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And the people said: This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth of Galilee.
The crowd's identification of Jesus highlights the humility of the incarnation, as God enters history through an obscure town. It also reveals human limitation, showing how people can recognize Christ's prophetic authority while still missing his full identity as divine Savior.
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