Si Jesus ay nangaral at dinala ang Kaharian ng Diyos. Tinawag niya ang mga tao ng Diyos na magsisi at gumawa ng maraming tanda at kababalaghan. Bagama't gumawa si Jesus ng maraming makapangyarihang gawa, Maaari Siyang gumawa ng maraming makapangyarihang gawa sa Kanyang bayan. But why couldn’t Jesus do many mighty works in Nazareth? Was it because of their unbelief?
Jesus in the synagogue in Nazareth
And when He was come into His own country, He taught them in their synagogue, insomuch that they were astonished, at sinabi, Whence hath this man this wisdom, and these mighty works? Is not this the carpenter’s son? is not his mother called Mary? and His brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas? And His sisters, are they not all with us? Whence then hath this Man all these things? And they were offended in Him. But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house. And He did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief (Mat 13:54-58)
And He went out from thence, and came into His own country; and His disciples follow Him. And when the sabbath day was come, He began to teach in the synagogue: and many hearing him were astonished, sabi nga, From whence hath this man these things? and what wisdom is this which is given unto him, that even such mighty works are wrought by his hands? Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him. But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house. And He could there do no mighty work, save that He laid his hands upon a few sick folk, at pinagaling sila. And He marvelled because of their unbelief. And He went round about the villages, pagtuturo (Mar 6:1-6)
And He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up: at, as His custom was, He went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read. And there was delivered unto Him the book of the prophet Esaias.
At nang buksan Niya ang aklat, Hinanap niya ang lugar kung saan nakasulat iyon, Ang Espiritu ng Panginoon ay nasa akin, because He hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; Ipinadala niya ako upang pagalingin ang brokenhearted, upang mangaral ng paglaya sa mga bihag, at pagbawi ng paningin sa bulag, upang itakda sa kalayaan sila na nabugbog, Upang ipangaral ang katanggap -tanggap na taon ng Panginoon. And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down.
And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on Him. And He began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears. And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of His mouth.
At sinabi nila, Is not this Joseph’s son? At sinabi niya sa kanila, Ye will surely say unto Me this proverb, manggagamot, heal thyself: anuman ang aming narinig na ginawa sa Capernaum, do also here in thy country. At sinabi niya, Katotohanang sinasabi ko sa inyo, No prophet is accepted in his own country. Ngunit sinasabi ko sa iyo ang isang katotohanan, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, nang ang langit ay sarhan ng tatlong taon at anim na buwan, nang nagkaroon ng malaking taggutom sa buong lupain; Ngunit hindi sinugo si Elias sa kanino man sa kanila, maliban sa Sarepta, isang lungsod ng Sidon, sa isang babaing balo. At maraming ketongin ang nasa Israel noong panahon ni Eliseo na propeta; at wala sa kanila ang nalinis, pagliligtas kay Naaman na taga Siria.
And all they in the synagogue, nang marinig nila ang mga bagay na ito, ay napuno ng galit, At bumangon, and thrust Him out of the city, at dinala Siya sa gilid ng burol na pinagtatayuan ng kanilang lungsod, upang Siya'y ibagsak nila nang walang tigil. Ngunit dumaan Siya sa gitna nila ay pumunta sa Kanyang lakad (Luk 4 16-30)
Hesus ng Nazareth, Ang Kristo, the Savior of the world
When Jesus returned to His hometown, He went to the synagogue on the Sabbat and taught the people from the Book of Isaiah. The people were astonished at His wisdom and His mighty works and wondered what the source of His wisdom and miracles was.
They knew Jesus as (son of) the carpenter and son of Maria. They knew His brothers and sisters.
Therefore they didn’t see Him as the Son of God, as the Christ, the Savior of the world, as Jesus read from the book of Isaiah. They saw Him as the son of Joseph and Maria.
Maybe they knew Him, from when He was young and their children played with Him and saw Him grow up into adolescence as a carpenter, which made it hard for them to see Him as Son of God, Propeta, and Savior.
Instead of being happy and joyful about the fact that the scriptures were fulfilled and that God had sent His Messiah to the earth and that the Son of God was in their midst, they became angry and were filled with wrath and were offended at Him. They saw in Him that of which they disapproved and that which hindered them from acknowledging His authority.
Jesus cast out the synagogue and His hometown
Ang mga, who needed help didn’t go to this carpenter. They didn’t go to Him for healing, nor did they bring to Him those, who needed healing and deliverance from evil spirits.
Hindi, instead that they believed and were joyful, they were filled with a rage, which boiled over in a sudden and angry outburst upon hearing these things. Their anger led them to kill Jesus.
Therefore they stood up and cast Jesus not only out of the synagogue but also out of His hometown.
They led Jesus to an out-jutting cliff of the mountain upon which their city was built so that they might hurl Him headlong down the precipice. But since it wasn’t Jesus’ time yet, Jesus passed through the midst of them and proceeded on His way.
Why Jesus couldn’t do many mighty works
Was Jesus not able to do many mighty works, due to the unbelief of the people that caused the power of Jesus to be blocked? Sa madaling salita, did their lack of faith limited the power of Jesus and therefore was their unbelief stronger than His power? Ang sagot ay hindi!
Jesus had all authority and all the power, He needed to help the people and make them whole, despite the faith or unbelief of the people.
Gayunpaman, it was the people, who didn’t believe in Him, but saw His natural identity and therefore they didn’t go to Him for help. That was the unbelief, Jesus was referring to.
It had nothing to do with the fact that their lack of faith created a wrong atmosphere and limited the power of God, so that the power of God could not manifest.
It had everything to do with the fact that they didn’t go to Him for help, but were offended at Him, because they saw Him as a normal human being, a carpenter.
The few sick people, Jesus healed in His hometown
Their unbelief didn’t limit the authority of Jesus and the power of the Holy Spirit. Before they were offended at Jesus and threw Him out of the synagogue and the city, Jesus had already healed a few sick people, sa pamamagitan ng pagpapatong ng mga kamay.
Mula pa, they were astonished in the synagogue about His miraculous power, sa pamamagitan ng pagpapatong ng mga kamay. How else could they be astonished at His miraculous power if nothing had taken place? Eksakto!
Tila, before Jesus taught the people, these sick people came to Him for healing, before Jesus’ natural identity was revealed and the rumor about Jezus of Nazareth and who He was had spread in the synagogue. But Jesus had healed and made them whole by the laying on of hands, despite the other people’s unbelief.
Jesus knew in Who sent Him, kung sino Siya, what He possessed, at whose Name Kinakatawan niya. He knew His authority and His power and walked in it. Nothing could limit and stop His authority and His power, even not the unbelief of people.
The unbelief of the people only withheld themselves from their redemption, since they did not believe in Jesus Christ as the Son of God and Saviour. Therefore they didn’t turn to Him for redemption, pagpapagaling, and deliverance but instead rejected Him.
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