{"id":2670,"date":"2016-04-17T01:38:44","date_gmt":"2016-04-17T01:38:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=2670"},"modified":"2016-04-17T01:47:24","modified_gmt":"2016-04-17T01:47:24","slug":"what-did-the-neighbours-in-nazareth-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/what-did-the-neighbours-in-nazareth-say\/","title":{"rendered":"What Did the Neighbours in Nazareth Say?"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"This<\/a>
This was initially going to be a funny poem dwelling on gossipers in Nazareth being like what we would find today in Ireland, and how all this Son of God stuff and the ensuing crucifixion would make them gossip and giggle. It developed a bit sombre however. Maybe the comedy verse will be written another day… image is a still from Mel Gibsons film “The Passion of the Christ”, Mel himself being a son of an Ann Reilly of Dromard in Longford.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When the body in the tomb was laid
\nNews of the crucifixion to Nazareth reached
\nWhat did the neighbours in Nazareth say
\nWho knew Christ before the Gospel he teached?<\/p>\n

\"Its<\/a>
Its alleged that some editions or parts of the Talmud insult Jesus and Mary directly. The truth in that we do not know. But we can imagine the talk around the folk who did not follow Jesus but knew him and his family growing up and living in Nazareth…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Did they talk of how respectable he was
\nWorking with his farmer in wood
\nBefore being to it nailed to die
\nAs only a criminal could?<\/p>\n

Did they fault his rearing
\nDid they think he fell into bad company?
\nHis taste for the fellowships of the fallen well known
\nWith whom no man of repute would be seen.<\/p>\n

Did they think he went a bit mad
\nAs sometimes some folk do?
\nDid they think he was possessed
\nDid they snigger and joke too?<\/p>\n

Did they remark he was born when mother was but bethrothed
\nAs rabbis have done in insult since then
\nDid his mother hear, did it hurt her heart
\nWho bore the Savior of all Sinful Men?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When the body in the tomb was laid News of the crucifixion to Nazareth reached What did the neighbours in Nazareth say Who knew Christ before the Gospel he teached? Did they talk of how respectable he was Working with his farmer in wood Before being to it nailed to …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[827,30,64,446],"tags":[2760,524,771,2759,2761,527,2758],"class_list":["post-2670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biblical-epics","category-holy-land","category-inspirational-poetry","category-moral","tag-dromard","tag-faith","tag-jesus","tag-mel-gibson","tag-nazareth","tag-prayer","tag-the-crucifixion","column","twocol"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-H4","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":234,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/cartys-last-supper\/","url_meta":{"origin":2670,"position":0},"title":"Carty’s Last Supper","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"28th November 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"They gathered around the table, and looked upon the fare, It looked alright in the darkened light to all assembled there, There was sausages and ham sandwiches, dressed up in mayonnaise, Which hid the fact and the taste that the meat had seen better days. 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