83. Jesus of Galilee

    " ... Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? are thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art; the Holy One of God." ~ Luke 4:26 & Mark 1:24

Besides being of the House of David, which at the time and date of Jesus Christ had no honor left in it except David's ancestral claim as the progenitor of the coming Messiah, Jesus was also NOT of Judaea. That is Jesus was 'that 'prophet of Nazareth of Galilee' (Matthew 21:3). He was a 'Galilaean' and not a 'Judaean'. So of what matter would that be? Well the Jew of Jerusalem and Judaea were quite concerned about that old division of lands of the northern and southern kingdoms of the Hebrews. And just like Samaria, Galilee was of that old traditional land of the northern kingdom. And thus there was an automatic stegma about any from Galilee who would usurp any positional authority over the Jews of Judaea and especially Jerusalem.

    " ... Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth?" ~ John 1:46