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26. Jesus Starts His Ministry

What the Story Says

  1. How did Jesus receive power to do the things that he did?

    The Holy Spirit was giving him power (#26-01).

  2. Why did the people of Nazareth know Jesus well?

    Jesus lived in Nazareth when he was a child (#26-02).

  3. Who wrote the scroll that the leaders asked Jesus to read?

    The leaders asked Jesus to read the scroll that the prophet Isaiah wrote (#26-02).

  4. Who was the scripture the Jesus read about?

    The scripture that Jesus read was about the Messiah (#26-04).

  5. Why were the people amazed?

    Jesus said the things he had read were happening right then. He wanted to say that the Messiah was doing those things right then. This amazed the people (#26-04).

  6. Who did the prophet Elijah go to help?

    Elijah went to help a widow from another nation (#26-05).

  7. Who did the prophet Elisha heal?

    Elisha healed a commander of Israel’s enemies (#26-06).

  8. Why did the people of Nazareth take Jesus out of the place of worship?

    The people wanted to throw Jesus off a cliff to kill him because he said that the prophets helped Israel’s enemies (#26-07).

  9. What did Jesus do when the people in Galilee brought many sick people and people with demons to him?

    Jesus healed them all (#26-08), (#26-09).

  10. What did Jesus call the twelve men whom he called to travel with him and learn from him?

    Jesus called these twelve men his apostles (#26-10).

What the Story Means to Us

  1. Jesus grew up in Nazareth. Did that influence how the people responded to him when he claimed to be the Messiah?

    Because the people of Nazareth knew Jesus when he was a little boy, they continued to think of him as an unimportant person. Therefore, it was hard for them to believe that he was the Messiah. For this reason, Jesus said that people do not accept a prophet in the town where he grew up. Have you seen this happen?

  2. Jesus did not directly tell the people of Nazareth that he was the Messiah. Instead, he read the scripture and said it was happening right then. Why do you think Jesus revealed himself in this way?

    Jesus knew that the people of Nazareth did not want to accept that he was the Messiah. Therefore, instead of stating that as a fact, he read the scripture and said that it was talking about him. If the people of Nazareth wanted to know who he was, they could see that he was doing all the things that the scripture said the Messiah would do. If they were willing to believe in him, they could figure out for themselves from the scripture that he was the Messiah.

  3. Why were the Jews so angry when Jesus told them what Elijah and Elisha did?

    The Jews believed that God loved only Jews, and would not help people from other nations. They were wrong. Jesus spoke about Elijah and Elisha to show that God also loved people of other nations. God send the prophets to help the people who would believe in him. But he did not send them to help the Jews when the Jews did not serve him.

  4. Why did Jesus choose twelve men to be his apostles?

    Jesus knew that he would die for our sins. After he would die, someone would have to be able to tell everyone what Jesus had done for us. Therefore, Jesus chose twelve men to prepare them to teach about him. They traveled with him and he taught them so they would be ready to be witnesses for him when he went back to heaven.

Summary

Jesus went to Galilee to the city of Nazareth where he grew up. The people there came together every week to worship God. However, they were not ready to believe that Jesus came from God. When he showed them in the scriptures that he was doing the work of the Messiah, they did not want to believe him. And when Jesus told them that God would accept people from other nations who believed in him, they were so angry that they tried to kill Jesus. Therefore, he left than and went away to preach to other people in Galilee. Many saw the works he did and believed in him. Jesus then chose twelve of the men who believed to be with him as his disciples. They traveled with him, and he began to teach them so they could tell people about him.