Manga Bible Vol. 6 - Parables, Miracles, & the Prince of Peace
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Parables, Miracles, and the Prince of Peace Copyright © 2009 by Lamp Post, Inc.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication DataLee, Young Shin. Parables, miracles, and the Prince of Peace / story by Young Shin Lee ; art by Jung Sun Hwang / edited by Brett Burner and J.S. Earls. p. cm. -- (The Manga Bible ; bk. 6) ISBN 978-0-310-71292-3 (softcover) 1. Bible stories, English--N.T. Gospels. 2. Bible. N.T. Gospels--Comic books, strips, etc. I. Hwang, Jung Sun. II. Burner, Brett A., 1969- III. Earls, J. S. IV. Title. BS550.3.L44 2009 226’.09505--dc22 2008045535
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Parables, Miracles, and the Prince of Peace
The Gospel, Part 1
Series Editor: Bud Rogers Edited by Brett Burner and JS Earls
Story by Young Shin LeeArt by Jung Sun Hwang
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Part 1
The Life of Jesus
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jerusalem
EVER SINCE ISRAEL WAS
CONQUERED BY THE EMPIRE OF
BABYLON (AROUND 600 B.C.), IT WAS CONSTANTLY
RULED BY FOREIGN
POWERS. THAT IS, UNTIL
JUDAH MACABEE AND HIS
BROTHERS ACHIEVED A
BRIEF FREEDOM FOR
ISRAEL.
THEN, IN 63 B.C., ANOTHER FOREIGN KINGDOM CAME TO RULE THE LAND …
THE ROMAN
EMPIRE.
THE ROMANS
SOON MADE
HEROD THE KING OVER
ALL OF ISRAEL.
TO GAIN SUPPORT FROM THE JEWISH
PEOPLE, KING HEROD
REPAIRED AND EXPANDED THE
TEMPLE IN JERUSALEM.
MAP OF ISRAEL AND ITS REGION AT THE
TIME OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE’S DOMINATION
OF THE AREA.
Bethlehem
Joppa
Caesarea
Cana
BethsaidaCapernaum
TyreCaesarea philippi
NazarethNazareth
jerichojericho
BethanyBethany
Dead S
ea
Dead S
ea
Sea of Galil�Sea of Galil�
jerusalem
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jerusalem
EVER SINCE ISRAEL WAS
CONQUERED BY THE EMPIRE OF
BABYLON (AROUND 600 B.C.), IT WAS CONSTANTLY
RULED BY FOREIGN
POWERS. THAT IS, UNTIL
JUDAH MACABEE AND HIS
BROTHERS ACHIEVED A
BRIEF FREEDOM FOR
ISRAEL.
THEN, IN 63 B.C., ANOTHER FOREIGN KINGDOM CAME TO RULE THE LAND …
THE ROMAN
EMPIRE.
THE ROMANS
SOON MADE
HEROD THE KING OVER
ALL OF ISRAEL.
TO GAIN SUPPORT FROM THE JEWISH
PEOPLE, KING HEROD
REPAIRED AND EXPANDED THE
TEMPLE IN JERUSALEM.
MAP OF ISRAEL AND ITS REGION AT THE
TIME OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE’S DOMINATION
OF THE AREA.
Bethlehem
Joppa
Caesarea
Cana
BethsaidaCapernaum
TyreCaesarea philippi
NazarethNazareth
jerichojericho
BethanyBethany
Dead S
ea
Dead S
ea
Sea of Galil�Sea of Galil�
jerusalem
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OH …
OH …
Jingle! Jangle!!
Jingle!
Jangle!!Jingle!
Jangle!!
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YOU’D CRY TOO IF YOU WERE AS OLD AS WE ARE AND YOU DIDN’T HAVE ANY
CHILDREN!
WE BETTER GET GOING, ZECHARIAH! YOU HAVE TO BURN INCENSE IN THE TEMPLE OF THE LORD TODAY!
ACCORDING TO THE CUSTOM OF THE PRIESTS, ONE PRIEST WAS CHOSEN FROM THOUSANDS OF OTHERS TO ENTER THE TEMPLE OF THE LORD AND BURN INCENSE.
