1 00:00:10,700 --> 00:00:13,300 Hi everyone. Welcome back again to the Daily 2 00:00:13,300 --> 00:00:16,600 gospel exegesis podcast. We're all about helping you 3 00:00:16,600 --> 00:00:18,900 understand? The literal sense of scripture. 4 00:00:18,900 --> 00:00:22,900 So, what we do here every day in this podcast, is take a really 5 00:00:22,900 --> 00:00:24,900 deep. Look at the scripture from 6 00:00:24,900 --> 00:00:26,600 today's mass. So, particularly looking at the 7 00:00:26,600 --> 00:00:29,600 Gospel reading from today's mass, we're going through verse 8 00:00:29,600 --> 00:00:32,500 by verse This to help you understand what the text 9 00:00:32,500 --> 00:00:34,600 probably meant in its original context. 10 00:00:34,600 --> 00:00:37,800 So we're looking at the literal sense of the text which as 11 00:00:37,800 --> 00:00:40,200 Catholics, that's where we need to start. 12 00:00:40,600 --> 00:00:44,000 So if you go to mass today, you would hear from Luke chapter 10 13 00:00:44,300 --> 00:00:47,500 verses 13 to 16. So, here's the text. 14 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:54,200 Jesus said to his disciples alas for you to raisin a less for you 15 00:00:54,200 --> 00:00:57,300 bethsaida. For if the Miracles done in you 16 00:00:57,300 --> 00:01:01,300 had been done in Tyre and sidon they would have repented long 17 00:01:01,300 --> 00:01:06,800 ago sitting in sack cloth and Ashes and still it would not go 18 00:01:06,800 --> 00:01:11,100 as hard with tyre and sidon at the Judgment as with you. 19 00:01:12,300 --> 00:01:16,000 And as for you Capernaum, did you want to be exalted high as 20 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:18,500 Heaven? You shall be thrown down to 21 00:01:18,500 --> 00:01:22,100 Hell. Anyone who listens to you 22 00:01:22,100 --> 00:01:26,400 listens to me, anyone who rejects, you rejects me. 23 00:01:26,700 --> 00:01:33,600 And those who reject me. Reject the one who sent me So 24 00:01:33,600 --> 00:01:35,800 that's our text today. Here we have some of Jesus, 25 00:01:35,800 --> 00:01:38,000 strongest words, in all of the gospels. 26 00:01:38,700 --> 00:01:40,200 What's the context when you want? 27 00:01:40,200 --> 00:01:42,900 When you're doing an exegesis, if you want to find out the 28 00:01:42,900 --> 00:01:45,700 literal sense of the text, you've always got to think about 29 00:01:45,700 --> 00:01:47,200 what's happened, just prior to this. 30 00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:51,400 So Jesus has just started moving towards Jerusalem and we're 31 00:01:51,400 --> 00:01:53,800 actually getting pretty close to the end of Jesus life. 32 00:01:54,100 --> 00:01:57,800 He's already done a whole lot of ministry in Galilee and now he's 33 00:01:57,800 --> 00:02:01,600 beginning, what some Scholars, call the ministry to Judea and 34 00:02:01,600 --> 00:02:04,500 perea. Now Jesus has just commissioned 35 00:02:04,500 --> 00:02:09,000 his 72 disciples to go out on mission to the surrounding towns 36 00:02:09,199 --> 00:02:11,500 and to preach the message of the Kingdom, you probably heard the 37 00:02:11,500 --> 00:02:14,700 start of that yesterday. So what we have today is the end 38 00:02:14,700 --> 00:02:16,900 of that speech. He's speaking to the 72 39 00:02:16,900 --> 00:02:21,300 disciples, giving them some instructions before they go out 40 00:02:21,300 --> 00:02:25,100 on their mission. Jesus here is going to start by 41 00:02:25,100 --> 00:02:30,000 pronouncing woes on towns who so far have not received the gospel 42 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:31,600 message. So he's going to mention three 43 00:02:31,600 --> 00:02:35,300 towns that he's already been to in Galilee that have not 44 00:02:35,300 --> 00:02:38,400 accepted the gospel message and he's going to pronounce warriors 45 00:02:38,400 --> 00:02:41,100 on them. So, keep in mind as we go here 46 00:02:41,200 --> 00:02:43,700 because you'll probably be quite