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P.1347 - §1 Upon
her return, Mary went to visit her parents, Joachim and Hannah. Her two
brothers and two sisters, as well as her parents, were always very skeptical
about the divine mission of Jesus, though, of course, at this time they
knew nothing of the Gabriel visitation. But Mary did confide to her sister
Salome that she thought her son was destined to become a great teacher. |
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Although the painting seems to tell a distorted legend,
the description does mention Mary's parents, Joachim and Hannah. Also,
the description also mentions that Mary and Elizabeth are (distant) cousins. |
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P.1632 - §4 Soon after the setting
of the sun, as Jesus and the apostles still lingered about the supper
table, Peter's wife heard voices in the front yard and, on going to the
door, saw a large company of sick folks assembling, and that the road
from Capernaum was crowded by those who were on their way to seek healing
at Jesus' hands. On seeing this sight, she went at once and informed her
husband, who told Jesus.
P.1632 - §7 A voice from the front yard exclaimed:
"Master, speak the word, restore our health, heal our diseases, and
save our souls." No sooner had these words been uttered than a vast
retinue of seraphim, physical controllers, Life Carriers, and midwayers,
such as always attended this incarnated Creator of a universe, made themselves
ready to act with creative power should their Sovereign give the signal.
This was one of those moments in the earth career of Jesus in which divine
wisdom and human compassion were so interlocked in the judgment of the
Son of Man that he sought refuge in appeal to his Father's will. |
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Luke 4: 38 Jesus
left the synagogue and went to the home of Simon. Now Simon's mother-in-law
was suffering from a high fever, and they asked Jesus to help her. 39
So he bent over her and rebuked the fever, and it left her. She got up
at once and began to wait on them. 40 When the sun was setting, the people
brought to Jesus all who had various kinds of sickness, and laying his
hands on each one, he healed them.

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