TODAY, ELIZABETH’S HUSBAND, ZECHARIAH,
WAS CHOSEN.
I DON’T HAVE TIME FOR THIS.
NO LICENSE? NO INSURANCE?
NO LICENSE? NO INSURANCE?
TO THE TEMPLE, AND MAKE IT QUICK!
TAXI!!
TEARS FALLING FROM THE CHILDLESS COUPLE …
CRASH!
Oh-oOoo!
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DO NOT BE AFRAID, ZECHARIAH; YOUR PRAYER HAS BEEN HEARD. YOUR WIFE, ELIZABETH, WILL
BEAR YOU A SON, AND YOU ARE TO CALL HIM JOHN.
AN ANGEL!
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DON’T YOU KNOW HOW OLD WE ARE?
SINCE YOU DID NOT BELIEVE, YOU SHALL BE SILENT AND UNABLE TO
SPEAK UNTIL THE DAY THESE THINGS HAPPEN! AND THEY
WILL HAPPEN!!!
THEY WILL?
I THINK HE’S PLAYING
CHARADES …
I WAS NEVER ANY GOOD AT THAT
GAME.
WHAT’S HE DOING?
WAIT A SEC! HE CAN’T SPEAK!!
LISTEN …
I AM GABRIEL! I HAVE BEEN SENT BY GOD TO TELL YOU
THIS GOOD NEWS!
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MY EAR IS ITCHING. SOMETHING’S HAPPENING --
MARY! MARY!!!
AN ANGEL!
ZECHARIAH BECAME MUTE JUST AS GABRIEL PROMISED. MEANWHILE, ELIZABETH’S BELLY
GREW BIGGER AND BIGGER.
The angel Gabriel
Using GodStar
373 Preparer’s Way -
Nazareth, Galilee
Kosher Food
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BEHOLD! YOU SHALL BE WITH CHILD AND BEAR A SON. YOU WILL NAME
HIM JESUS.
HE WILL BE GREAT AND WILL BE CALLED THE SON OF THE MOST HIGH. THE LORD GOD WILL GIVE HIM THE THRONE
OF HIS FATHER DAVID.
THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL COME UPON YOU, AND THE POWER OF THE MOST HIGH WILL OVERSHADOW YOU.
FOR THIS REASON, THE HOLY OFFSPRING SHALL BE
CALLED THE SON OF GOD.
BUT I’M ENGAGED TO JOSEPH, AND WE DON’T EVEN HOLD HANDS.
HOW COULD I HAVE A BABY?
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I AM THE LORD’S SERVANT. MAY IT HAPPEN AS YOU
HAVE SAID.
YOUR RELATIVE ELIZABETH WILL ALSO HAVE A SON. SHE WHO WAS CALLED BARREN IS NOW IN
HER SIXTH MONTH. NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE WITH
GOD.
THIS IS THE BEST SORT OF WORK ...
… KNITTING SOCKS FOR MY
BABY!
Six months’ worth of socks
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ELIZABETH! YOUR COUSIN’S HERE!
HELLO, ELIZABETH …
WHEN THEY SAID YOU WERE HERE, MY BABY JUMPED FOR JOY!
YOU ARE BLESSED BECAUSE YOU HAVE
BELIEVED WHAT GOD SAID WOULD HAPPEN!
MY SOUL PRAISES THE LORD, AND MY HEART REJOICES
IN GOD MY SAVIOR! THE MIGHTY ONE HAS DONE
GREAT THINGS FOR ME! HOLY IS HIS NAME!
OH, MY!
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I’VE ALREADY NAMED HIM JOHN. BUT THERE’S NOBODY IN YOUR FAMILY WITH
THAT NAME!
LET’S ASK ZECHARIAH …
HIS NAME IS JOHN!
PRAISE THE LORD! GLORIFY HIS
NAME!!!
ZECHARIAH CAN TALK
NOW!!!
ADORABLE! YOU SHOULD NAME
HIM ZECHARIAH, AFTER HIS FATHER.