surprised by Jesus strong 47 00:02:43,700 --> 00:02:46,900 language here. These towns of all her Jesus 48 00:02:46,900 --> 00:02:49,300 teaching, they've all seen Jesus with their own eyes. 49 00:02:49,300 --> 00:02:51,900 They've all seen Miracles with their own eyes. 50 00:02:53,300 --> 00:02:56,200 Those Miracles were pretty clear and obvious, so it should have 51 00:02:56,200 --> 00:02:58,800 been that. Those challenge who saw the 52 00:02:58,800 --> 00:03:01,600 Miracles should have repented and turned to God. 53 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:04,700 That was what the Miracles should have made them do. 54 00:03:04,700 --> 00:03:08,400 But on the whole these towns that Jesus mentions have chosen. 55 00:03:08,400 --> 00:03:10,600 Not to repent. They might have been fascinated 56 00:03:10,600 --> 00:03:14,200 by Jesus miracles but it hasn't actually brought about genuine 57 00:03:14,200 --> 00:03:16,800 repentance. And it hasn't made them made 58 00:03:16,800 --> 00:03:19,800 decisions to come to God in his kingdom. 59 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:23,500 Now, Matthews version of this text actually makes this quite 60 00:03:23,500 --> 00:03:25,700 clear. So Matthew, introduces Jesus 61 00:03:25,700 --> 00:03:29,100 words here, in Matthew chapter 11, verse 20, he is what Matthew 62 00:03:29,100 --> 00:03:33,300 says, Jesus began to reproach the towns in which most of his 63 00:03:33,300 --> 00:03:37,100 miracles had been worked because they refuse to repent. 64 00:03:37,900 --> 00:03:41,800 So, that's the key thing here. The towns refuse to repent. 65 00:03:41,800 --> 00:03:43,800 That's why Jesus is condemning them. 66 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:47,500 We should keep this in mind. If we see Miracles, if we see 67 00:03:47,700 --> 00:03:50,400 genuine activity of God in our life even today. 68 00:03:50,800 --> 00:03:53,800 It's supposed to lead to repentance, not just Fascination 69 00:03:54,100 --> 00:03:58,000 but repentance, that's the goal of God's physical works. 70 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:02,900 In the world, verse 13. Jesus says, alas for you or more 71 00:04:02,900 --> 00:04:06,100 literally woe to you. Now, this is an ancient Jewish 72 00:04:06,100 --> 00:04:09,200 way of saying something like trouble is coming to you. 73 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:12,200 It's a phrase that's used a lot in the Old Testament, 74 00:04:12,200 --> 00:04:15,900 particularly when the prophets of Israel are speaking about the 75 00:04:15,900 --> 00:04:19,399 Lord's judgment on Sinners, who refuse to repent. 76 00:04:19,500 --> 00:04:23,000 So if you look at Isaiah five, Micah to it's in habakkuk 77 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:25,600 Chapter 2 as well. The prophets often use this 78 00:04:25,600 --> 00:04:29,000 language of War, oh, they pronounce woes on towns and 79 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:33,800 people who refuse to repent. So Jesus, you says, alas for 80 00:04:33,800 --> 00:04:36,300 yuca raisin alas, for you bethsaida. 81 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:40,500 So, these are two towns qurayza, nor sometimes pronounced to 82 00:04:40,500 --> 00:04:43,700 raisin and bethsaida. These are towns. 83 00:04:43,700 --> 00:04:46,700 North of the Sea of Galilee, Jesus has already been there. 84 00:04:46,700 --> 00:04:48,800 In fact, he spent a considerable amount of time. 85 00:04:48,800 --> 00:04:50,600 They're probably in the first couple. 86 00:04:50,800 --> 00:04:53,300 Years of his ministry. He spent some time there, 87 00:04:53,300 --> 00:04:57,900 preaching, and doing Miracles, now corizon is only mentioned in 88 00:04:57,900 --> 00:05:00,800 this passage in the entire New Testament here. 89 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:03,400 And the parallel passage in Matthew, is the only time this 90 00:05:03,400 --> 00:05:05,900 town is mentioned. We don't know a whole lot about 91 00:05:05,900 --> 00:05:07,600 it. Obviously, it's been visited by 92 00:05:07,600 --> 00:05:10,800 Jesus at some point during his tours of Galilee. 