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The Galilean Ministry of Jesus Explained (5 of 12)
The busiest year of the ministry, opening with a sermon that got him thrown off a cliff. Capernaum, the Twelve, the parables, and the crowd that walked away.
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The Early Judean Ministry of Jesus (4 of 12)
The year the Synoptic Gospels skip entirely. Cana, the first temple cleansing, Nicodemus at night, and the woman at the well, all recorded only by John.
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Why Was Jesus Baptized and Tempted? (3 of 12)
John baptized for repentance, which raises a problem when Jesus steps into the water. What the baptism accomplished and why the testing runs forty days.
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What Did Jesus Do Before He Was 30? (2 of 12)
The Gospels give one scene between infancy and baptism. What the silence covers, what a tekton actually was, and why the apocryphal filling-in is refused.
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When Was Jesus Born? The Nativity Explained (1 of 12)
Not year zero, not December, and probably not a stable. What Luke and Matthew actually record about the birth, and where the familiar picture came from.
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The Wise Men and the Vision of Isaiah (2 of 4)
Isaiah promised Jerusalem gifts from the east, shepherds, and a great light. The Gospel writers report all three arriving at a child in Bethlehem instead.
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The Genealogy and Joseph the Just Man (1 of 4)
Four women appear in a list that should have had none, and every one of the choices is pointed. Then Joseph decides what justice means and a woman lives.
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Forgive Us Our Debts and Deliver Us From Evil (4 of 9)
The Aramaic word means debts and sins at once, so the choice English translators face was never in the original. And temptation is probably the wrong word.
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Thy Kingdom Come and the Bread That Lasts (3 of 9)
The prayer asks for the kingdom on earth, not for heaven after death. And the daily bread request may be asking about a different fear than we assume.
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Our Father: What Jesus Set Aside to Say It (2 of 9)
He prayed in Aramaic rather than Hebrew and dropped the God of Abraham formula. Both choices did something, and one of them made every language usable.
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