The Third Sunday of Epiphany Year A
Taken from Twelve Months of Sundays Year A
author: N T Wright
contributor: SPCK - N T Wright
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The Third Sunday of Epiphany - Year A
Isaiah 9: 1-4
1 Corinthians 1: 10-18
Matthew 4: 12-23
Was Jesus waiting for a signal?
The Gospels agree that he didn’t begin to announce the Kingdom until he heard that John had been arrested. Something about that sinister moment told him that the time had come. He had fought with the powers of darkness, and had overcome. Now one of their earthly representatives had closed in on the Baptist, the one who had prepared the ground for the Kingdom message. Jesus could wait...
Taken from Twelve Months of Sundays Year A by N T Wright
Published by SPCK
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