93 00:05:11,500 --> 00:05:13,400 And it appears that we have found this town. 94 00:05:13,400 --> 00:05:16,300 There's ruins of a town near Capernaum that have been 95 00:05:16,300 --> 00:05:19,200 discovered, a couple of miles from Capernaum, and most 96 00:05:19,200 --> 00:05:22,900 Scholars have identified, this as Oscar, a reason and we know 97 00:05:22,900 --> 00:05:25,000 that Jesus has been to bethsaida earlier. 98 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:29,200 If you go to chapter 9, just one chapter before this Jesus is in 99 00:05:29,200 --> 00:05:31,200 bethsaida. So, these are towns that Jesus 100 00:05:31,200 --> 00:05:34,200 has already been to. He says, alas for yuca raisin, 101 00:05:34,200 --> 00:05:38,900 alas, for you bethsaida, for, if the Miracles done in you had 102 00:05:38,900 --> 00:05:43,800 been done in Tyre and sidon, Now, tyre and sidon would 103 00:05:43,800 --> 00:05:47,100 Gentile towns, just north of Galilee in the region of 104 00:05:47,100 --> 00:05:48,800 Phoenicia. In fact, there are only a couple 105 00:05:48,800 --> 00:05:53,300 of days Away From Galilee by foot, but the Jews at the time 106 00:05:53,300 --> 00:05:57,600 of Jesus avoided tyre, and sidon because they're Gentile areas 107 00:05:57,900 --> 00:06:01,600 and the Gentiles, particularly tyre and sidon were believed to 108 00:06:01,600 --> 00:06:05,000 be corrupt and far from God. So that's why the Jews avoided 109 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:06,900 them. And in addition in the Old 110 00:06:06,900 --> 00:06:10,500 Testament tyre and sidon a specifically mentioned, as God's 111 00:06:10,500 --> 00:06:14,700 enemies, Is that are going to be judged in Isaiah 23 and Jeremiah 112 00:06:14,700 --> 00:06:18,000 25. So Jesus he says, alas for you, 113 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:21,500 corrosion are less for you bethsaida for if the Miracles 114 00:06:21,500 --> 00:06:24,700 done in you had been done in Tyre and sidon they would have 115 00:06:24,700 --> 00:06:28,400 repented long ago sitting in sackcloth and Ashes. 116 00:06:28,900 --> 00:06:31,500 Now, most of you would know sackcloth and Ashes is kind of a 117 00:06:31,500 --> 00:06:35,500 traditional Old Testament, way of doing public mourning and 118 00:06:35,500 --> 00:06:38,300 public repentance. That was in the Old Testament. 119 00:06:38,300 --> 00:06:41,000 That was the way that they repented, they had this 120 00:06:41,200 --> 00:06:44,100 Collection of wearing sackcloth and Ashes. 121 00:06:44,600 --> 00:06:48,200 So Jesus, he says that even though these towns tyre and 122 00:06:48,200 --> 00:06:51,700 sidon generally, don't follow God on the whole because they're 123 00:06:51,700 --> 00:06:54,500 Gentile. Jesus says that even they would 124 00:06:54,500 --> 00:06:58,300 have repented if they had seen the Miracles that had been done 125 00:06:58,300 --> 00:07:02,600 in chorazin and bethsaida. So Jesus, he says that, even 126 00:07:02,600 --> 00:07:06,700 these Gentile towns are far better than chorazin and 127 00:07:06,700 --> 00:07:09,400 bethsaida think about how shocking that would have been 128 00:07:09,400 --> 00:07:12,900 for his mostly Jewish audience. He's here, correct. 129 00:07:12,900 --> 00:07:16,600 Qurayza, number Seda are worse off than tyre and sidon. 130 00:07:17,600 --> 00:07:19,500 Now, there's probably exceptions to this. 131 00:07:19,600 --> 00:07:22,400 In terms of in the town, we wouldn't want to say that every 132 00:07:22,400 --> 00:07:26,400 single person in chorazin and bethsaida doesn't follow Jesus 133 00:07:26,400 --> 00:07:28,400 or didn't repent, those probably exceptions. 134 00:07:28,400 --> 00:07:32,800 But on the whole, the town's people in these towns, refuse to 135 00:07:32,808 --> 00:07:36,900 commit themselves to the kingdom of God, they refuse to repent. 