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Chapter 2
1, 2 (
Matthew 4:1-11
;
Luke 2:51
;
4:1-13
). Between the
Temptation of Christ and the Marriage at Cana
—There was to
be a marriage in Cana of Galilee. The parties were relatives of
Joseph and Mary. Christ knew of this family gathering, and that
many influential persons would be brought together there, so, in
company with His newly made disciples, He made His way to Cana.
As soon as it was known that Jesus had come to the place, a special
invitation was sent to Him and His friends. This was what He had
purposed, and so He graced the feast with His presence.
He had been separated from His mother for quite a length of time.
During this period He had been baptized by John and had endured the
temptations in the wilderness. Rumors had reached Mary concerning
her son and His sufferings. John, one of the new disciples, had
searched for Christ and had found Him in His humiliation, emaciated,
and bearing the marks of great physical and mental distress. Jesus,
unwilling that John should witness His humiliation, had gently yet
firmly dismissed him from His presence. He wished to be alone; no
human eye must behold His agony, no human heart be called out in
sympathy with His distress.
The disciple had sought Mary in her home and related to her
the incidents of this meeting with Jesus, as well as the event of His
baptism, when the voice of God was heard in acknowledgment of
His Son, and the prophet John had pointed to Christ, saying “Behold
the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.” For thirty
years this woman had been treasuring up evidences that Jesus was
the Son of God, the promised Saviour of the world. Joseph was dead,
and she had no one in whom to confide the cherished thoughts of her
heart. She had fluctuated between hope and perplexing doubts, but
always feeling more or less of an assurance that her son was indeed
the Promised One (
The Spirit of Prophecy 2:99, 100
).
19
. See
EGW comment on Mark 16:6
.
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