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Jesus' way of life is that of an itinerant religious teacher.

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He goes from place to place as outward occasion--a festival pilgrimage or spiritual necessity--his "hour"--demands. He often stays in one place for quite some time, visiting the surrounding district and then coming back to it again. Thus, for example, at the start of his ministry, at Capharnaum Mat. This pattern of life derived from the nature of his mission, not from a personal wanderlust.

We can deduce this from the answer he made to the scribe who said he would follow him: "Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests: but the Son of man has nowhere to lay his head" Mat. From his audience he gathered around himself a band of the more receptive whom he instructed in the deeper meaning of his message. From among these, again, he made another selection of the Twelve.

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The importance of this selection is underscored by the fact that the chosen are mentioned by name Mark 3. The small inner circle, called "the Twelve" for short Luke 8. We may recall the intimate bond which existed in ancient times between the philosopher or religious teacher and his disciples. The Twelve are always about him. Wherever he is invited, they go too. He shares food and lodging with them. After he has spoken they cluster around inquiring into the meaning of what he has said. And he tells them expressly that all is made clear to them, whereas the multitude will have to be content with parables Mat.

He sends them out to test their strength; he tells them what to preach, what to take with them, and how to conduct themselves on their journey; and he gives them power to perform signs.

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On their return he calls for their report, and the whole scene reveals how deeply he was involved in their activities Mark 6. Within the band of the Twelve there is a more select group still, consisting of the Three: Peter, James and John. They are present on all important occasions, such as the raising of Jairus' daughter, the transfiguration on the mountain, and at Gethsemane Mark 5.

There was a specially close link between John and his Master, so close in fact that he was able to describe himself as the disciple "whom Jesus loved" John 3. A number of women can be discerned within the wider circle of disciples. They are those whom he has helped in bodily or spiritual ills, or who have attached themselves to him for religious reasons Mat. Some are well-to-do and look after his material needs. John's remark that one of the Twelve, Judas Iscariot, kept the common purse John Each member of the group no doubt contributed something to the common upkeep; but in addition those who were impressed by the Master's message helped out as well.

We learn, too, that alms were dispensed from the common purse John Besides this we learn that Jesus had friends with whom he could stay. Considering his manner of life and the highly developed hospitality of the East, this was only natural. A characteristic element in Jesus' circle is constituted by the "publicans and sinners", people ostracized by the accepted standards of society because of their way of life. With him, however, they find understanding and love, and they, in turn, are especially devoted to him. His association with them, however, caused the shadow of suspicion to fall on him in the eyes of the devotees of the Law and of respectable citizens Mat.

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We now approach the question: What attitude did the various strata of society and groups in the land adopt towards him? It was the common people who from the first responded enthusiastically to his person and his message. They could see that he did not speak "like their scribes"--formally, technically, incomprehensibly--but with vitality, from observation and experience; not theoretically, but "as one having power", so that they felt the dynamic power of his words and the mysterious Reality which lay behind the words Mat. They sensed also that his attitude to them was different from that of the members of the influential classes.

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In the eyes of the Sadducees, they were just a rabble; to the Pharisees, they were the despised masses who "do not know the Law" John 7. By contrast, the attitude of Jesus made them feel that his concern for them was genuine. Words like those of the Beatitudes in the Sermon on the Mount have a primarily religious meaning. But they were in marked contrast to the standards of the wealthy, the powerful and the educated, and were therefore interpreted by the people as signs of sympathy for the distressed, the oppressed and the ignorant.

This feeling was strengthened by the fact that Jesus was always ready to help the poor, the suffering and the outcast.

Sayings like "Come to me, all who labor and are heavy-laden, and I will give you rest" Mat. On the other hand, Jesus is no popular hero in the narrow sense of the word; certainly not in any sense of his being a champion of the lowly and simple against the wealthy and the educated. Certain sayings which seem to suggest this Luke 6. In the same way, his relationship with the "publicans and sinners" does not mean that he is in revolt against law and morality, or that he favors moral decadence.

