From 875d3b65d4c772d7421161b895699cebe18ccbff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Hanker10 Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2016 15:03:54 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Matthew 13:57-58 change wording Matthew 13:57-58 change wording to get closer to the original and the intended meaning. To say that they rejected him because he was the Christ is a jump in assumption. Their offense was that a local boy should come back with such authority over them. --- 41-MAT/13.usfm | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/41-MAT/13.usfm b/41-MAT/13.usfm index e04c57a5..df9220d4 100644 --- a/41-MAT/13.usfm +++ b/41-MAT/13.usfm @@ -132,5 +132,5 @@ because you understand what I say. \v 56 And his sisters also live here in our town. So how is he able to teach and do all these things?" \s5 -\v 57 The people there refused to accept that Jesus was the Christ. So Jesus said to them, "People honor me and other prophets everywhere else we go, but in our hometowns we are not honored, and even our own families do not honor us!" -\v 58 Jesus did not perform many miracles there because the people did not believe that he was the Christ. +\v 57 The people there refused to accept that Jesus had such authority. So Jesus said to them, "People honor me and other prophets everywhere else we go, but in our hometowns we are not honored, and even our own families do not honor us!" +\v 58 Jesus did not perform many miracles there because the people did not believe that he had such authority.