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By encyclo3 December 17, 2023 제4부
P.1628 – §1 Jesus and the apostles
arrived in Capernaum the evening of Tuesday, January 13. As usual, they
made their headquarters at the home of Zebedee in Bethsaida. Now that
John the Baptist had been sent to his death, Jesus prepared to launch
out in the first open and public preaching tour of Galilee. The news that
Jesus had returned rapidly spread throughout the city, and early the next
day, Mary the mother of Jesus hastened away, going over to Nazareth to
visit her son Joseph.
  
 

P.1628 – §2 Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday Jesus
spent at the Zebedee house instructing his apostles preparatory to their
first extensive public preaching tour. He also received and taught many
earnest inquirers, both singly and in groups. Through Andrew, he arranged
to speak in the synagogue on the coming Sabbath day.

 singly, 하나씩 따로

in groups, 집단으로
 

P.1628 – §3 Late on Friday evening Jesus’ baby sister,
Ruth, secretly paid him a visit. They spent almost an hour together in
a boat anchored a short distance from the shore. No human being, save
John Zebedee, ever knew of this visit, and he was admonished to tell no
man. Ruth was the only member of Jesus’ family who consistently and unwaveringly
believed in the divinity of his earth mission from the times of her earliest
spiritual consciousness right on down through his eventful ministry, death,
resurrection, and ascension; and she finally passed on to the worlds beyond
never having doubted the supernatural character of her father-brother’s
mission in the flesh. Baby Ruth was the chief comfort of Jesus, as regards
his earth family, throughout the trying ordeal of his trial, rejection,
and crucifixion.

 pay someone a visit, ~를 방문하다

save = except
1. THE DRAUGHT OF FISHES – P.1628

P.1628 – §4 On Friday morning of this same week,
when Jesus was teaching by the seaside, the people crowded him so near
the water’s edge that he signaled to some fishermen occupying a near-by
boat to come to his rescue. Entering the boat, he continued to teach the
assembled multitude for more than two hours. This boat was named “Simon”;
it was the former fishing vessel of Simon Peter and had been built by
Jesus’ own hands. On this particular morning the boat was being used by
David Zebedee and two associates, who had just come in near shore from
a fruitless night of fishing on the lake. They were cleaning and mending
their nets when Jesus requested them to come to his assistance.

 draft = 끌어올리기, 당기기
P.1628 – §5 After Jesus had finished teaching the
people, he said to David: “As you were delayed by coming to my help,
now let me work with you. Let us go fishing; put out into yonder deep
and let down your nets for a draught.” But Simon, one of David’s
assistants, answered: “Master, it is useless. We toiled all night

P.1629 – §0 and took nothing; however, at your bidding
we will put out and let down the nets.” And Simon consented to follow
Jesus’ directions because of a gesture made by his master, David. When
they had proceeded to the place designated by Jesus, they let down their
nets and enclosed such a multitude of fish that they feared the nets would
break, so much so that they signaled to their associates on the shore
to come to their assistance. When they had filled all three boats with
fish, almost to sinking, this Simon fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying,
“Depart from me, Master, for I am a sinful man.” Simon and all
who were concerned in this episode were amazed at the draught of fishes.
From that day David Zebedee, this Simon, and their associates forsook
their nets and followed Jesus.

draught = british spelling of draft. 기록한 중도자가 영국에서 활동한 것을 알 수 있다 (1935년)

 
 

 

P.1629 – §1 But this was in no sense a miraculous
draught of fishes. Jesus was a close student of nature; he was an experienced
fisherman and knew the habits of the fish in the Sea of Galilee. On this
occasion he merely directed these men to the place where the fish were
usually to be found at this time of day. But Jesus’ followers always regarded
this as a miracle.


  
2. AFTERNOON AT THE SYNAGOGUE – P.1629

P.1629 – §2 The next Sabbath, at the afternoon service
in the synagogue, Jesus preached his sermon on “The Will of the Father
in Heaven.” In the morning Simon Peter had preached on “The
Kingdom.” At the Thursday evening meeting of the synagogue Andrew
had taught, his subject being “The New Way.” At this particular
time more people believed in Jesus in Capernaum than in any other one
city on earth.

 synagogue: G (sunagoge ) meeting, 회당

과거 완료형
P.1629 – §3 As Jesus taught in the synagogue this
Sabbath afternoon, according to custom he took the first text from the
law, reading from the Book of Exodus: “And you shall serve the Lord,
your God, and he shall bless your bread and your water, and all sickness
shall be taken away from you.” He chose the second text from the
Prophets, reading from Isaiah: “Arise and shine, for your light has
come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you. Darkness may cover
the earth and gross darkness the people, but the spirit of the Lord shall
arise upon you, and the divine glory shall be seen with you. Even the
gentiles shall come to this light, and many great minds shall surrender
to the brightness of this light.”
  