136 00:07:37,900 --> 00:07:41,300 And in fact, it does look like at least some people from tyre 137 00:07:41,300 --> 00:07:45,000 and sidon were open to Jesus. So in Luke chapter 6, verse 17, 138 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:47,200 it mentions people who are coming to Jesus from these 139 00:07:47,200 --> 00:07:49,300 towns. But most likely, if we're 140 00:07:49,300 --> 00:07:52,800 looking at the literal sense here, when Jesus, he is says, if 141 00:07:52,800 --> 00:07:55,800 the Miracles done in you had been done in Tyre and sidon, 142 00:07:55,800 --> 00:07:59,100 they would have repented, he's probably using hyperbole here. 143 00:07:59,500 --> 00:08:03,500 Jesus might not be literally affirming that he actually knows 144 00:08:03,700 --> 00:08:05,800 how tyre and sidon would have responded. 145 00:08:05,800 --> 00:08:08,400 I mean, maybe he is saying that maybe He's using his Divine 146 00:08:08,400 --> 00:08:11,200 knowledge and he can see her tyre and sidon would have 147 00:08:11,200 --> 00:08:14,200 responded, but he could just be using a Jewish way of 148 00:08:14,600 --> 00:08:18,000 exaggerating. It might just be a way of saying 149 00:08:18,900 --> 00:08:20,900 how Wicked the Galilean towns are. 150 00:08:20,900 --> 00:08:24,000 It's a way of exaggerating to make a point, but Jesus is now 151 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:28,400 going to intensify it further verse 14 and still, it will not 152 00:08:28,400 --> 00:08:30,700 go as hard. That's probably not a great 153 00:08:30,700 --> 00:08:32,700 translation, a better way of phrasing. 154 00:08:32,700 --> 00:08:37,200 This would be, it will be more tolerable for tyre and sidon at 155 00:08:37,200 --> 00:08:42,000 the A judgment than with you. So what's the Judgment here? 156 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:44,900 Jesus here, thinking of the final judgment on Judgment Day, 157 00:08:45,200 --> 00:08:48,300 Jesus says, it will be more tolerable on Judgment Day for 158 00:08:48,300 --> 00:08:52,200 tyre and sidon than 42 raisin and bethsaida. 159 00:08:53,100 --> 00:08:55,900 So at the end of time, all people will be judged for how 160 00:08:55,900 --> 00:08:57,800 they ought to have responded to God. 161 00:08:57,800 --> 00:09:01,200 That's Catholic teaching. And Jesus says, the given that 162 00:09:01,500 --> 00:09:06,000 the towns of Tyre and sidon will receive a lesser punishment than 163 00:09:06,300 --> 00:09:11,800 to raisin and Because tyre and sidon were much more open to God 164 00:09:11,800 --> 00:09:14,600 and were more likely to repent if they had seen the Miracles. 165 00:09:15,200 --> 00:09:18,000 This is a pretty incredible statement and it shows how 166 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:21,100 important the kingdom of God is that Jesus has come to reveal. 167 00:09:21,400 --> 00:09:23,800 The whole Old Testament, was pointing towards the coming of 168 00:09:23,800 --> 00:09:27,500 the kingdom of God, and the Messiah, and the Jews, including 169 00:09:27,500 --> 00:09:30,300 those in Galilee, were accountable to know that it was 170 00:09:30,300 --> 00:09:31,800 coming. And they were accountable to 171 00:09:31,800 --> 00:09:35,800 know what it should look like. So if they reject it, when it 172 00:09:35,800 --> 00:09:39,600 does come via Jesus, And the apostles preaching, then really. 173 00:09:39,600 --> 00:09:42,000 It's their own fault. It's out of willful ignorance. 174 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:45,000 That's what Jesus says here. There's no excuse for the towns 175 00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:47,400 of Galilee their dues. They knew that the kingdom of 176 00:09:47,400 --> 00:09:49,200 God was coming. So if they're rejected when it 177 00:09:49,200 --> 00:09:53,100 comes, it's their own fault. Now, Jesus here is not 178 00:09:53,100 --> 00:09:56,100 necessarily teaching that every single town will be judged on 179 00:09:56,100 --> 00:09:58,400 Judgement Day. He might just be using this as 180 00:09:58,400 --> 00:10:01,900 like a visual image to illustrate the kind of thing 181 00:10:01,900 --> 00:10:06,100 that will go on on Judgement Day verse 15, Jesus. 