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Lesson 12 · June 19, 1909

Healing the Nobleman's Son—At Nazareth

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Parallel Scriptures: ; .

Lesson Helps: chapters 20, 24; , chapter 11.

Places: Galilee, in northern part of Palestine; Cana, mentioned in lesson 9; Nazareth, meaning "branch," "separated," southwest of the Sea of Galilee, population numbers now about 4,000; Capernaum, a town on the north shore of Galilee.

Persons: Jesus; the nobleman; his child; the Jews at Nazareth.

Questions

#### Healing the Nobleman's Son.

  1. 1.After His work at Jerusalem and in Samaria, where did Jesus go? . Note 1.
  2. 2.What did He find on again coming to Cana? . Note 2.
  3. 3.What plea did the father make? .
  4. 4.How did Jesus test his faith? What was the nobleman's response? .
  5. 5.What was the result of the father's plea? .
  6. 6.What did he learn as he neared home? .
  7. 7.What definite evidence of Christ's healing power was given? .
  8. 8.What was the result of the miracle? .
  9. 9.How many miracles had been performed in Galilee? .

Notes

#### At Nazareth.

  1. 10.What characterized His work in Galilee? Where did He teach? .
  2. 11.What did He do at Nazareth? From the writings of what prophet did He read? .
  3. 12.What did He say concerning the prophecy He had just read? .
  4. 13.How did the people at first seem to regard His words? How were they afterwards affected? . Note 3.
  5. 14.What did Jesus forewarn them that they would say? What proverb did He quote? ; see .
  6. 15.What illustration did He draw from Elijah's experience? .
  7. 16.How did the people receive His words? .
  8. 17.What did they endeavor to do? .
  9. 18.How did He escape their wrath? .

Notes

1. Galilee "is the district which was of all others the most honored with the presence of our Saviour. Here He lived entirely until He was thirty years of age; and although, after the commencement of His ministry, He frequently visited the other provinces, it was here that He chiefly resided."—"Popular and Critical Bible Encyclopedia."

2. Nobleman. "The word so rendered in is the Greek bas-el-ee-kos, which is somewhat varied in signification. It may mean: (1) Descended from a king. (2) One belonging to the court. (3) A soldier of the king, in which latter sense it often occurs in Josephus. (4) Well born, used in the parable of the talents as a title of the person who placed his servants in charge of certain amounts, for which they were to be held accountable, thus testing their fidelity and ability."—⟦?⟧

3. "Is not this Joseph's son?" The wisdom and power with which He spoke, and the gracious utterances which fell from His lips, greatly impressed the people, and unbelief began to give way. But they hardened their hearts. They remembered that He was "Joseph's son," that He was a "carpenter," and therefore reasoned that He could not be the Son of God.

Bible texts in this lesson

John 4:43-54 · Luke 4:14-31 · Mark 1:14 · Mark 1:15 · Matthew 4:12-17 · John 4:43-45 · John 4:46 · John 4:47 · John 4:48 · John 4:49 · John 4:50 · John 4:51 · John 4:52 · John 4:53 · John 4:54 · Luke 4:14 · Luke 4:15 · Luke 4:16-19 · Luke 4:20 · Luke 4:21 · Luke 4:22 · Luke 4:23 · Luke 4:24 · Matthew 13:57 · Matthew 13:25-27 · Matthew 13:28 · Matthew 13:29 · Matthew 13:30

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