The Rivers of Damascus

Now, we know that Jesus knows this story. 2nd Kings would have been scripture for Jesus, scripture he would have definitely read and potentially memorized. Maybe that’s where his comment comes from. Maybe he has Naaman in mind when he calls the man who came back a foreigner. And maybe he was hoping that this healing would end the same way Naaman’s did: in community. Maybe it’s not anger or pettiness in his voice. Maybe it’s sadness.

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