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==142:8. IN SOUTHERN JUDEA==

==142:8. IN SOUTHERN JUDEA==

142:8.1 By the end of April the [[opposition]] to [[Jesus]] among the [[Pharisees]] and [[Sadducees]] had become so pronounced that [[the Master]] and his [[apostles]] [[decided]] to leave [[Jerusalem]] for a while, going south to work in [[Bethlehem]] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebron Hebron]. The entire month of May was spent in doing [[personal]] work in these [[cities]] and among the people of the surrounding villages. No [[public]] [[preaching]] was done on this trip, only house-to-house [[visitation]]. A part of this time, while [[the apostles]] taught the [[gospel]] and ministered to the sick, [[Jesus]] and [[Abner]] spent at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engedi Engedi], visiting the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazarite Nazarite] colony. [[John the Baptist]] had gone forth from this place, and [[Abner]] had been head of this [[group]]. Many of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazarite Nazarite] brotherhood became believers in [[Jesus]], but the [[majority]] of these [[ascetic]] and eccentric men refused to [[accept]] him as a [[teacher]] sent from [[heaven]] because he did not teach [[fasting]] and other forms of self-denial.

142:8.1 By the end of April the [[opposition]] to [[Jesus]] among the [[Pharisees]] and [[Sadducees]] had become so pronounced that [[the Master]] and his [[apostles]] [[decided]] to leave [[Jerusalem]] for a while, going south to work in [[Bethlehem]] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebron Hebron]. The entire month of May was spent in doing [[personal]] work in these [[cities]] and among the people of the surrounding villages. No [[public]] [[preaching]] was done on this trip, only house-to-house [[visitation]]. A part of this time, while [[the apostles]] taught the [[gospel]] and ministered to the sick, [[Jesus]] and [[Abner]] spent at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ein_Gedi Engedi], visiting the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazarite Nazarite] colony. [[John the Baptist]] had gone forth from this place, and [[Abner]] had been head of this [[group]]. Many of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazarite Nazarite] brotherhood became believers in [[Jesus]], but the [[majority]] of these [[ascetic]] and eccentric men refused to [[accept]] him as a [[teacher]] sent from [[heaven]] because he did not teach [[fasting]] and other forms of self-denial.

142:8.2 The people living in this region did not know that [[Jesus]] had been [[born]] in [[Bethlehem]]. They always supposed [[the Master]] had been born at [[Nazareth]], as did the vast [[majority]] of his [[disciples]], but [[the twelve]] knew the [[facts]].

142:8.2 The people living in this region did not know that [[Jesus]] had been [[born]] in [[Bethlehem]]. They always supposed [[the Master]] had been born at [[Nazareth]], as did the vast [[majority]] of his [[disciples]], but [[the twelve]] knew the [[facts]].