00:00Presentation of Jesus in the
00:29Temple. Our author wants to present Jesus' family as Jews faithful to the
00:37traditions of their people, religious people who comply with the mandates of the Lord's law.
00:45Through circumcision, a boy becomes part of God's chosen people, he becomes worthy of
00:53the divine promises and commits to being faithful to his God. In that event, it was also imposed
01:02The boy is given the name chosen by his family. In this case, it is the name of Jesus, the one that had
01:10indicated to Mary, the angel, at the annunciation. In the following section, Luke, unaware of the
01:20Jewish traditions, blends different laws and unifies them into a single narrative. Luke states that
01:28Both Joseph and Mary went to purify themselves. However, childbirth was the event that made a
01:37The woman was considered impure and it was she alone who had to purify herself according to the laws.
01:43From this same purification rite, the woman was required to offer, after 40 days, a lamb in
01:55a holocaust and a young pigeon or a turtledove as a sin offering. Or else, he had the financial means to
02:05Therefore, he could offer two turtledoves or two young pigeons, one as a burnt offering and the other as a sacrifice for
02:13sin. Furthermore, he neglects to mention the redemption of the firstborn through the payment of five shekels to
02:23sanctuary. But Luke's intention is clear: to show that the Lord has entered his sanctuary.
02:32temple. And Simeon and Anna, two elderly people who live in accordance with the
02:43divine law and who, motivated by the Holy Spirit, declare what God has revealed to them.
02:51Simeon's hymn, called Nuctimitis, again deals with the themes of salvation and peace,
03:00These are directed, first and foremost, to Israel, the people of God, but are open to
03:09Everyone who decides in favor of Jesus. Mary also has to be attentive to the will of
03:16God in Jesus, because that is what will decide the final destiny of mankind. Ana cannot stop
03:25to speak of the things God communicates to him that fulfill his hopes. Jesus among the doctors
03:34and his hidden life in Nazareth. Luke offers us two passages that tell us about the life of Jesus subject to
03:43His parents. No one else but them and God in the midst of such a holy family. But between these two passages we
03:52It narrates an event in the life of Jesus at the age of 12, the age at which Jewish children become
04:00in adults. Their parents go every year to the pilgrimage festival for Easter. They go from
04:09Nazareth, so they travel in caravans for safety and as a means of experiencing the pilgrimage, the festival that
04:18They are already celebrating. Jesus stays in the temple, unaware of his parents. When the meeting of
04:27Family and friends arrive in the afternoon, as it is getting dark, and discover that Jesus is missing.
04:34among family or friends, and they return to Jerusalem, where they find him arguing with the scribes,
04:42whom Luke calls teachers or doctors of the law. Mary does not understand Jesus' motives.
04:50But Jesus tells him that his only father is God, and as his son he must be under his protection and care.
04:59And for that, there is no better place than the temple in the holy city. Luke concludes this section by noting
05:08that Jesus lives like any young man his age, listening, obeying, and working alongside his
05:16parents. Maria, for her part, continues to delve deeper into the events she is experiencing and that are preparing her
05:25to be the model disciple of the Christian. Jesus, on the other hand, continues to mature in his relationship with
05:33God, in faithfulness and trust. The Gospels, despite having a motivation
05:42a biographical study about Jesus in order to answer the question of who he is for the Christian,
05:50They do not follow a biographical order in their presentation. However, it is important to make
05:58A note on the biographical nature of the Gospels. This note is offered to us again.
06:05Father John Paul Meyer, who states that the gospel, as a literary genre, is a narrative of
06:12the words and deeds of Jesus of Nazareth, which necessarily culminates in the narration of his death and
06:21Resurrection. Something we hadn't noted before, when we delved into Matthew and
06:28Mark. As we have already indicated, the evangelists do not offer us a biographical order of their works in such a way.
06:37so that there is no before and after between one event and another, but rather an ordering of the type
06:46theological. This, brothers, explains why Luke leaves hidden that which only God can know.
06:54See and learn about the life of Jesus and John the Baptist during their adolescence, youth, and adult years
07:04Young people. But brothers, what is the reason for this indifference? Above all, the Semitic conviction that the
07:13A grown man is the product of his life within the family. Man is that which
07:22It has been forged in family history and in their communication with God, in such a way that Jesus
07:29Jesus, who must have been exceptional as a child, adolescent, and young man, must have been exceptional as an adult. The same can be said of him.
07:38of the Baptist. Hence, Luke immediately addresses the story of the 12-year-old Jesus in Nazareth,
07:47the preaching of John the Baptist on the banks of the Jordan.
08:08Thank you!
