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The Eleventh Sunday After Pentecost/
Commemoration of St.
Bartholomew
Series B
"Jesus: Large and in Charge!"
John 1:43-51
Rev. Kelly Bedard, B.A., M.Div.
Goal: that we would re-commit ourselves to being Jesus'
"charges"
Malady: we try to/consider ourselves to be in charge of life
Means: Jesus, more than an earthly deliverer, bringing the presence
and promise of God to us
Notes:
1. The names have been changed--from Bartholomew, "son of
Thalmei," to Nathaniel, "gift of God"--to protect the
guilty!
2. dolos {dol'-os} (v47): from an obsolete primary verb, dello
(probably meant "to decoy"); guile, subtlety, deceit, craft. (Strong's)
3. All that is known of [St. Bartholomew] with certainty is that he is
mentioned in the synoptic gospels and Acts as one of the twelve apostles. His
name, a patronymic, means "son of Tolomai," and scholars believe he
is the same as Nathaniel mentioned in John, who says he is from Cana and that
Jesus called him an "Israelite...incapable of deceit." The Roman
Martyrology says he preached in India and Greater Armenia, where he was flayed
and beheaded by King Astyages. Tradition has the place as Abanopolis on the
west coast of the Caspian Sea and that he also preached in Mesopotamia,
Persia, and Egypt. The Gospel of Bartholomew is apocryphal and was condemned
in the decree of Pseudo-Gelasius. Feast Day: August 24. (Catholic Online
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