{"id":71908,"date":"2019-03-22T23:51:48","date_gmt":"2019-03-23T05:51:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/?p=71908"},"modified":"2019-03-22T23:51:48","modified_gmt":"2019-03-23T05:51:48","slug":"new-testament-notes-138-139","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2019\/03\/new-testament-notes-138-139.html","title":{"rendered":"New Testament Notes 138-139"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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\"Aerial<\/a>
The ruins of Capernaum as they appear today. The entrance is from the right. The ancient synagogue, in white stone, sits before the large covering of the Franciscan church built above the likely foundations of the house of the apostle Peter. \u00a0\u00a0(Wikimedia Commons public domain photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Matthew 9:18-26<\/a><\/p>\n

Mark 5:21-43<\/a><\/p>\n

Luke 8:40-56<\/a><\/p>\n

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These passages are interesting, structurally, because of the way in which they enclose an account of the healing of a woman with a hemorrhage (which I\u2019ve already briefly discussed here<\/a>) within the story of the healing of the daughter of Jairus.<\/p>\n

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Quite a few years ago, I published a column in the Deseret News<\/em> on Carl Bloch\u2019s wonderful painting of the moment just before Jesus raised the little girl\u00a0from the dead:<\/p>\n

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http:\/\/www.deseretnews.com\/article\/705372035\/Artist-memorably-captured-moment-before-Saviors-miracle.html?pg=all<\/a><\/p>\n

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That painting can be seen \u2014 and should<\/em> be seen! \u2014 here:<\/p>\n

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http:\/\/fineartamerica.com\/featured\/1-daughter-of-jairus-carl-bloch.html<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Mount<\/a>
Looking from Mount Precipice toward Mount Tabor, the traditional site of the Transfiguration of Jesus \u00a0(Wikimedia Commons public domain)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Matthew 13:53-58<\/a><\/p>\n

Mark 6:1-6<\/a><\/p>\n

Luke 4:16-30<\/a><\/p>\n

Compare John 4:44; 6:42; 7:15; 10:39<\/p>\n

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1.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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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

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18\u00a0<\/span>\u201cThe Spirit of the Lord is upon Me<\/span>,<\/span><\/span>
\n Because He anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor<\/span>.<\/span><\/span>
\n He has sent Me to proclaim release to the captives<\/span>,<\/span><\/span>
\n And recovery of sight to the blind<\/span>,<\/span><\/span>
\n To set free those who are oppressed<\/span>,<\/span><\/span>
\n 19\u00a0<\/span>To proclaim the favorable year of the Lord<\/span>.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

20\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<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

(New American Standard Version)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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2<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I suppose it\u2019s not surprising that people who think that 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

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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><\/span><\/p>\n

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Tours of Christian sites in Israel still go \u2014 I\u2019ll take a group there in about a month and a half \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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