182 00:10:06,100 --> 00:10:09,800 Now mentions the third town As for you Capernaum now, Capernaum 183 00:10:09,800 --> 00:10:12,300 is a very famous town. This is the town on the Northern 184 00:10:12,300 --> 00:10:15,400 side of the Sea of Galilee, that's where Jesus lived, and 185 00:10:15,400 --> 00:10:19,100 spent most of his own time. Now, you're not remember, 186 00:10:19,100 --> 00:10:22,900 there's a scene earlier in the Gospel of Luke, when Jesus was 187 00:10:22,900 --> 00:10:26,600 in Capernaum, and Capernaum, was genuinely amazed at Jesus and 188 00:10:26,600 --> 00:10:29,100 they saw some Miracles and they tried to prevent him from 189 00:10:29,100 --> 00:10:30,300 leaving though, with that amazed. 190 00:10:30,300 --> 00:10:34,500 That's in Luke chapter 4. So on the whole, you might get 191 00:10:34,500 --> 00:10:37,000 the impression that Capernaum had a positive response to Jesus 192 00:10:37,000 --> 00:10:40,000 but he Here, Jesus tells us that actually, although, there were 193 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:42,200 fascinated by Jesus, they didn't repent. 194 00:10:42,400 --> 00:10:45,300 And that's the problem. So Jesus you says, as for you 195 00:10:45,300 --> 00:10:47,900 Capernaum. Did you want to be exalted high 196 00:10:47,900 --> 00:10:51,200 as heaven now more, literally, a better translation would be, 197 00:10:51,200 --> 00:10:54,000 will you be exalted to heaven? So, Jesus. 198 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:56,800 Here is saying something like, Capernaum, do you think God will 199 00:10:56,800 --> 00:11:00,100 honor you? He grows on, you shall be thrown 200 00:11:00,100 --> 00:11:03,300 down to Hell and the Greek word there is Hades. 201 00:11:03,700 --> 00:11:06,500 So it looks like Jesus is probably not referring to the 202 00:11:06,508 --> 00:11:08,100 place of final. Punishment. 203 00:11:08,400 --> 00:11:11,600 But rather to the general Dwelling Place of the Dead Hades 204 00:11:11,600 --> 00:11:15,200 or she ol, he says, Capernaum, you shall be thrown down tissue 205 00:11:15,200 --> 00:11:18,000 roll. Now this is actually a direct 206 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:22,700 quote from Isaiah chapter, 14 verses 13 to 15 and their it's 207 00:11:22,700 --> 00:11:25,800 used in reference to Babylon. It says Babylon. 208 00:11:25,800 --> 00:11:27,200 You shall be brought down to Hades. 209 00:11:27,200 --> 00:11:29,600 And here, he says to Capernaum, you shall be brought down to 210 00:11:29,600 --> 00:11:32,000 Hades. So, Jesus, here is Kaepernick as 211 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:35,800 comparing Capernaum to Babylon. One of the most wicked cities in 212 00:11:35,800 --> 00:11:37,700 the entire Old Testament. That's a pretty be strong 213 00:11:37,700 --> 00:11:40,500 comparison. And in that Isaiah passage about 214 00:11:40,500 --> 00:11:44,600 Babylon, the idea there is that Babylon is very prideful, but 215 00:11:44,600 --> 00:11:48,300 they will be humbled by God. So when Isaiah says, Babylon 216 00:11:48,300 --> 00:11:50,800 will be brought down to Hades. It seems to be an image of being 217 00:11:50,800 --> 00:11:53,500 humbled, and that's probably the way that we should take this 218 00:11:53,500 --> 00:11:56,000 passage here. Jesus did doesn't use the word 219 00:11:56,000 --> 00:11:59,000 gehenna here, which is his preferred word for Eternal 220 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:00,700 punishment. So he's not necessarily saying 221 00:12:00,700 --> 00:12:04,100 the Capernaum will receive Eternal punishment, but they 222 00:12:04,100 --> 00:12:06,100 will have a harsh judgement on Judgement Day. 223 00:12:06,100 --> 00:12:09,600 They will be humbled by Odd for rejecting, the gospel message. 