P.1629 – §4 This sermon was an effort on Jesus’ part
to make clear the fact that religion is a personal experience. Among other
things, the Master said:

P.1629 – §5 “You well know that, while a kindhearted
father loves his family as a whole, he so regards them as a group because
of his strong affection for each individual member of that family. No
longer must you approach the Father in heaven as a child of Israel but
as a child of God. As a group, you are indeed the children of Israel,
but as individuals, each one of you is a child of God. I have come, not
to reveal the Father to the children of Israel, but rather to bring this
knowledge of God and the revelation of his love and mercy to the individual
believer as a genuine personal experience.

The prophets have all taught
you that Yahweh cares for his people, that God loves Israel. But I have
come among you to proclaim a greater truth, one which many of the later
prophets also grasped, that God loves you–every one of you–as individuals.
All these generations have you had a national or racial religion; now
have I come to give you a personal religion.

  
P.1630 – §1 “But even this is not a new idea.
Many of the spiritually minded among you have known this truth, inasmuch
as some of the prophets have so instructed you. Have you not read in the
Scriptures where the Prophet Jeremiah says: `In those days they shall
no more say, the fathers have eaten sour grapes and the children’s teeth
are set on edge. Every man shall die for his own iniquity; every man who
eats sour grapes, his teeth shall be set on edge. Behold, the days shall
come when I will make a new covenant with my people, not according to
the covenant which I made with their fathers when I brought them out of
the land of Egypt, but according to the new way. I will even write my
law in their hearts. I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
In that day they shall not say, one man to his neighbor, do you know the
Lord? Nay! For they shall all know me personally, from the least to the
greatest.’
 inasmuch as, ~ 이므로 (文語)

teeth are set on edge, 이가 시리다

set one’s teeth on edge, 열이 나게 만든다.
P.1630 – §2 “Have you not read these promises?
Do you not believe the Scriptures? Do you not understand that the prophet’s
words are fulfilled in what you behold this very day? And did not Jeremiah
exhort you to make religion an affair of the heart, to relate yourselves
to God as individuals? Did not the prophet tell you that the God of heaven
would search your individual hearts? And were you not warned that the
natural human heart is deceitful above all things and oftentimes desperately
wicked?
  
P.1630 – §3 “Have you not read also where Ezekiel
taught even your fathers that religion must become a reality in your individual
experiences? No more shall you use the proverb which says, `The fathers
have eaten sour grapes and the children’s teeth are set on edge.’ `As
I live,’ says the Lord God, `behold all souls are mine; as the soul of
the father, so also the soul of the son. Only the soul that sins shall
die.’ And then Ezekiel foresaw even this day when he spoke in behalf of
God, saying: `A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will
I put within you.’
 in behalf of, ~를 대표하여
P.1630 – §4 “No more should you fear that God
will punish a nation for the sin of an individual; neither will the Father
in heaven punish one of his believing children for the sins of a nation,
albeit the individual member of any family must often suffer the material
consequences of family mistakes and group transgressions. Do you not realize
that the hope of a better nation–or a better world–is bound up in the
progress and enlightenment of the individual?”
 consequence, 결과
P.1630 – §5 Then the Master portrayed that the Father
in heaven, after man discerns this spiritual freedom, wills that his children
on earth should begin that eternal ascent of the Paradise career which
consists in the creature’s conscious response to the divine urge of the
indwelling spirit to find the Creator, to know God and to seek to become
like him.

  
P.1630 – §6 The apostles were greatly helped by this
sermon. All of them realized more fully that the gospel of the kingdom
is a message directed to the individual, not to the nation.

P.1630 – §7 Even though the people of Capernaum were
familiar with Jesus’ teaching, they were astonished at his sermon on this
Sabbath day. He taught, indeed, as one having authority and not as the
scribes.

