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From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. The New International Version translates the passage as: From that time on Jesus began to preach, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near." For a collection of other versions see BibleHub Matthew 4:17.
Repentance cleanses the heart, enlightens the sense, and prepares the human soul for the reception of Christ, as he immediately adds, For the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand. [7] Jerome: John Baptist is the first to preach the Kingdom of Heaven, that the forerunner of the Lord may have this honourable privilege. [7]
Nature of Repentance: The passage emphasizes the importance of repentance as a response to divine revelation. Jesus expected that His miracles would lead to a change of heart and behavior. Divine Judgment: Jesus' words affirm a future day of judgment, with degrees of punishment based on the opportunities given and rejected.
According to the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, the Galilean cities of Chorazin, Bethsaida, Capernaum, and the Decapolis did not repent in response to Jesus's teaching, so Jesus declared that the wicked cities of Tyre, Sidon, Sodom and Gomorrah would have repented; it will be more bearable for the latter cities on the Judgement Day, and Capernaum, in particular, will sink down to Hades (Matthew ...
It was a focal point in the preaching of the apostles Peter and Paul. [9] In the New Testament, metanoia (Biblical Greek: μετανοέω) can mean remorse but is generally translated as a turning away from sin (Matthew 3:2). [5]: 1007 Theologically, 'repentance', the turning away from sin is linked to a corresponding turn to faith in God.
I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance." [62] Commissioning the twelve Apostles relates the initial selection of the twelve Apostles among the disciples of Jesus. [63] [64] Jesus goes out to a mountainside to pray, and after spending the night praying to God, in the morning he calls his disciples and chooses twelve of ...
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In Repentance: A Cosmic Shift of Mind and Heart, Edward J.Anton observes that in most dictionaries and in the minds of most Christians the primary meaning of "repent" is to look back on past behavior with sorrow, self-reproach, or contrition, sometimes with an amendment of life. But neither Jesus nor John the Baptist says to look back in sorrow.