224 00:12:09,600 --> 00:12:13,000 He's certainly teaching that. So maybe the meaning here is 225 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:16,000 something like this Capernaum. Do you think God will be honored 226 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:20,000 with your works and give you glory in the Kingdom rather? 227 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:22,700 You will not be glorified at all because you have rejected the 228 00:12:22,700 --> 00:12:25,800 kingdom. And again, Jesus here might be 229 00:12:25,800 --> 00:12:28,300 using a bit of her purple here. We should always be sensitive to 230 00:12:28,300 --> 00:12:30,900 this. Jesus is probably not trying to 231 00:12:30,900 --> 00:12:34,000 teach the specifics of how the afterlife works or what 232 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:37,600 judgement day is exactly going to look like, he's just Making a 233 00:12:37,608 --> 00:12:40,200 general comparison between Capernaum and Babylon. 234 00:12:41,700 --> 00:12:44,200 They both saw God's works. Like both should have repented 235 00:12:44,200 --> 00:12:47,100 and they both didn't now in Matthews version of this. 236 00:12:47,100 --> 00:12:50,200 Same passage Jesus goes on to intensified further. 237 00:12:50,200 --> 00:12:53,800 He says, Capernaum is like Sodom which is an even more wicked 238 00:12:53,800 --> 00:12:57,900 town that was destroyed by God. The overall point of these 239 00:12:57,900 --> 00:12:59,900 verses is the Jesus is reproaching. 240 00:12:59,900 --> 00:13:02,900 The towns of Galilee for their unbelief, they were filled with 241 00:13:02,900 --> 00:13:05,300 choose who should have been prepared for the Messiah. 242 00:13:05,600 --> 00:13:07,500 The Messiah came. He lived in their towns. 243 00:13:07,500 --> 00:13:10,700 He spent time amongst them. He did Miracles with them but 244 00:13:10,900 --> 00:13:12,400 We're still not willing to repent. 245 00:13:12,400 --> 00:13:14,300 That's the whole point of this passage. 246 00:13:14,700 --> 00:13:17,000 There's an important lesson for us here as well. 247 00:13:17,800 --> 00:13:20,800 This teaches us that religious background or even knowledge of 248 00:13:20,800 --> 00:13:23,400 the Bible does. Not guarantee that God is 249 00:13:23,400 --> 00:13:25,800 pleased with us. Knowledge about God and 250 00:13:25,800 --> 00:13:27,400 fascination with God is Not Enough. 251 00:13:27,400 --> 00:13:31,000 We have to repent. This is a sober warning to us 252 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:34,500 because we have even more Revelation about God, than the 253 00:13:34,500 --> 00:13:38,000 people in Jesus time did. So we're more accountable than 254 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:40,200 they are in a sense and we should keep that in mind. 255 00:13:41,500 --> 00:13:44,000 Verse 16. Jesus now changes his focus a 256 00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:46,600 little bit. He says anyone who listens to 257 00:13:46,600 --> 00:13:51,100 you listens to me or another translation here is he who hears 258 00:13:51,100 --> 00:13:53,600 you hears me? Remember here that Jesus is 259 00:13:53,600 --> 00:13:56,900 speaking to his inner disciples, he's 72 disciples. 260 00:13:57,200 --> 00:13:59,500 Anyone who listens to you listens to me? 261 00:13:59,500 --> 00:14:01,100 He's not speaking to all Christians here. 262 00:14:01,100 --> 00:14:04,000 It's actually just his inner disciples and it's quite an 263 00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:06,000 interesting passage of fascinating one, but we need to 264 00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:08,600 get it, right. So when Jesus says, anyone who 265 00:14:08,600 --> 00:14:11,500 listens to you listens to me, he's saying but the Your 266 00:14:11,500 --> 00:14:16,100 disciples have received a unique commission from him to preach 267 00:14:16,100 --> 00:14:19,100 the kingdom in his name. So they're officially delegated 268 00:14:19,100 --> 00:14:21,400 by Jesus to be his official representatives. 