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The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah Vol 1 - Predestination

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went to Nazareth,^ <strong>and</strong> that <strong>the</strong>refore, not having<br />

<strong>the</strong>mselves been «st Lain eye-witnesses <strong>of</strong> what<br />

had passed, <strong>the</strong>y confined <strong>the</strong>mselves to a general<br />

summary. At <strong>the</strong> same time, St. Luke expressly<br />

marks that <strong>Jesus</strong> taught in various Synagogues <strong>of</strong><br />

Galilee,** <strong>and</strong> also that He *• st. Luke made a<br />

longer stay in Capernaum.* J^SL^Luke<br />

When <strong>Jesus</strong> returned to Galilee, it was in<br />

circumstances entirely Jji^p.' difierent from those<br />

under which He had left it. As He Himself said,''<br />

f^-JJ***** *^' <strong>the</strong>re had, perhaps naturally, been<br />

prejudices connected with <strong>the</strong> ^st^^ohnir.<br />

humbleness <strong>of</strong> His upbringing, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> familiarity<br />

engendered by knowledge * <strong>of</strong> His homesurroundings.<br />

<strong>The</strong>se were overcome, when <strong>the</strong><br />

Galileans had witnessed at <strong>the</strong> feast in Jerusalem,<br />

what He had done. Accordingly, <strong>the</strong>y were now<br />

prepared to receive Him with <strong>the</strong> reverent<br />

attention which His Word claimed. We may<br />

conjecture, that it was partially for reasons such as<br />

<strong>the</strong>se that He first bent His steps to Cana. <strong>The</strong><br />

miracle, which had <strong>the</strong>re been wrought, would

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