  
P.1630 – §8 Just as Jesus finished speaking, a young
man in the congregation who had been much agitated by his words was seized
with a violent epileptic attack and loudly cried out. At the end of the
seizure, when recovering consciousness, he spoke in a dreamy state, saying:
“What have we to do with you, Jesus of Nazareth? You are the holy
one of God; have you come to destroy us?” Jesus

P.1631 – §0 bade the people be quiet and, taking
the young man by the hand, said, “Come out of it”–and he was
immediately awakened.

 agitate < agitare (drive), 선동하다
P.1631 – §1 This young man was not possessed of an
unclean spirit or demon; he was a victim of ordinary epilepsy. But he
had been taught that his affliction was due to possession by an evil spirit.
He believed this teaching and behaved accordingly in all that he thought
or said concerning his ailment. The people all believed that such phenomena
were directly caused by the presence of unclean spirits. Accordingly they
believed that Jesus had cast a demon out of this man. But Jesus did not
at that time cure his epilepsy. Not until later on that day, after sundown,
was this man really healed. Long after the day of Pentecost the Apostle
John, who was the last to write of Jesus’ doings, avoided all reference
to these so-called acts of “casting out devils,” and this he
did in view of the fact that such cases of demon possession never occurred
after Pentecost.
 due to, ~ 때문이다
 

P.1631 – §2 As a result of this commonplace incident
the report was rapidly spread through Capernaum that Jesus had cast a
demon out of a man and miraculously healed him in the synagogue at the
conclusion of his afternoon sermon. The Sabbath was just the time for
the rapid and effective spreading of such a startling rumor. This report
was also carried to all the smaller settlements around Capernaum, and
many of the people believed it.

  
P.1631 – §3 The cooking and the housework at the
large Zebedee home, where Jesus and the twelve made their headquarters,
was for the most part done by Simon Peter’s wife and her mother. Peter’s
home was near that of Zebedee; and Jesus and his friends stopped there
on the way from the synagogue because Peter’s wife’s mother had for several
days been sick with chills and fever. Now it chanced that, at about the
time Jesus stood over this sick woman, holding her hand, smoothing her
brow, and speaking words of comfort and encouragement, the fever left
her. Jesus had not yet had time to explain to his apostles that no miracle
had been wrought at the synagogue; and with this incident so fresh and
vivid in their minds, and recalling the water and the wine at Cana, they
seized upon this coincidence as another miracle, and some of them rushed
out to spread the news abroad throughout the city.		 wrought = worked
P.1631 – §4 Amatha, Peter’s mother-in-law, was suffering
from malarial fever. She was not miraculously healed by Jesus at this
time. Not until several hours later, after sundown, was her cure effected
in connection with the extraordinary event which occurred in the front
yard of the Zebedee home.		  

P.1631 – §5 And these cases are typical of the manner
in which a wonder-seeking generation and a miracle-minded people unfailingly
seized upon all such coincidences as the pretext for proclaiming that
another miracle had been wrought by Jesus.
  
3. THE HEALING AT SUNDOWN – P.1631

P.1631 – §6 By the time Jesus and his apostles had
made ready to partake of their evening meal near the end of this eventful
Sabbath day, all Capernaum and its environs were agog over these reputed
miracles of healing; and all who were sick or afflicted began preparations
to go to Jesus or to have themselves carried there by their friends just
as soon as the sun went down. According to Jewish teaching it was not
permissible even to go in quest of health during the sacred hours of the
Sabbath.

 agog (OF) = in +fun, 시끌벅적
 

P.1632 – §1 Therefore, as soon as the sun sank beneath
the horizon, scores of afflicted men, women, and children began to make
their way toward the Zebedee home in Bethsaida. One man started out with
his paralyzed daughter just as soon as the sun sank behind his neighbor’s
house.

  
 

P.1632 – §2 The whole day’s events had set the stage
for this extraordinary sundown scene. Even the text Jesus had used for
his afternoon sermon had intimated that sickness should be banished; and
he had spoken with such unprecedented power and authority! His message
was so compelling! While he made no appeal to human authority, he did
speak directly to the consciences and souls of men. Though he did not
resort to logic, legal quibbles, or clever sayings, he did make a powerful,
direct, clear, and personal appeal to the hearts of his hearers.

 set the stage, 무대를 만들다

intimate, 암시하다

quibble, 궤변, 트집, (사소한) 반대 의견
P.1632 – §3 That Sabbath was a great day in the earth
life of Jesus, yes, in the life of a universe. To all local universe intents
and purposes the little Jewish city of Capernaum was the real capital
of Nebadon. The handful of Jews in the Capernaum synagogue were not the
only beings to hear that momentous closing statement of Jesus’ sermon:
“Hate is the shadow of fear; revenge the mask of cowardice.”
Neither could his hearers forget his blessed words, declaring, “Man
is the son of God, not a child of the devil.”		 coward, 겁쟁이
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 – §5 When the Master stepped out of the front
entrance of Zebedee’s house, his eyes met an array of stricken and afflicted
humanity. He gazed upon almost one thousand sick and ailing human beings;
at least that was the number of persons gathered together before him.
Not all present were afflicted; some had come assisting their loved ones
in this effort to secure healing.
  