269 00:14:21,700 --> 00:14:24,900 And in that culture, a representative of a person was 270 00:14:24,900 --> 00:14:27,300 basically considered to be equal to the person. 271 00:14:27,700 --> 00:14:31,500 So the 72 have a special commission from Jesus in this 272 00:14:31,500 --> 00:14:34,100 time period to act on his behalf. 273 00:14:34,600 --> 00:14:37,300 So if anyone listens to them from the surrounding towns, 274 00:14:37,500 --> 00:14:39,700 they're in effect. Listening to Jesus, the way they 275 00:14:39,700 --> 00:14:43,200 treat the 72 will be Be a reflection on the way they feel 276 00:14:43,200 --> 00:14:45,900 about Jesus. So, Jesus says, anyone who 277 00:14:45,900 --> 00:14:48,500 listens to you listens to me, that's the level of authority, 278 00:14:48,500 --> 00:14:51,900 he gives them their effectively, his mouth pieces on this 279 00:14:51,900 --> 00:14:54,700 mission, that is about to send them on and then there's the 280 00:14:54,700 --> 00:14:57,200 flip side, anyone who rejects, you, rejects me. 281 00:14:58,200 --> 00:15:01,500 So on the other hand, any Village or individual, which 282 00:15:01,500 --> 00:15:04,400 does not listen to. The disciples preaching is 283 00:15:04,400 --> 00:15:07,700 considered to have rejected Jesus and that matches with some 284 00:15:07,700 --> 00:15:11,500 things he said earlier, that's her closely United, the Whose 285 00:15:11,500 --> 00:15:14,300 mission is to Jesus mission. If they reject the disciples and 286 00:15:14,308 --> 00:15:16,600 they're preaching, they're rejecting Jesus. 287 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:18,500 And in fact it's worse than that. 288 00:15:18,500 --> 00:15:24,000 Jesus says anyone who rejects, you rejects me, and those who 289 00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:26,400 reject me, reject, the one who sent me. 290 00:15:26,400 --> 00:15:29,900 So Jesus is the representative of the father. 291 00:15:29,900 --> 00:15:33,100 So anyone who rejects the disciples reject Jesus. 292 00:15:33,400 --> 00:15:36,100 And since Jesus is the representative of the father, 293 00:15:36,700 --> 00:15:39,700 they're also rejecting the father and that's quite serious. 294 00:15:40,000 --> 00:15:42,300 This is Amplified. Equally in the Gospel of John, 295 00:15:42,300 --> 00:15:46,000 if you read the Gospel of John, Jesus is constantly saying I am 296 00:15:46,200 --> 00:15:48,800 the representative of the father, if you reject me, you 297 00:15:48,800 --> 00:15:52,000 reject the father as well. So the overall message here, is 298 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:56,400 that in Jesus time, anyone in his time, who heard the message 299 00:15:56,400 --> 00:16:00,600 from Jesus, or from the 72 disciples, but who refused to 300 00:16:00,600 --> 00:16:03,600 accept it, they were accountable for it because they should have 301 00:16:03,600 --> 00:16:07,100 resect accepted it. So therefore, if they didn't 302 00:16:07,100 --> 00:16:09,900 accept it, they were considered to have rejected, the father, 303 00:16:10,100 --> 00:16:12,300 and they were there for Under his judgment. 304 00:16:12,300 --> 00:16:13,800 That's what this text is telling us. 305 00:16:14,500 --> 00:16:16,800 And this verse is actually really important in Catholic 306 00:16:16,800 --> 00:16:18,500 teaching. You can extend this principle 307 00:16:18,500 --> 00:16:21,500 out to think about how the church and the church leaders 308 00:16:21,500 --> 00:16:25,100 today represent Jesus as well. So, the Catholic teaching is 309 00:16:25,100 --> 00:16:28,300 that the capacity that will given to the Twelve Apostles? 