Lc 9, 7-9
En aquel tiempo, el rey Herodes se enteró de todos los prodigios que Jesús hacía y no sabía a qué atenerse, porque unos decían que Juan había resucitado; otros, que había regresado Elías, y otros, que había vuelto a la vida uno de los antiguos profetas.
Pero Herodes decía: "A Juan yo lo mandé decapitar. ¿Quién será, pues, éste del que oigo semejantes cosas?" Y tenía curiosidad de ver a Jesús.
Pero Herodes decía: "A Juan yo lo mandé decapitar. ¿Quién será, pues, éste del que oigo semejantes cosas?" Y tenía curiosidad de ver a Jesús.
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GospelLK 9:7-9
Herod the tetrarch heard about all that was happening,
and he was greatly perplexed because some were saying,
“John has been raised from the dead”;
others were saying, “Elijah has appeared”;
still others, “One of the ancient prophets has arisen.”
But Herod said, “John I beheaded.
Who then is this about whom I hear such things?”
And he kept trying to see him.
and he was greatly perplexed because some were saying,
“John has been raised from the dead”;
others were saying, “Elijah has appeared”;
still others, “One of the ancient prophets has arisen.”
But Herod said, “John I beheaded.
Who then is this about whom I hear such things?”
And he kept trying to see him.
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Meditacion:
El texto del evangelio de San Lucas nos habla hoy de los cuestionamientos de Herodes acerca de Jesús y nos sontúa en el ambiente de su predicación y actuación profética.
Los rumores que sobre él se van extendiendo, que volvemos a encontrar con motivo de la confesión de Pedro (¿"quién dice la gente que soy yo?") nos hablan de la gran resonancia y las expectativas que el carpintero de Galilea suscitó con su extraño género de vida y su profetismo radical.
Compararle con Elías supone verle introduciendo el final de los tiempos.
Parangonarle con el Bautista es subrayar la radicalidad de su mensaje y la libertad de pronunciarlo ante los poderosos.
Pero, como nos mostrará el mismo Lucas en la historia de la pasión, Herodes es simplemente un frívolo que sólo busca espectáculo; y Jesús no está dispuesto a transigir, no le dirige ni una palabra. Sólo la tiene para quien está dispuesto a dejarse interpelar, a cambiar el corazón, a entrar en una época nueva, en un "fin del mundo".
El evangelista Lucas, ciertamente interesado por la historia, no quiere hacer de Jesús un objeto de curiosidad histórica para su comunidad, sino el Mesías permanentemente presente en ella, orientador y vitalizador de los suyos.
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The text of the Gospel of St. Luke speaks to us today about Herod's questions about Jesus and sounds us in the environment of his preaching and prophetic action.
The rumors that are spreading about him, which we find again on the occasion of Peter's confession ("who do the people say that I am?") Tell us about the great resonance and the expectations that the carpenter of Galilee raised with his strange genre of life and its radical prophesy
Comparing him with Elijah means seeing him entering the end times.
To marry him with the Baptist is to underline the radicality of his message and the freedom to pronounce it before the powerful.
But, as Luke himself will show us in the history of passion, Herod is simply a frivolous who only seeks spectacle; and Jesus is not willing to compromise, does not address a word. He only has it for those who are willing to be challenged, to change their hearts, to enter a new era, an "end of the world."
The evangelist Luke, certainly interested in history, does not want to make Jesus an object of historical curiosity for his community, but the Messiah permanently present in it, guiding and vitalizing his own.
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