P.1632 – §6 The sight of these afflicted mortals,
men, women, and children, suffering in large measure as a result of the
mistakes and misdeeds of his own trusted Sons of universe administration,
peculiarly touched the human heart of Jesus and challenged the divine
mercy of this benevolent Creator Son. But Jesus well knew he could never
build an enduring spiritual movement upon the foundation of purely material
wonders. It had been his consistent policy to refrain from exhibiting
his creator prerogatives. Not since Cana had the supernatural or miraculous
attended his teaching; still, this afflicted multitude touched his sympathetic
heart and mightily appealed to his understanding affection.
 in large measure, 대체로

peculiar < pecu (cattle), one’s own property, 특이한

refrain from, 을 삼가다
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.		 no sooner than, 하자마자
P.1632 – §8 When Peter implored the Master to heed
their cry for help, Jesus, looking down upon the afflicted throng, answered:
“I have come into the world to reveal

P.1633 – §0 the Father and establish his kingdom.
For this purpose have I lived my life to this hour. If, therefore, it
should be the will of Him who sent me and not inconsistent with my dedication
to the proclamation of the gospel of the kingdom of heaven, I would desire
to see my children made whole–and–” but the further words of Jesus
were lost in the tumult.

implore < in + plorare (cry out, weep) 탄원하다

 
P.1633 – §1 Jesus had passed the responsibility
of this healing decision to the ruling of his Father. Evidently the Father’s
will interposed no objection, for the words of the Master had scarcely
been uttered when the assembly of celestial personalities serving under
the command of Jesus’ Personalized Thought Adjuster was mightily astir.
The vast retinue descended into the midst of this motley throng of afflicted
mortals, and in a moment of time 683 men, women, and children were made
whole, were perfectly healed of all their physical diseases and other
material disorders. Such a scene was never witnessed on earth before that
day, nor since. And for those of us who were present to behold this creative
wave of healing, it was indeed a thrilling spectacle.

 ruling, 판결

interpose = inter (between) + pose (place), 방해하다, 막다.

retinue F (조언자, 조수 집단)

motley, 잡동사니
P.1633 – §2 But of all the beings who were astonished
at this sudden and unexpected outbreak of supernatural healing, Jesus
was the most surprised. In a moment when his human interests and sympathies
were focused upon the scene of suffering and affliction there spread out
before him, he neglected to bear in his human mind the admonitory warnings
of his Personalized Adjuster regarding the impossibility of limiting the
time element of the creator prerogatives of a Creator Son under certain
conditions and in certain circumstances.

Jesus desired to see these suffering
mortals made whole if his Father’s will would not thereby be violated.
The Personalized Adjuster of Jesus instantly ruled that such an act of
creative energy at that time would not transgress the will of the Paradise
Father, and by such a decision–in view of Jesus’ preceding expression
of healing desire–the creative act was. What a Creator Son desires and
his Father wills IS. Not in all of Jesus’ subsequent earth life did another
such en masse physical healing of mortals take place.

 admonish, 훈계하다

transgress, 위반하다

IS (존재한다, exists)

en mass, 대량

take place, 일어나다.
P.1633 – §3 As might have been expected, the fame
of this sundown healing at Bethsaida in Capernaum spread throughout all
Galilee and Judea and to the regions beyond. Once more were the fears
of Herod aroused, and he sent watchers to report on the work and teachings
of Jesus and to ascertain if he was the former carpenter of Nazareth or
John the Baptist risen from the dead.
 ascertain, 확인하다
P.1633 – §4 Chiefly because of this unintended demonstration
of physical healing, henceforth, throughout the remainder of his earth
career, Jesus became as much a physician as a preacher. True, he continued
his teaching, but his personal work consisted mostly in ministering to
the sick and the distressed, while his apostles did the work of public
preaching and baptizing believers.
 distressed, 곤궁에 처한
P.1633 – §5 But the majority of those who were recipients
of supernatural or creative physical healing at this sundown demonstration
of divine energy were not permanently spiritually benefited by this extraordinary
manifestation of mercy. A small number were truly edified by this physical
ministry, but the spiritual kingdom was not advanced in the hearts of
men by this amazing eruption of timeless creative healing.
 edify < edficare 교훈을 받다, 개선되다
P.1633 – §6 The healing wonders which every now and
then attended Jesus’ mission on earth were not a part of his plan of proclaiming
the kingdom. They were incidentally inherent in having on earth a divine
being of well-nigh unlimited creator prerogatives in association with
an unprecedented combination of

