Wednesday, April 3, 2013

What Good Can There Be From Nazareth?

"In All Theatres - April 3"
"You will see greater things than these." (John 1:50)
"From John the Evangelist, [starring] Jesus Christ, Simon "the Rock" Johnson, Andrew, Philip, Nathanael, and John the Baptist"
RE: John 1:29-51, esp. 1:46

This movie poster is my reaction to today's Greek New Testament reading, especially to the montage-like way Jesus gathers his disciples and to the truculent remark by Nathanael "What good thing can there be from Nazareth?" when Philip tells him about Jesus. I also thought Jesus' remark, "You will see greater things than these" would be a good tag line for the movie. 

I imagine a sort of macho band-of-brothers kind of thing. There has to be an explosion at some point. Also, as to "Simon 'the Rock' Johnson"--that's based on the meaning of "Peter," the nick-name Jesus gives Simon, which is "Rock" or "Rocky." And since he is the son of John in the gospel of John, he can be Johnson. 


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