The Jews as a hole were extremely prejudiced against other races. They knew God had chosen them but they had forgotten the purpose of God’s choosing a people. God intended to show the world what it meant to trust him. The Hebrew nation was to be a visible invitation to the people to come to him (Isaiah 9:1-2; Mt 12:4-15; 10:18; 12:18, 21).
His own people continued to reject anyone that was not full blood descendent from Abraham. They accused Jesus, “Do we not say rightly that you are a Samaritan and have a demon?” (John 8:48). They knew Joseph was not his father and they refused to believe God the Father had created him in his mother’s womb. To do so would mean they had to listen to what he had to say and act on it.
They rather trust in themselves. Would you?
