been happening very quickly, and she wouldn t really have understood what was going on. he s in a situation that s essentially a riot in the making. but he passed through the midst of them, and went on his way. you could see this story as one of the early indications of the miraculous power that jesus is going to have. it s partly a way of showing that he s a peacemaker, but he s not going to fight back, but it s also a way of showing that he s somehow stronger than that. he s not a weakling that they can bully in that way.
when you tried to take on the ro romans, maybe it was this failed rebellion that caused jesus to formulate this idea of non-violent resistance. he eventually comes to preach a religion of non-violence and non-violent resistance to brutal roman power. i think that s what accounts for jesus , the kinds of things he says, turn the other cheek and walk the extra mile which really is a way for the oppressed to maintain some sense of dignity and age si in their own lives. but does the house believed by some to be his childhood home contain any other clues about how the religion of the child shaped the beliefs of the man? jesus! wait, wait. i have a question. what is the verizon way ? it means it s much more expensive.