Comparison Between A Centurion And Two Blind Men

3. Equally important to the first parallel, Thomas writes in verse 31 “Jesus said, "No prophet is welcome in his own village; no physician cures those who know him." Similarly, the author of John 4:44 records “(for Jesus himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in the prophet’s own country).” As stated earlier, Thomas has no specific timeline. John’s proverb sits in the context of when Jesus returns to Galilee. Galilee was a country that sits on top of Judea. Nazareth is in the lower part of Galilee. It is known that Jesus was born in Nazareth, but travelled to upper Galilee because he knew the residents there would receive him warmly as they heard of his miracles. Although this statement is ironic when first reading it, it corresponds with the fact that he is from Nazareth; there was no welcome committee to when he began to give God’s words to the residents. It is with assumption that the residents of Nazareth belittled him and did not believe until he performed his phenomenon. This can also be interpreted as although one can be infamous within one’s city or country, but when leaving the city or country that one person is better known outside, as the residents in town will speak about said person until it

How can I believe, how can anyone believe in this God of Mercy?’” (77). The rabbi, who practiced his faith religiously, believed that God was no longer with them after suffering in the camp for too long. Everything the rabbi believed in was being torn away from him, piece by piece. His faith in God was supposed to help him persevere through the tortures he was living, but instead it left him wondering if there was even a God to believe in.

In the short story, Cathedral by Raymond Carver, the word “blind” acquires different meanings. The unnamed narrator is metaphorically blind; he can look at the surface of everything but not see what is inside. Although the narrator can listen to conversations, he cannot understand the deeper emotional context the conversation might hold, compared to Robert, who is visually impaired but can truly listen and understand. It is not until the end of the story that the narrator metaphorically opens his eyes, with assistance from Robert.

A woman approached them and asked them if they knew Jesus. She started preaching to them and during that moment they began defending their lack of faith. After each of them rejected what she was saying, she changed her

If a blind person walked into the room, I would expect to see someone who looked feeble, wore dark glasses, used a cane, and potentially had a guide dog. The narrator of this story had similar preconceptions about the blind. Some of these preconceptions were that “the blind move slowly and never laugh”, “sometimes [the blind are] led by seeing-eye dogs”, the blind man’s life and marriage were unfulfilling because he was unable not see, and others that had to do with physical appearance and mannerisms. This blind man though breaks these stereotypes and much more. Conventional ideas about the blind are broken because of the way he was portrayed and helped to teach the narrator a lesson.

The story “Cathedral” demonstrates that lack of sight does not necessarily prevent one from perceiving things as they are, or live their life to the fullest. In the story, a middle-age blind man, who is a friend to the narrator’s wife, and used to be her boss at one point, visits the narrator and his wife. The narrator has never interacted with blind people before, and all he knew about blind people was what he had seen on television. Blind people are stereotypically portrayed on television as slow moving, dull people, who never laugh. Based on this perception, the narrator was reluctant to meet the blind man and doubted whether they were going to connect. This is evident when the narrator states, “I wasn’t enthusiastic about his visit. He was no one I knew. And his being blind bothered me” (Carver 1).

We often think that when someone is blind, deaf, mute, or in loss of any sense, that they are missing out on something. We tend to feel bad or them. What most of us don’t know, or maybe just haven’t thought of, is that although they are missing out on one of the many gifts of life, that gives them the capability to see things from a different perspective. The narrator in the short story The Cathedral by Raymond Carver was a victim of this thought. One may believe that the victim would be Robert, the blind man in this story, but using the New Criticism approach to analyze this story, you see that the narrator is the actual victim. A victim who is trapped in believing he’s blessed but not happy, a man who isn’t blind but cannot truly see the way the blind man can. Like Tupac Shakur once said “I would rather be stricken blind, than to live without expression of mind.”

The healing of the centurion’s servant by Jesus was found in three of the Gospels: Matthew 8:1, 5 – 15, Mark 3:20, 21 and Luke 7:1 – 10. Jesus is ministering in Capernaum a little fishing town on the shores of Galilee that became a popular place for Jesus and His ministry. It was here in Capernaum Jesus performing many miracles including the healing of Peter’s mother-in-law. In Capernaum there was a Roman Centurion who was described as one who loved Israel and served Israel by building them a synagogue. It would be from the synagogue that Jesus would teach the people of the city some of the ruins of it still exist today. The Roman Centurion was a captain of the troop in Capernaum and in the service of Herod Antipas. Normally the troops

This passage is preceded by a warning from Jesus about the Sadducees and Pharisees, and to beware of their false teachings, which is a common theme in Matthew. As usual, he rebukes them for their lack of faith and comprehension of his true mission and identity, and for their constant concern

By accepting and ingesting the Eucharist Catholics are promising to live as persons of Jesus and love everyone. This description demonstrates the irony present because the narrator does not live as a person of Jesus and does not love the blind man for who he is. Just like the bread is transformed in mass however, the main character’s heart is transformed by the end of the story.

John Milton blindness might have stopped him from during many things but he surely didn’t stop doing what he loved. He continue writing and doing his day to day living for he might one day have to present his Maker an account of his live and his faith. “Milton’s faith in God seems to give him the courage to face his life despite his blindness. It is this faith that seems to give him courage and patience to cope and also gives him the hope that salvation lies for those who wait in patience (Darr). John Milton continue with his live even though he was blind but this didn’t stop him because he was doing what he loved and also because of his faith in God.

For this Bible study, my passage comes from Matthew 8:5-13. It is the story of the Roman Centurion with the servant who was very sick. This is the Centurion whom Jesus said had the greatest faith in all of Israel.

For the similarities, as the lord of his troops, empowered by the higher rank, the centurion knew his authority on his men, who must follow his any order without dispute. Enlightened by this, he knew that Jesus, empowered by God, as the Lord of the world, has authority on the nature, people as well as diseases. Moreover, the centurion did not have to give an order face to face. That enlightened him that Jesus also could get his order done far away.

meaning of this was that the disciples had to be like a lamp and let

My mother died four years ago from an asthma attack and not a day goes day that I don’t miss her! Initially when I found out she had passed away I was 15 years old at the time. As a result I knew my whole life was about to change; I would have a void in my heart forever furthermore, losing my mother would change my perspective of the world .Although it was hard to describe the pain that I felt, I can still describe her inner and outer beauty. Moreover she fed me and even freed proficient sleep Also, I was very proud of my mother for going back to school to get her diploma. In my eyes this made her a hero because of the obstacle that she had to overcome as an adult. To illustrate this point she got pregnant during her senior year and had dropped out. However, being the strong determine person that she was, she went back to school when he baby was six months old and earned her GED.