| Jesus was a simple man, teacher and prophet. He
did not
minister or live his life under the religious rules of the Jewish laws,
or
the doctrine dictated by man. Our lives are to be exemplary of
Jesus,
in every way, we are to be Christ like, continuously seeking the
perfection
that Christ lived, knowing that we as sinners will never attain the
perfection
of Christ, but understanding that we, as servants, are to always strive
for
the perfection of Christ.
According to Easton's Bible Dictionary a Galilean is:
an
inhabitant or native of Galilee. This word was used as a name of
contempt
as applied to our Lord's disciples (Luke 22:59; Acts 2:7). All
the
apostles, with the exception of Judas Iscariot (Acts 1:11), were
Galileans.
Peter was detected by his Galilean accent (Matthew 26:69; Mark
14:70).
This was also one of the names of reproach given to the
early
Christians. Julian the Apostate, as he is called, not only used
the
epithet himself when referring to Christ and his apostles, but he made
it
law that no one should ever call the Christians by any other name.
According to Holmans Bible Dictionary a Galilean is:
a
person who lived in Galilee. Their speech distinguished them from the
Jews
in Jerusalem and Judah, particularly their difficulty in distinguishing
the
sound of the gutterals which are important in the Hebrew and Aramaic.
Peter's
Galilean speech set him apart from the courtyard crowd during Jesus'
trial
(Mark 14:17; compare Acts 2:7). Jesus was identified as being
from
Galilee (Matt. 26:69). Pilate used this as an excuse to get Herod
to
hear Jesus' case (Luke 23:6-7) Galileans had a reputation for rebellion
and
disregard of the Jewish law (Acts 5:37) so they could be regarded as
sinners
(Luke 13:2).
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