P.1634 – §0 divine mercy and human sympathy. But
such so-called miracles gave Jesus much trouble in that they provided
prejudice-raising publicity and afforded much unsought notoriety.

 every now and then, 이따금

notoriety, 평판, 악명
4. THE EVENING AFTER – P.1634

P.1634 – §1 Throughout the evening following this
great outburst of healing, the rejoicing and happy throng overran Zebedee’s
home, and the apostles of Jesus were keyed up to the highest pitch of
emotional enthusiasm. From a human standpoint, this was probably the greatest
day of all the great days of their association with Jesus. At no time
before or after did their hopes surge to such heights of confident expectation.
Jesus had told them only a few days before, and when they were yet within
the borders of Samaria, that the hour had come when the kingdom was to
be proclaimed in power, and now their eyes had seen what they supposed
was the fulfillment of that promise. They were thrilled by the vision
of what was to come if this amazing manifestation of healing power was
just the beginning. Their lingering doubts of Jesus’ divinity were banished.
They were literally intoxicated with the ecstasy of their bewildered enchantment.

 overrun, 휩쓸다.

banish, 추방하다

intoxicate, 술 취하게 만들다.

ecstasy, 황홀경 <ekstasis (standing outside oneself), 정신이 나간 상태
 

P.1634 – §2 But when they sought for Jesus, they
could not find him. The Master was much perturbed by what had happened.
These men, women, and children who had been healed of diverse diseases
lingered late into the evening, hoping for Jesus’ return that they might
thank him. The apostles could not understand the Master’s conduct as the
hours passed and he remained in seclusion; their joy would have been full
and perfect but for his continued absence. When Jesus did return to their
midst, the hour was late, and practically all of the beneficiaries of
the healing episode had gone to their homes. Jesus refused the congratulations
and adoration of the twelve and the others who had lingered to greet him,
only saying: “Rejoice not that my Father is powerful to heal the
body, but rather that he is mighty to save the soul. Let us go to our
rest, for tomorrow we must be about the Father’s business.”

 perturb = per (completely) turbare (disturb), 동요하게 만들다
 

P.1634 – §3 And again did twelve disappointed, perplexed,
and heart-sorrowing men go to their rest; few of them, except the twins,
slept much that night. No sooner would the Master do something to cheer
the souls and gladden the hearts of his apostles, than he seemed immediately
to dash their hopes in pieces and utterly to demolish the foundations
of their courage and enthusiasm. As these bewildered fishermen looked
into each other’s eyes, there was but one thought: “We cannot understand
him. What does all this mean?”

 but = only
5. EARLY SUNDAY MORNING – P.1634

P.1634 – §4 Neither did Jesus sleep much that Saturday
night. He realized that the world was filled with physical distress and
overrun with material difficulties, and he contemplated the great danger
of being compelled to devote so much of his time to the care of the sick
and afflicted that his mission of establishing the spiritual kingdom in
the hearts of men would be interfered with or at least subordinated to
the ministry of things physical. Because of these and similar thoughts
which occupied the mortal mind of Jesus during the night, he arose that
Sunday morning long before daybreak and went all alone to one of his favorite
places for communion with the Father. The theme of Jesus’ prayer on this
early morning was for wisdom and judgment that he might not allow his
human sympathy,

P.1635 – §0 joined with his divine mercy, to make
such an appeal to him in the presence of mortal suffering that all of
his time would be occupied with physical ministry to the neglect of the
spiritual. Though he did not wish altogether to avoid ministering to the
sick, he knew that he must also do the more important work of spiritual
teaching and religious training.

distress, 곤궁

overrun, (비용) 초과하다, 장악하다

interfere with, 간섭, 방해하다

 

neglect < neg(not) +legere (choose), 소홀히 하다.
P.1635 – §1 Jesus went out in the hills to pray so
many times because there were no private rooms suitable for his personal
devotions.
 왜 산지로 갔는가
 

P.1635 – §2 Peter could not sleep that night; so,
very early, shortly after Jesus had gone out to pray, he aroused James
and John, and the three went to find their Master. After more than an
hour’s search they found Jesus and besought him to tell them the reason
for his strange conduct. They desired to know why he appeared to be troubled
by the mighty outpouring of the spirit of healing when all the people
were overjoyed and his apostles so much rejoiced.

