Luke begins his narration of Jesus’s ministry with two incidents: the first, is his appearance in the synagogue at Nazareth; the second, a typical day at Capernaeum, the lakeside town where Jesus ...

When Jesus returned to Nazareth, He spoke in the synagogue in front of people that he grew up with, according to Luke 4:22-30. Here, He should have been a hometown hero, but He wasn’t. The ...

The mountainside is said to be the site of the attempt of an angry mob to throw Jesus over a cliff after his bold proclamation in the Nazareth synagogue in Luke 4:16-30.

You may have avoided the Jesus of Nazareth books by Pope Benedict because you don't feel particularly scholarly. Maybe you're busy. Maybe they just seem like they don't really apply to you. As we ...

“Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people” (Matthew 4:23).

Nazareth Residents: Who Does Jesus Think He Is? James Tissot (1836-1902), “Jesus Unrolls the Scroll in the Synagogue” (photo: Public Domain) ...

Even the Beatitudes in the Sermon on the Mount are a direct reflection of common Jewish beliefs that Jesus could have heard from the rabbis at the Nazareth synagogue.

That would have likely been the synagogue where Jesus stood, taught and healed, marking the beginning of his public ministry. There was something awe-inspiring to me to walk around in the synagogue.

It is a miracle that we know anything at all about the man called Jesus of Nazareth. The itinerant preacher wandering from village to village clamoring about the end of the world, a band of ragged ...

Pope Francis told Christians Wednesday that if they want to understand Jesus they should pay close attention to the “good news” he brings in his sermon in the Nazareth synagogue.

Here we see the power and authority of Jesus at work. He is teaching in the synagogue and the people are amazed at what they hear. Then a man with an unclean spirit begins to speak to Him.