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After his baptism and period of temptation, Jesus Christ went to his hometown of Nazareth in Palestine:

He went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue, as was his custom. And he stood up to read. The scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. Unrolling it, he found the place where it is written: “The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.” Then he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fastened on him, and he began by saying to them, “Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.” Luke 4.16-21

The holy scriptures said that Jesus was the one chosen by the Spirit of God. Jesus was given power to teach the Gospel given to him by God. It was through God’s Spirit that he was able to work his mighty deeds and break the powers of evil. After this beginning in Nazareth, he began his years of teaching and guiding men and women to know God.