Surely if the Nazarenes had called out to Jesus as Bartimaeus did, he would have opened their eyes, too. |
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But instead of smilingly accepting the accolades of his fellow Nazarenes, Jesus turns provocative. |
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Because the Nazarenes chose their own grasp of Jesus rather than looking to the Holy Spirit for revelation and divine insight. |
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So even when he chastised his fellow Nazarenes for not accepting him, he did it out of a loving concern and even anguish over their hardness of heart. |
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The Ebionites may have been a splinter group of Nazarenes, with disagreements over Christology and leadership. |
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