Breaking the Word

GOSPEL READING: LUKE 6:12-16

Jesus had a group of disciples who followed him always. They were with him wherever he went and listened to his teaching and served him. Whenever Jesus wanted them to go ahead prepare for his coming they went earlier on to prepare for his coming. The seventy two whom he sent probably belonged to this group. There was a sizable number of people who were his disciples.

From among the disciples he chose the twelve apostles. They were for a special purpose. Their choice was preceded by a night-long prayer. Choosing them as apostles was something special. He discerned the will of God and prayed for them as well. When he came down after prayer he named them. This was not so for the disciples. The apostles had a special character.

சீடர்கள் அநேகர் இருந்தார்கள். ஆனால் திருத்தூதர்கள் என்பது இயேசு தேர்ந்தெடுப்பது. அவரது பணி புதிய இஸ்ராயேலை உருவாக்கி அவர்களை இறைவனிடம் ஒப்படைப்பதே.

GOSPEL READING: LUKE 13:10-17

This poor woman was there in that village or in that area for eighteen years. People have seen her time and again and they got used to her. Her being crippled was not anything strange for the people around. But when Jesus saw here he did not wait for her request rather he himself offered to heal her of her infirmity.

In the synagogue we see a power struggle. The leader of the synagogue jumped out to challenge Jesus basing himself on the law of Sabbath. Jesus argued on the work of redemption (redeeming a person from the clutches of Satan). Jesus was doing a work against the power of evil and he was working for the people. Working for the people has no temporal, spatial, cultural, social restrictions.

பதினெட்டு ஆண்டுகளாகத் தீய ஆவி பிடித்து உடல்நலம் குன்றிய பெண் ஒருவர் அங்கு இருந்தார். அவரை பலரும் பல முறை பார்த்திருக்கிறார்கள்@ பார்த்து பழகிப்போய் விட்டார்கள். ஆனால் இயேசு ஒரு முறை பார்த்தார் குணமளித்தார். தொழுகைக்கூடத் தலைவர் கோபம் கொண்டார். தீய சக்திக்கு எதிராக செய்யும் பணியை> மக்களுக்காக செய்யும் பணியை நேர> கால> இட> கலாச்சார ஒழுங்குகள் கட்டுப்படுத்த மாட்டா.