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Expectations

“He could do no deed of power there,” they say, “ –  oh, except that he laid his hands on a few sick people and cured them.”

It makes you wonder what their expectations were. Laying hands on the sick and healing them sounds pretty powerful to me. No doubt, for the people healed, for their friends and families, it was life-changing. But to the gospel writer, apparently, no big deal. … Continue reading

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