The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-01-21
OUTLINE OF SCRIPTURE SECTION.


OUTLINE OF SCRIPTURE SECTION
Arrest OF John the Bapust.... Matt. 1i:S-5
Arrest Of John the BAPTIST. Mark B.lI-B
Arrest OF John the Baptist... Luke 3:lg, "
Beginning Of Jesus Galiiean Ministry.
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Beginning of Jesus Galiiean Ministry".
....................... Luke 4I4, 10
Rejection at Nazareth."".".Mat i3:5i.5S
Rejection 10 Nazareth...,.,......M Mark B;l.1
Rejection at reth..........Luke f:lG-3O
Time.--His rejection at Nazareth oc-
Cured in April, a. d. 2S. Part of The year
OF obscurlty."
Place. e.--Nazareth IN Galilee
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
Between the incidents of to-day's les
val OF about 10 months elapsed, during
which time Jesus was a work mostly in
Judea.
He came to Nazareth" In the course
of a tour through Galilee. Until little
over year before, Jesus had been a
carpenter in Nazareth Then He had
gone away to the wilderness of Judea
to John the Baptist, and since that time
strange reports had come back to the
home town Men said that He had be-
come great prophet. and was rivaling
John the Baptist himself John Al. p,
and, strangest of all, news had come
from Capernaum that he had miracu-
lously healed the son of a prominent
man there John 4:i6-54), and from
Cana, only four miles away, that He had
turned water into wine at wedding
feast John 2:1-11). The synagogue on
the day of which we are studying was
full of His fellow townsmen, all eager
to see whether the young carpenter was
really so great, after all.
"He entered, as His custom was, into
the synagogue" Referring to His GUS
tom of preaching in the synagogue when
ever possible. That He had always been
an attendant at the synagogue went
| without saying. stood up to read: ="
AS distinguished man whom everyone
wanted to hear Jesus was invited to con-
duct the service. "The prophet Isaiah: y
| Comparison with the original shows
| that this is a free translation, prob
ably taken from a Greek or Aramaic
version. Note the point in the quota
| tion where Jesus stopped. If He had
gone on, His next words would have
been, 'and the day of vengeance of
our God" John the Baptist would have
gone on. Jesus did not. This quotation
is priceless to us, because it clearly
| gives Christs conception of His minis
try. Note that His mission is not Sc
much to the strong and the fortunate. as
to those who need help--the poor, the
captives, the blind, the bruised. The
reference is not to physical conditions
alone, but to the heart life THE ac,
ceptable year of the Lord" "The wei,
come year; the time of Gods especial
bounty. The attendant The
keeper of the sacred rolls. And sal
down" To speak. This was the Gus.
tom. Eyes =. fastened on HIM" MOI
simply because of curiosity, but held by
the strength of His wonderful person.
ality.
To-day hath this Scripture been full.
filled:" Jesus great declaration of Him.
self and His mission to His former
townsmen. He probably said a great
deal more that is not reported. "All bare
Him Witness" His power was unde.
niable. Words of grace" Both mes
sage and manner surprise the people
by their graciousness. ''Is this not 10
seph's SON." His fellow townsmen evi
IDENTIFY knew nothing of the virgin birth
They felt His power but that He wa!
really great-as great as had been re-
ported. they could not believe, for was
He not the son Of an ordinary carpenter,
II they believed any such thing of Him
He would have to prove 1t to them '"Ant
He said unto them" Probably seeing
that they were in a mood to demand
proof of His great claims. Physician
heal thyself" A challenge to do 70,
His own town what it was reported HI
had done for others. Jesus never ac
eepted such challenges, though the,
were often given. Neither the truth
He preached nor His relation TO the Fa
ther depended on the ability to worl
miracles. and He would not work them tc
satisfy people who considered them tn,
only convincing proof Of His sonship
His refusal. with the instances IN verse,
AO-Si NStC hiN6S' 4'--t, anu NlIlSs
1-15) enraged the people to the las
degree. Jealousy, hatred and murde,
were in their hearts.
But He passing through the midst o
them went His way" This does not as
seri either (D that Jesus became invs
ible, or (2) that He had miraculous pro
lection. The temptation scene at thu
wing of the temple precludes the idei
that Jesus would resort to such mean!
of saving Himself. tits eLouPh to con
clude that the mysterious majesty o
the person of Christ overawed the icl,l,
mob, ,"-=Adeney. This is remarkable
Illustration of fact that we must no
forget in thinking Of the personal ap
pearance of Jesus. Most of the grea
painters have emphasized the gentlones
and sorrowfulness of the Saviour at tn
expense of the strength and even ma
jesty which the Gospel story sometime
reveals. Compare with this John 10: 81
and 1876.
Grapes from Canaan.
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