His championing of the outcast is stressed because no one had ever done such a thing before. The reason for it lay not in any inner fellow-feeling but in the fact that "they that are in health, need not a physician, but they that are ill" Mat. Jesus is moved by the spirit of One who knows that he is sent to every man, regardless of his condition. But once this has been made clear, it must also be admitted that Jesus has a special tenderness for the poor and the outcast. This flowed from the ultimate purpose behind his entire mission, which was to upset all systems based on the standards of the world, in order to proclaim the unknown God and his kingdom.

The poor, the suffering, the outcast are, through their very existence, forces of discharge capable of shattering the established order. Furthermore, he did not allow the people to draw too close to him, and withdrew when the approaches were too pressing. He knew that the religious motives which inspired such enthusiasm could be confused, shallow and earthly, and that they might cause his message, especially his message concerning the Kingdom of God and redemption, to be seen in a false light John 2.

Among the ruling classes, the Pharisees, who were in closest touch with public life and all its manifestations, paid immediate attention to him.

At once they became suspicious and began to work against him. They sensed the thoroughgoing contrast between him and them in spirit and mentality, and in their attitudes towards God and man. He himself often treated them openly as adversaries. This is obvious everywhere, especially in the famous invectives Mat. Yet, his struggle with them was not one of uncompromising opposition.

He recognized their function Mat. For a long time the Sadducees took no notice of him. Only at the every end, when a crisis was imminent, did they become sufficiently disturbed to join forces briefly with their former despised enemies in a common action against him Mat. We read that Herod had heard of the new teacher and taken an interest in him Luke 9.

Then he became suspicious and Jesus was informed of his intention to kill him, whereupon Jesus indicated clearly enough what he thought of him when he called him "this fox" Luke Jesus did not come into personal contact with him until the trial, and then the meeting went badly enough Luke At first the Roman governor was completely unaware of his existence. He, too, was first forced to concern himself with Jesus at his trial.

John, with his customary eye for involved human detail, has given us an impressive account of their meeting We still have to emphasize the peculiar sympathy which Jesus showed for pagans. This was made clear, for example, when he met the Roman centurion or the Syro-Phoenician woman Mat. Even his behavior towards Pilate has a frankness unspoiled by any kind of prejudice. The same is true of his attitude towards the half-pagan Samaritans--as indicated by his parable of the man who fell among thieves, or his story of the ten lepers Luke As this last instance shows, he certainly did not intend to reject the Samaritans Luke 9.

Something must now be said about his personal habits. He had no fixed teaching center either near the temple or in a rabbinical school, but moved about from place to place. We have already noted that this way of life was not a manifestation of wanderlust. The instructions he gave the disciples he sent out may safely be taken to reflect, with certain limitations, the kind of life he himself led and the experiences he had gained by it Mat.

He taught wherever opportunity arose--in the synagogues, where, moreover, every adult Jew had a right to speak Mat. When he was invited to a meal, he accepted John 2. He healed the sick wherever he encountered them, and also went to their homes Mark 1. But then he would withdraw once more from the crowd, even from his disciples and nearest friends, to retreat into solitude. His public ministry began with a long fast and communing with God in the wilderness Mat. Time and again it is recorded that he went off alone to pray Mat. He did this particularly before important events like the choosing of the apostles Luke 6.

In all matters relating to custom and ritual, in the first place, he conformed to the Law like everyone else. At the same time, however, he definitely set himself above the Law. He did this not merely in the sense that he expounded the Law more intelligently and more spiritually than the fanatics, as we see in his clashes on various occasions over the law of the Sabbath Mat.

He looked upon the Law as something over which he had power: "The Son of man is lord of the sabbath" Mat. His anticipation of the Paschal meal by one day is likewise a sign of this lordship over the Law. At the Last Supper itself, this claim is made even more forcefully: not merely because he introduced into and instituted in this sacred rite himself, but because he annulled the rite itself and with it the whole old Covenant and announced the "new Covenant" and the new memorial feast Luke 9 9.

At this point we might ask about Jesus' outward appearance and manner. This is a difficult question to pose.