1.<\/strong><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
To me, there are few passages of scripture more stirring than the description of Jesus\u2019 comments in the synagogue at Nazareth:<\/p>\n
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16\u00a0<\/span>And He came to\u00a0Nazareth, where He had been brought up; and as was His custom,\u00a0He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath, and\u00a0stood up to read.<\/span>\u00a017\u00a0<\/span>And the\u00a0book of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him. And He opened the\u00a0book and found the place where it was written,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n
18\u00a0<\/span>\u201cThe Spirit of the Lord is upon Me<\/span>,<\/span><\/span>
\nBecause He anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor<\/span>.<\/span><\/span>
\nHe has sent Me to proclaim release to the captives<\/span>,<\/span><\/span>
\nAnd recovery of sight to the blind<\/span>,<\/span><\/span>
\nTo set free those who are oppressed<\/span>,<\/span><\/span>
\n19\u00a0<\/span>To proclaim the favorable year of the Lord<\/span>.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n20\u00a0<\/span>And He\u00a0closed the\u00a0book, gave it back to the attendant and\u00a0sat down; and the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on Him.<\/span>\u00a021\u00a0<\/span>And He began to say to them,\u00a0\u201cToday this Scripture has been fulfilled in your\u00a0hearing.\u201d \u00a0(New American Standard Version)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
2<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
I suppose it\u2019s not surprising that people who think they know somebody well will be inclined to be unimpressed with that person. \u00a0Familiarity, as the saying goes, breeds contempt.<\/p>\n
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No man, as another saying has it, is a hero to his valet.<\/p>\n
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The source of this dictum is unclear, but Montaigne (d.\u00a01592) said \u201c<\/span>Peu d\u2019hommes ont est\u00e9 admir\u00e9s par leurs domestiques,<\/i>\u201d and Madame Cornuel (d. 1694) wrote to similar\u00a0effect: \u201c<\/span>Il n\u2019y a pas de grand homme pour son valet de chambre.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n<\/p>
There\u2019s a statement attributed to the German philosopher G. W. F. Hegel, though, that I think handles this proverb well: \u00a0\u201cNo man is a hero to his valet.\u00a0This is not because the hero is not a hero, but because the valet is a valet.\u201d<\/p>\n
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3.<\/strong><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
Tours of Christian sites in Israel still go \u2014 I\u2019ll \u00a0take a group there next week \u2014 to the traditional site at which the people of Nazareth sought to toss Jesus from a \u00a0cliff. \u00a0It\u2019s called Mount Precipice. \u00a0Whether it\u2019s the right place or not, I don\u2019t know. \u00a0It might well be. \u00a0In any case, it has a wonderful view. \u00a0Tourists there begin to realize just how close together many of the famous biblical sites are, covering the whole long range of\u00a0biblical chronology.<\/p>\n
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\u00a0 \u00a0 Matthew 13:53-58 Mark 6:1-6 Luke 4:16-30 Compare John 4:44; 6:42; 7:15; 10:39 \u00a0 1. \u00a0 To me, there are few passages of scripture more stirring than the description of Jesus\u2019 comments in the synagogue at Nazareth: \u00a0 16\u00a0And He came to\u00a0Nazareth, where He had been brought up; and as was His custom,\u00a0He entered […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1019,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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