Jesus - Family - Opposition

Just how did opposition to Jesus emerge, when, and why? It is self-evident that a Temple-observant and synagogue attending tradesman from the back roads would be known by few. Surely Jesus lived and worked in Nazareth as a young man, well-regarded by folk (so, Luke 2). When Jesus was about 30, came the call of John the Baptist and Jesus’ acceptance of John’s baptism of repentance.   

Then something changed.

Questions, Mary's, etc

When we first meet Mary, mother of Jesus, she had questions, spoken or (assumed) unspoken.

January Cross Buns

I snapped a photo at a supermarket, on 2nd January, 2021:

Jesus, Boy to Man (edited)

Jesus evidently grew up in Nazareth of Galilee and made family Jerusalem visits.

Joseph, Mary & Jesus; Bethlehem, etc

We find Jesus' birth and infancy firmly connected to Bethlehem in Judea

Mary & Joseph; Nazareth c.7BC

Just before the current era, we meet a remarkable woman, or lass, in ancient Nazareth.

Offenders and Offences

Perpetrators, offenders, offences; victims, offended, justice: