Friday, November 13, 2009

John 7-9

John recorded in 7:15 that the Jewish leaders marveled at Jesus' wisdom because he had never studied under the teachers they knew. They could not begin to realize that Jesus had inspired the words that were written. I wonder if Mary witnessed the very young Jesus moving his little lips in sync with the reader at the synagogue? I wonder how old he was when Jesus first noticed the familar ring to the written word? Did Joseph notice that memorizing the Law came especially easy for his oldest son? Did Jesus ever correct the emphasis or pronounciation of someone who was reading from the Torah? When did people begin to notice that Jesus spoke differently that other Jewish men when he would say, "It is written....?
It took me about 15 minutes to read this passage.
Stuart

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