  
 

P.1635 – §3 For more than four hours Jesus endeavored
to explain to these three apostles what had happened. He taught them about
what had transpired and explained the dangers of such manifestations.
Jesus confided to them the reason for his coming forth to pray. He sought
to make plain to his personal associates the real reasons why the kingdom
of the Father could not be built upon wonder-working and physical healing.
But they could not comprehend his teaching.

 transpire < trans (across) + spirare (breathe), leak out, occur (벌어지다. 일어나다)

expire (숨이 끊어지다)
P.1635 – §4 Meanwhile, early Sunday morning, other
crowds of afflicted souls and many curiosity seekers began to gather about
the house of Zebedee. They clamored to see Jesus. Andrew and the apostles
were so perplexed that, while Simon Zelotes talked to the assembly, Andrew,
with several of his associates, went to find Jesus. When Andrew had located
Jesus in company with the three, he said: “Master, why do you leave
us alone with the multitude? Behold, all men seek you; never before have
so many sought after your teaching. Even now the house is surrounded by
those who have come from near and far because of your mighty works. Will
you not return with us to minister to them?”
  
P.1635 – §5 When Jesus heard this, he answered: “Andrew,
have I not taught you and these others that my mission on earth is the
revelation of the Father, and my message the proclamation of the kingdom
of heaven? How is it, then, that you would have me turn aside from my
work for the gratification of the curious and for the satisfaction of
those who seek for signs and wonders?

Have we not been among these people
all these months, and have they flocked in multitudes to hear the good
news of the kingdom? Why have they now come to besiege us? Is it not because
of the healing of their physical bodies rather than as a result of the
reception of spiritual truth for the salvation of their souls? When men
are attracted to us because of extraordinary manifestations, many of them
come seeking not for truth and salvation but rather in quest of healing
for their physical ailments and to secure deliverance from their material
difficulties.

  
 

P.1635 – §6 “All this time I have been in Capernaum,
and both in the synagogue and by the seaside have I proclaimed the good
news of the kingdom to all who had ears to hear and hearts to receive
the truth. It is not the will of my Father that I should return with you
to cater to these curious ones and to become occupied with the ministry
of things physical to the exclusion of the spiritual. I have ordained
you to preach the gospel and minister to the sick, but I must not become
engrossed in healing to the exclusion of my teaching. No, Andrew, I will
not return with you. Go and tell the people to believe in that which we
have taught them and to rejoice in the liberty of the sons of God, and
make ready for our departure for the other cities of Galilee, where the
way has already

P.1636 – §0 been prepared for the preaching of the
good tidings of the kingdom. It was for this purpose that I came forth
from the Father. Go, then, and prepare for our immediate departure while
I here await your return.”

 engross, 몰두하게 만들다, 열중

 
 

P.1636 – §1 When Jesus had spoken, Andrew and his
fellow apostles sorrowfully made their way back to Zebedee’s house, dismissed
the assembled multitude, and quickly made ready for the journey as Jesus
had directed. And so, on the afternoon of Sunday, January 18, A.D. 28,
Jesus and the apostles started out upon their first really public and
open preaching tour of the cities of Galilee. On this first tour they
preached the gospel of the kingdom in many cities, but they did not visit
Nazareth.

  
P.1636 – §2 That Sunday afternoon, shortly after
Jesus and his apostles had left for Rimmon, his brothers James and Jude
came to see him, calling at Zebedee’s house. About noon of that day Jude
had sought out his brother James and insisted that they go to Jesus. By
the time James consented to go with Jude, Jesus had already departed.
  
P.1636 – §3 The apostles were loath to leave the
great interest which had been aroused at Capernaum. Peter calculated that
no less than one thousand believers could have been baptized into the
kingdom. Jesus listened to them patiently, but he would not consent to
return. Silence prevailed for a season, and then Thomas addressed his
fellow apostles, saying: “Let’s go! The Master has spoken. No matter
if we cannot fully comprehend the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven,
of one thing we are certain: We follow a teacher who seeks no glory for
himself.” And reluctantly they went forth to preach the good tidings
in the cities of Galilee.		 loath, 싫어하는

loathe, 싫어하다
   
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