Such an innocent question, yet so loaded with a negative connotation. Can anything good come from a place with such a bad reputation? Nazareth was a city out of touch - located in a big pear-shaped depression its citizens were virtually isolated from the goings-on of the "spiritual" centre of Jerusalem, yet open to the "pagan" influences of Tyre.
(see: http://www.bible-history.com/geography/ancient-israel/nazareth.html )
It was a mean question, this one from Nathanael, based not on evidence but from prejudice. The tar-brush was too wide! How is it that "we" decide that "no good thing" can come out from (fill in the blank here - whether person, place, thing, or institution?) How much of the current tapestry of prejudice (unfounded) is weaved into our own lives?
Yet at least ONE GOOD THING came out of Nazareth - Jesus.
Something to think about.
You are right. So, I guess the answer to the question is, Yes, something good can come out of Nazareth. :)
ReplyDeleteNow Nazareth has an entirely different reputation, especially among believers. Something "bad" can become something "good". God uses even the worst! :)
ReplyDeleteBesides that, Nazareth is just fun to say.