St. Luke tells us that...
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St. Luke tells us that the family of Joseph and Mary had lived in Nazareth for so long that it was Jesus' hometown (Matthew 13:54; Luke 4:16) and that they had relatives there (Matthew 13:55f). He assumed that Jesus mother and foster-father had been born there. St. Matthew implies Bethlehem was their hometown. (Matthew 2) There is no mention of Nazareth in the Old Testament and there is little evidence that a Judeo/Christian community survived in Nazareth during the Second and Third centuries A.D. Conon, martyred in 249, affirmed that he was from Nazareth and was "of the family of Christ."
The Piacenza Pilgrim (c. 570) says, "in the Synagogue there is kept a book in which the Lord write his ABC's, (and) the bench on which he sat ..." Today there is a "Church of the Synagogue" near the market place to mark the site where Jesus preached as a young man.
This Isaiah lesson is read on the Jewish New Year in September which makes people think this is when Jesus read it and also gives rise to the Byzantine Church year beginning in September.
Where did he get such wisdom? Obviously from his Father.
A plaque on the wall of the Franciscan compound near the entrance to St. Joseph's Church in Nazareth says,
"No one on earth, with respect to his background and abilities, has ever been so misunderstood, unappreciated and degraded as Jesus, the Son of God, when He lived as a boy and carpenter in Nazareth. Whoever loves Jesus chooses His pathway."
The Advent hymn, "Hark! The glad sound," is based on this passage and, especially, Luke 4:18-19.
The Piacenza Pilgrim (c. 570) says, "in the Synagogue there is kept a book in which the Lord write his ABC's, (and) the bench on which he sat ..." Today there is a "Church of the Synagogue" near the market place to mark the site where Jesus preached as a young man.
This Isaiah lesson is read on the Jewish New Year in September which makes people think this is when Jesus read it and also gives rise to the Byzantine Church year beginning in September.
Where did he get such wisdom? Obviously from his Father.
A plaque on the wall of the Franciscan compound near the entrance to St. Joseph's Church in Nazareth says,
"No one on earth, with respect to his background and abilities, has ever been so misunderstood, unappreciated and degraded as Jesus, the Son of God, when He lived as a boy and carpenter in Nazareth. Whoever loves Jesus chooses His pathway."
The Advent hymn, "Hark! The glad sound," is based on this passage and, especially, Luke 4:18-19.
