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The Book of Jesus Chapter Three: The life of Jesus from the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, John in easy-to-read, chronological format.
Jesus Returns to Galilee
NARRATOR.
Now when Jesus heard that John had been put in prison, he left for Galilee. Leaving Nazareth, he went, with the power of the Spirit in
Him, and settled in Capernaum, a lake side town on the borders of Zebulun and Naphtali. There he proclaimed the Good News of the
Kingdom of God. In this way the prophecy of Isaiah was to be fulfilled:
'Land of Zebulun! Land of Naphtali! Galilee of the Nations. The people who sat in darkness have seen a great light and those who
dwell in the land and shadow of death, a light has sprung up (dawned).'
From that moment on Jesus began his preaching with this message:
JESUS.
The time has come, repent and believe the Good News, for the Kingdom of God [Heaven] is close at hand.
NARRATOR.
And the word of his fame spread throughout all the surrounding territories. He taught in their synagogues and everyone praised him.
Matthew 4:12-17; Mark 1:14,15; Luke 4:14,15
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Jesus at the Synagogue in Nazareth
NARRATOR.
He came to Nazareth where he had been brought up and went into the synagogue on the Sabbath Day as was his custom. He stood up
to read and they handed him the scroll of the prophet Isaiah. Unrolling the scroll, he turned to the book of Isaiah [61:1 and 2] and
read:
JESUS.
'The Spirit of the Lord Yahweh [YHWH] has been given to me, for Yahweh [YHWH] has anointed me. He has sent me to bring Good
News to the poor, to bind up hearts that are broken; to proclaim liberty to captives, Freedom to those on prison; to proclaim a year of
favor from Yahweh [YHWH].'
NARRATOR.
He then rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the assistant and sat down. All the eyes in the synagogue fixed on him and he began to
speak:
JESUS.
This text is being fulfilled today even as you listen.
NARRATOR.
All who were there bore him witness and he won the approval of all who heard him. They were astonished by the gracious words that
came from his lips.
PEOPLE.
Isn't this Joseph's son?
JESUS.
You will surely quote this proverb to me: 'Physician, heal yourself. Whatever we heard was done in Capernaum, do the same in your
own countryside.' I tell you most sincerely, no prophet is ever accepted in his own country. Let me tell you of a truth: There were
many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up for three years and six months. When a great famine raged
throughout all the land. But unto none of them was Elijah sent, only to a widow in Zarephath, a town in Sidon, was he sent. Also in
the time of Elisha the prophet there were many lepers in Israel, but none of these were cured except Naaman, the Syrian.
NARRATOR.
When they heard these things, everyone in the synagogue was enraged. They sprang to their feet and hustled him out of the city and
took him to the brow of the hill on which their town was built, intending to throw him headlong off down the cliff. But he slipped
through the midst of them and went his way. LK 4:16-30
Luke 4:16-30
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