Context:
,
 
those
 people
 of
 Nazar
eth
 who
 had
 been
 there
 the
 whole
 time
 as
 Jesus
 gre
w
 up
 
would
 like
wise
 have
 watch
ed
 Him
 grow
 yet
 some
how
 did
 not
 know
 what
 the
y
 were
 w
itness
ing
.
 In
 fact
 we
 now
 that
 the
y
 were
 wit
nesses
 to
 the
 character
 of
 Jesus
 
because
 
earli
er
 in
 the
 
gospel
 of
 St
.
 
Luke
 we
 hear
 how
 
when
 the
 ho
ly
 family
 had
 “
return
ed
 into
 Galile
e
,
 to
 
their
 own
 town
 of
 Nazar
eth
.
 [
How
]
 the
 child
 [
Jesus
]
 gre
w
 and
 b
ecame
 strong
,
 
filled
 with
 w
isdom
.
 And
 [
how
]
 the
 
favour
 of
 God
 was
 
upon
 Him
.”
 And
 we
 even
 hear
 how
 it
 was
 that
 later
 after
 Jesus
 had
 
reach
ed
 the
 
age
 of
 12,
 the
 
age
 
when
 Je
wish
 children
 of
 the
 time
 
entered
 into
 adult
hood
,
 in
 the
 years
 
following
 His
 three
 days
 in
 the
 Temple
 in
 Jerusalem
 
when
 His
 parents
 were
 
looking
 for
 Him
 after
 the
 F
east
 of
 Pass
over
,
 Jesus
 
having
 been
 examin
ed
 by
 the
 
teachers
 in
 the
 Temple
 was
 said
 to
 have
 again
 “
increase
d
 in
 w
isdom
 and
 in
 statu
re
 and
 in
 
favour
 with
 God
 and
 man
.”
 So
 
while
 Jesus
 may
 have
 been
 
nothing
 to
 look
 at
 in
 adult
hood
,
 and
 
while
 He
 
appear
ed
 to
 be
 one
 of
 no
 
noble
 birth
,
 He
 was
 no
 town
 
screw
 up
,
 He
 was
n
’
t
 some
 ne
'
er
-
do
-
well
 or
 trouble
maker
,
 Jesus
 was
 perfect
ly
 well
 respect
ed
 
until
 He
 said
 what
 He
 said
,
 “
Today
 this
 Script
ure
 has
 been
 ful
filled
 in
 your
 hear
ing
.”
 
When
 the
y
 hear
d
 God
’
s
 word
 read
 and
 
when
 God
 Him
self
,
 Jesus
 the
 second
 person
 of
 the
 
Holy
 
Trinity
 
s
tood
 right
 before
 them
,
 
when
 The
 
very
 
reveal
ed
 Arm
 of
 the
 L
ORD
,
 open
s
 His
 mouth
 and
 
says
,
 “
Today
 this
 Script
ure
 has
 been
 ful
filled
 in
 your
 hear
ing
,”
 the
y
 did
 not
 respond
 by
 say
ing
 “
A
men
,
 Amen
”
 as
 the
 
ones
 in
 the
 Book
 of
 Neh
e
miah
 had
 said
 after
 
having
 the
 long
 lost
 Book
 of
 the
 Law
 read
 to
 them
,
 God
’
s
 Word
.
 The
 children
 of
 God
 in
 our
 Old
 Testament
 reading
 accept
ed
 God
’
s
 Word
,
 
where
 in
 Nazar
eth
 in
 our
 G
ospel
 reading
 the
 children
 of
 God
 with
 the
 
very
 Word
 of
 God
 made
 fles
h
 
standing
 before
 them
 the
y
 
reject
ed
 God
’
s
 Word
,
 the
y
 
reject
ed
 Jesus
:
 the
y
 
reject
ed
 God
.
 That
 day
 was
 not
 the
Input:
 also
 
knew
 that
 
their
 vain
glo
rious
 pride
 
would
 keep
 them
 from
 admit
ting
 such
.
 “
They
 
remain
ed
 silent
.”
 The
n
 He
 
took
 them
 to
 task
 for
 
their
 conce
it
 in
 
taking
 the
 best
 
places
—
the
 “
first
 seat
s
”
—
at
 table
.
 It
 is
 
essential
 that
 we
 understand
 that
 our
 Lord
 was
 not
 
telling
 
a
nyone
 that
 the
y
 should
 stop
 
keeping
 the
 custom
s
 of
 the
 Je
wish
 people
.
 Many
 of
 
these
 custom
s
 were
 p
raise
worthy
;
 inde
ed
,
 commande
d
 by
 God
 Him
self
;
 the
y
 were
 in
 no
 way
 to
 be
 abandon
ed
 by
 the
 Jew
s
.
 Many
 of
 
these
 custom
s
 were
 public
 
actions
—
some
 were
 even
 pre
scribed
 by
 God
 as
 the
 public
 w
orship
 of
 the
 Temple
—
They
 
could
 not
 be
 
hidden
.
 Nor
 should
 the
y
 be
 
hidden
—
for
 
when
 the
 p
ious
 person
 perform
s
 the
 custom
s
 of
 God
’
s
 religion
,
 he
 give
s
 glor
y
 to
 God
.
 What
 our
 Lord
 con
dem
ned
 was
 the
 practice
 of
 
religious
 custom
 with
 the
 intention
 of
 
giving
 glor
y
 to
 one
’
s
 self
,
 ra
ther
 than
 to
 God
.
 If
 you
 have
 been
 
following
 the
 Script
ure
 
outline
 we
 publish
 in
 the
 
Bulletin
,
 last
 week
 your
 read
 the
 Book
 of
 E
cclesia
s
ticus
.
 It
 de
scribed
 the
 proper
 Je
wish
 conduct
 at
 
dinner
:
 “
If
 you
 are
 
chosen
 to
 presid
e
 at
 
dinner
,
 be
 not
 
puff
ed
 up
,
 but
 with
 the
 guest
s
 be
 as
 one
 of
 
themselves
;
 take
 care
 of
 the
 first
 before
 you
 sit
 down
;
 
when
 you
 have
 ful
filled
 your
 
duty
,
 then
 take
 your
 place
 to
 share
 in
 
their
 joy
 and
 [
you
 will
]
 win
 p
raise
 for
 your
 
hospitality
 ...
 you
 may
 talk
 ...
 but
 temper
 your
 w
isdom
,
 and
 do
 not
 
disturb
 the
 sing
ing
.”
 The
 Je
wish
 ideal
 was
 precis
ely
 what
 our
 Lord
 said
:
 If
 you
 h
umble
 yourself
 you
 will
 win
 p
raise
.
 If
 we
 put
 this
 
lesson
 into
 
a
 modern
 day
 context
,
 we
 will
 see
 that
 for
 
us
,
 just
 as
 for
 the
 Jew
s
 of
 our
 Lord
’
s
 time
,
 it
 is
 p
raise
worthy
 to
 keep
 the
 custom
s
 of
 our
 ho
ly
 
Faith
.
 But
 we
 must
 keep
 them
 
because
 the
y
 give
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  Idx: 259, Δloglikelihood: -0.923
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