Bible Questions Answered:
“What were the kind of things Jesus
did in his day?”
Anna/ Bethesda, Maryland U.S.A.
Bible Answer:
Known as the “Customs of Jesus,” we
find the following.
Prayer:
Luke 22:39-41 ASV
39 And He came out, and went, as
His custom was, unto the mount of Olives; and the disciples also
followed Him.
40 And when He was at the place, He
said unto them, Pray that ye enter not into temptation.
41 And He was parted from them about
a stone's cast; and He knelled down and prayed,
Our custom should be:
Ephesians 6:18 KJV
Praying always with all prayer
and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all
perseverance and supplication for all saints;
At the house of worship:
Luke 4:16-21 KJV
16 And He came to Nazareth, where He
had been brought up: and, as His custom was,
He went into the synagogue on the
sabbath day, and stood up for to read.
17 And there was delivered unto Him the
book of the prophet Esaias. And when He had opened the book, He found
the place where it was written,
18 The Spirit Of The Lord is upon Me,
because He hath anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor; He hath
sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the
captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty
them that are bruised,
19 To preach the acceptable year of The
Lord.
20 And He closed the book, and He gave
it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that
were in the synagogue were fastened on Him.
21 And He began to say unto them, This
day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.\
Our custom should be:
Hebrews 10:25 KJV
Not forsaking the assembling of
ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one
another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
Teaching:
Mark 10:1 RSV
And He left there and went to the
region of Judea and beyond the Jordan, and crowds gathered to Him
again; and again, as His custom was, He taught them.
Our custom should be:
I Peter 3:15 KJV
But sanctify The Lord God in your
hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that
asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and
fear:
