Sunday, February 14, 2016

DBRP_046 EXO.30 EXO.31 PSA.4 LUK.4.22-44


Let’s prepare to read EXODUS 30-31.

Yesterday we heard the instructions for consecrating the priests for their special work.

We turn to PSALM 4.

This is an evening hymn expressing our trust in God.

Translation note:
7 But the joy that you have given me [, O Lord,]
is more than they will ever have
with all their grain and wine.

We turn for the second time to LUKE 4.

Yesterday we read of Jesus being tested by the devil, and we reread the story of how Jesus was rejected in his home town. When Jesus had finished reading from that special place in Isaiah 61, he sat down. In our culture we are likely to assume that sitting down was without the expectation of teaching. But in Jewish practice of this time, teachers sat down to teach. Frequently in the Gospels we find Jesus taking a sitting position when teaching.

Translation note:
23 He said to them, “I am sure that you will quote this proverb to me, ‘Doctor, heal yourself.’ You will [then] also tell me to do here in my hometown the same things you heard were done in Capernaum.

 


Check out this episode!

No comments:

Post a Comment