| Pete Dashwood 2008-02-14, 3:55 am |
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"tim" <TimJ@internet.com> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 12:07:13 -0800, Alistair wrote:
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> One thing that has always puzzled me in the New Testament is this
> passage from Matthew 13
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> "A Prophet Without Honor
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> When Jesus had finished these parables, he moved on from there. Coming to
> his hometown, he began teaching the people in their synagogue, and they
> were amazed. "Where did this man get this wisdom and these miraculous
> powers?" they asked. 55"Isn't this the carpenter's son? Isn't his mother's
> name Mary, and aren't his brothers James, Joseph, Simon and Judas?
> 56Aren't all his sisters with us? Where then did this man get all these
> things?" And they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them, "Only in
> his hometown and in his own house is a prophet without honor."
>
> And he did not do many miracles there because of their lack of faith."
>
> What does this mean? Why did the people who knew him best not believe in
> him?
BECAUSE they knew him... :-)
To people who grew up with him, he wasn't special.
You'd think they might be the ones he needed to do a few miracles for, but
that would be showing off, and the son of God is not going to do that...:-)
Pete.
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"I used to write COBOL...now I can do anything."
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