11/27/2007

Power or persuasion?

Luke 4:28-30 - All the people in the synagogue were furious when they heard this. They got up, drove him out of the town, and took him to the brow of the hill on which the town was built, in order to throw him down the cliff. But he walked right through the crowd and went on his way.

I've always wondered about this incident because so few details are given. Did Jesus use a bit of his divine power to quiet the mob? Did he become invisible to them? Did he just hold up his hand as if possibly to speak to the crowd but then just quietly walk away instead? Could the crowd in the end just not bring themselves to do it, especially seeing how Jesus (apparently) put up no fight?

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