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1 | Jesus said : See that no one knows it | Matthew | arobertson | 240552 | ||
In Israel in the first century there were many religious factions, even within Judaism. There was an expectation of a messiah, but the kind of messiah that was expected differed from group to group. It was a time of a lot of political turmoil and some of the loudest religious groups very much wanted a political/military messiah to free Israel from Roman rule. Because of all that, many scholars think that Jesus didn't want too much attention called to his miracles, fearing that people would try to push him into that political or military role. Some think that's exactly what happened and explains why the crowds could cheer for him on Palm Sunday and then suddenly desert him when he was arrested and didn't pull out his miracle-working power to take on Rome. Some even think that's why Judas betrayed him--to force his hand and make him challenge Rome. In addition to fears about people misunderstanding his messianic role, there could have been just a general fear of Jesus' real message getting drowned out by miracle seekers. Jesus is not very patient with those who are just looking for signs as we see in Matthew 16:1-4 and Luke 23:6-12. Of course we will never be able to know for sure, but a number of people think that Jesus wanted to keep a lower profile so that those thronging to see miracles or wanting him to take up a sword and fight Rome wouldn't drown out the message of who he really was and what he really came to do. |
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2 | exodus | Exodus | arobertson | 240551 | ||
Hi Vinod, This is Anne from the Massachusetts Bible Society. We've been getting answers to your question but my computer crashed and I lost your initial e-mail. Thankfully I found you here. You can see the answers we've received at: http://www.massbible.org/2-questions-from-exodus-vinod-karwe-question. There's one more I just got that should be posted in the same place later this afternoon. Hope that helps! | ||||||