310 00:16:28,600 --> 00:16:32,800 Remember the Twelve Apostles, officially delegated to be Jesus 311 00:16:32,800 --> 00:16:35,600 Representatives. They have Jesus Authority. 312 00:16:36,100 --> 00:16:38,400 Well, the Catholic teaching, is that in a sense, some of that 313 00:16:38,400 --> 00:16:42,200 Authority was passed on from the apostles, To their successes, 314 00:16:42,200 --> 00:16:45,200 the Bishops. So therefore even today the 315 00:16:45,200 --> 00:16:48,000 Bishops in the Catholic church because they because of 316 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:51,400 apostolic succession they have the authority in certain 317 00:16:51,400 --> 00:16:53,900 circumstances to speak for Jesus. 318 00:16:54,200 --> 00:16:58,500 So this principle of the church leaders speaking for Jesus does 319 00:16:58,500 --> 00:17:00,700 count come in to Catholic teaching at in certain 320 00:17:00,700 --> 00:17:04,300 circumstances the Catholic church is leaders can speak on 321 00:17:04,300 --> 00:17:06,200 behalf of Jesus. It's really interesting. 322 00:17:07,200 --> 00:17:10,400 Now at this point, the 72 disciples they leave and they go 323 00:17:10,400 --> 00:17:13,300 on their missions. In the next section of text, we 324 00:17:13,300 --> 00:17:14,800 get to hear the results of their mission. 325 00:17:14,800 --> 00:17:19,000 They come back and tell Jesus, how the mission won't let us now 326 00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:21,400 turn to the catechism. There's two paragraphs. 327 00:17:21,400 --> 00:17:23,500 Really interesting ones. Which reference what we've heard 328 00:17:23,500 --> 00:17:27,800 today. Paragraph 87, which is about how 329 00:17:27,800 --> 00:17:30,300 the heritage of the faith is entrusted to the whole of the 330 00:17:30,300 --> 00:17:34,100 church's says, mindful of Christ's word to his Apostles, 331 00:17:34,700 --> 00:17:39,100 he who hears you, he is me the faithful receive with docility, 332 00:17:39,100 --> 00:17:42,100 the teachings and directives that their It is give them in 333 00:17:42,100 --> 00:17:44,800 different forms. So here, the Catholic teaching, 334 00:17:44,800 --> 00:17:47,500 is that? Because of what Jesus says here 335 00:17:47,500 --> 00:17:49,900 to the disciples, he who hears you hears me? 336 00:17:50,100 --> 00:17:52,900 And in a sense, the Bishops and the priests in the Catholic 337 00:17:52,900 --> 00:17:55,500 Church continue that same Authority. 338 00:17:55,600 --> 00:17:58,300 When we get directives from our Bishops and our priests, the 339 00:17:58,300 --> 00:18:02,800 faithful should receive these teachings because in a sense 340 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:06,100 it's an extension of Jesus own words, so that's an interesting 341 00:18:06,100 --> 00:18:09,500 link there. And then the same passage gets 342 00:18:09,500 --> 00:18:13,100 referenced here in paragraph 8. 58 which is about the apostles. 343 00:18:13,600 --> 00:18:17,100 Jesus is the Father's the father's Emissary, from the 344 00:18:17,100 --> 00:18:20,000 beginning of his ministry, he called to him, Those whom he 345 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:24,300 desired and he appointed twelve whom he named Apostles to be 346 00:18:24,300 --> 00:18:26,400 with him and to be sent out to preach. 347 00:18:26,700 --> 00:18:30,000 From then on, they would also be his emissaries, Greek. 348 00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:34,000 Apostille oi in them, Christ, continues, his own mission. 349 00:18:34,800 --> 00:18:38,700 As the father has sent me even. So I send you, the apostles 350 00:18:38,700 --> 00:18:41,000 Ministry is the continuation of his mission. 351 00:18:41,500 --> 00:18:46,200 Jesus said to the twelve, he who receives you receives me? 352 00:18:47,600 --> 00:18:50,200 So hopefully today's exegesis has helped you understand the 353 00:18:50,200 --> 00:18:52,900 passage a bit better. We'll continue to look through 354 00:18:52,900 --> 00:18:54,700 Luke chapter 10, in the coming days.