‘Jesus preaches at the Sea of Galilee’ attributed to Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, date, 17th century. Photo: Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain. One Sabbath Day, Jesus entered the synagogue. Knowing that there was a man there with a deformity, Jesus’ opponents were keeping a careful eye on him, to see if he would heal the man on the Sabbath. Jesus was being watched. The first commandment of biblical religion is not ‘watch,’ but ‘listen,’ or ‘hear’: “Hear,…
