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A Bible Study Program of the Life of Jesus

We will study nearly half (13+ chapters) of Matthew's gospel. More than half of Mark (about 9 of 16 chapters) is devoted to Jesus in Galilee. About 5 chapters of Luke and only 2+ chapters of John (including an important trip of Jesus to Jerusalem) tell us about Jesus in Galilee. Matthew provides the "spine" or ordering sequence of this study section of ten events. The individual Galilee events are not chronological. Matthew was guided by principle of association rather than a strict chronology of events.4 As we order ten studies of the "New Covenant" from Matthew, God's laws written on man's heart (love) and kingdom living versus earthly living, move to the forefront. Related readings concerning the Great Galilee ministry are tied in from the other Gospel writers. Because this guide uses Matthew as the "primary" reading sequence about the Great Galilean Ministry, the other Gospels are folded in as secondary resources.

Primary Reading: Matthew 4:12- 18:35 Secondary Resources: Mark 1:14 - 9:50, Luke 4:31 - 9:50, John 4:43 - 6:71

In each Overview section the author has classified events by one of three types: a God event, an Impact event, or a Teaching event.

It is interesting to note that the Capernaum section contains seven Teaching events and three Impact event groups. After you review and study the Capernaum section of Jesus' ministry, decide whether you agree with the author's event type classifications. How, if at all, would you change the classifications?

After rejection in his local Nazareth synagogue (Luke 4:14-30), Jesus moved his ministry for the next VA years to Capernaum, on the Sea of Galilee. Jesus had a new start in Capernaum and emphasized important teaching of the New Covenant in his ministry. Galilee proved to be a most responsive audience to his messages. In contrast, the people of Nazareth had trouble accepting one of their own as the Messiah and Hebrew leaders and priests in Jerusalem had too much at stake not to challenge Jesus as the fulfillment of the Old Testament-promised Messiah.

Peter's home in Capernaum served as the base of Jesus' Galilee travels. Jesus must have felt comfortable in the midst of these affirming surroundings. Fishermen, a tax collector, a Zealot, and people from all walks of a more rural life listened to his teachings. Hillsides beside the sea provided natural amphitheatre settings for oral preaching and teaching of the New Covenant truths Jesus shared. Some scholars refer to the time of Jesus in Galilee as the "Year of Popularity." Jesus must have felt good to be affirmed in his life!

Much of our record of Jesus' ministry in Galilee comes from two Gospel writers: Matthew and Mark. Matthew, writing to Hebrews, wanted his listeners to understand a restatement of Hebrew laws and traditions. Mark, writing to Romans, emphasized the actions, miracles, and Jesus' accomplishments. Studies referenced in Capernaum are ordered around ten "C's" to help recall the New Covenant and this important teaching phase of the ministry of Jesus Christ.

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