OR YOU COULD NAME HIM
AFTER ME …
MARY STAYED WITH ELIZABETH FOR ABOUT THREE MONTHS AND THEN RETURNED HOME. NOW THE TIME CAME FOR ELIZABETH TO GIVE BIRTH
TO HER SON.
ZECHARIAH WAS FINALLY ABLE TO SPEAK AGAIN.
JOHN
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MARY? PREGNANT?!?
I HAVEN’T EVEN HELD HER HAND!!!
JOSEPH! JOSEPH!!!
WHAT’S WRONG WITH HIM? IS HE
SICK?
NAH! HE’S JUST EXPERIENCING
POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS
DISORDER.
IN ENGLISH, PLEASE.
HE’S REALLY STRESSED OUT.
I’LL BE LEAVING NOW.
JOSEPH DIDN’T BELIEVE ME ABOUT
THE ANGEL.
THAT NIGHT …
A dazed Joseph
THWUMP! THWUMP!
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JOSEPH SON OF DAVID, DO NOT BE AFRAID TO TAKE MARY AS YOUR WIFE. THE
BABY WITHIN HER IS FROM GOD. SHE WILL GIVE BIRTH TO A SON, AND YOU
SHALL CALL HIM JESUS -- FOR HE SHALL SAVE HIS PEOPLE FROM THEIR SINS.
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HONEY, I’M SO SORRY I EVER DOUBTED YOU! AN ANGEL CAME
AND TOLD ME EVERYTHING!! LET’S GET MARRIED!!!
NOW COME ON! ALL STORIES DON’T END WITH “HAPPILY
EVER AFTER”!
AFTER JOSEPH MARRIED MARY, AN OFFICIAL NOTICE WAS POSTED THROUGHOUT THE LAND …
SO MARY AND JOSEPH LIVED HAPPILY EVER AFTER.
MARY! MARY!! LOOK AT
HIM GO!
YOU CALL THAT FAST?
WELL, IT’S FAST FOR A HUMAN.
MARY’S HOUSE
NOTICE All citizens must register their names in the towns where
they were born.
Caesar Augustus
Complaint Line
Ring! Ring!
Zooom!
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OH NO!!!
ALTHOUGH IT WAS TIME FOR MARY TO GIVE BIRTH, SHE AND JOSEPH HAD TO TRAVEL TO BETHLEHEM TO
REGISTER FOR THE CENSUS.
BETHLEHEM
No vacan
cy
Waiting Line
We mean it!
no rooms
Bethlehem
Nazareth
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PLEASE, MY WIFE IS PREGNANT!
I DON’T CARE! THERE’S NO
ROOM!!
ALL THE ROOMS ARE
FILLED!
I CAN’T EVEN LIE DOWN!
I’LL DO ANYTHING! PLEASE!?!
JUST A TINY
SPACE?
NO!
WE ONLY NEED A PLACE WHERE WE CAN
LIE DOWN.
OH, MY! SHE’S ABOUT TO HAVE A BABY!!!
WHY DIDN’T YOU TELL ME?!?
I DID …
MOVE ALONG BEFORE I CALL THE ROMAN
SOLDIERS!!!
PLEASE, I’M BEGGING YOU --
Go away!
Go away!
Go away!
Don’t even think
about asking!!
NO VACANCYACANCY
D n teven think
about asking!!
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I’M SORRY -- THIS IS ALL I HAVE.
THOSE HORSES SURE
SOUND STRANGE.
THEY MUST’VE SWALLOWED
A FLY OR SOMETHIN’.
THANK YOU.PUSH!
OKAY, ONE
MORE TRY …
Stable
WaAah! WaAah!!WaAah! WaAah!!
WaAah! WaAah!!
WaAah! WaAah!!
AaAaAhHhHhH!!!
AaAaAhHhHhH!!!
Go away!
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SHE’S ALREADY GIVEN BIRTH?!?
WHO COULD’VE IMAGINED IT?
A BABY IN A MANGER?
IT’S A BOY! A BOY!
SELF-SERVICE?
IN THE FIELDS …
Flash!
Waaah!
Waaah!! Waaah!
Waaah!! Go away!
Go away
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IT’S AN ANGEL!
GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST! AND PEACE ON EARTH FOR THOSE WHOM
GOD FAVORS!
FEAR NOT! I BRING GOOD NEWS OF GREAT JOY FOR ALL THE PEOPLE! TODAY, IN THE
TOWN OF DAVID, A SAVIOR IS BORN!! HE IS CHRIST THE LORD!!!
YEAH … RIGHT …
THIS HAPPENS EVERY DAY.
JUST ACT NATURAL …
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COO … COO …
HERE IS OUR SAVIOR. JUST AS THE ANGEL
SAID.
EXCUSE US … SORRY TO INTRUDE …
WE’RE SHEPHERDS FROM THE FIELD. AN ANGEL SAID THAT
OUR SAVIOR WAS BORN HERE. WE’RE HERE TO WORSHIP HIM.
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YES, SIR, KING HEROD! WE HEARD THESE WISE MEN FROM THE EAST SAY THAT THE KING OF THE JEWS
WAS BORN!
BRING THOSE WISE GUYS IN HERE!
MORE LIKE THE KING OF THE BLUES …
THE KING OF THE JEWS … BAH! I’M THE ONLY KING
OF THE JEWS!!!
THE KING OF THE JEWS!?!
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YES, WE SAW HIS STAR IN THE EAST …
… AND IT IS GUIDING US TO THE KING OF THE JEWS.
YES, BUT … THE PROPHECY SAYS HE WILL BE BORN
IN BETHLEHEM.
TELL YOU WHAT … GO LOOK FOR THIS CHILD. IF YOU FIND HIM, PLEASE LET ME KNOW …
… SO I MAY WORSHIP HIM TOO.
AREN’T THERE STARS OVER MY HEAD?
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WHAT’S THAT? I HOPE THOSE KIDS DIDN’T T.P. THE CAMEL AGAIN.
WE ARE WISE MEN FROM THE EAST. THE GUIDING STAR IS
OVER YOUR HOUSE, RIGHT ABOUT …
… THERE!
OH! YOUR
MAJESTY!!
I THINK THEY
BROUGHT GIFTS.
I HOPE THEY BROUGHT
SOMETHING TO HELP US SLEEP.
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DO NOT RETURN TO HEROD! HE WANTS TO
KILL THE CHILD!
THE GIFTS THEY BROUGHT WERE GOLD,
FRANKINCENSE, AND MYRRH.
AFTER THEIR VISIT, THE WISE MEN TOOK A BREAK
BEFORE THEY WERE GOING TO STOP BY KING
HEROD’S PLACE.
YOU KNOW WHAT THESE GIFTS
MEAN, RIGHT?
Motel 7
Gold is for the
King of Kings;
Frankincense is
for the Priest of
Priests; and
Myrrh is for the
sacrifice of the
world.
NOOOOOO!!!NOOOOOO!!!
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I JUST HAD THE STRANGEST DREAM …
AN ANGEL TOLD ME HEROD WANTS TO KILL THE BABY.
IT SAID NOT TO RETURN TO HEROD ON
OUR WAY HOME.
I THINK WE SHOULD TAKE ANOTHER ROUTE.
ME TOO!
ME TOO!
ME TOO!
ME TOO!
ME THREE!
ME THREE!
ME THREE!
ME THREE!
KING HEROD’S PALACE. JERUSALEM.
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WHAT’S TAKING SO LONG?THOSE WISE GUYS SHOULD BE BACK
BY NOW!
I NEED TO KNOW WHERE TO FIND THIS KID SO I CAN KILL
HIM AND BE DONE WITH IT.
THEY EITHER HAVE NO SENSE OF DIRECTION,
OR THEY’VE BETRAYED ME!
FINE! NO MORE MR. NICE KING!!! THIS IS MY
COMMAND …
… KILL ALL LITTLE BOYS TWO YEARS OLD
AND UNDER!!!
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JOOOSEPH … JOOOSEPH …
WAKE UP! HEROD PLANS TO KILL THE CHILD!
FLEE TO EGYPT!!!
EGYPT? NOW? ARE WE GOING ON A VACATION? IT’S THE MIDDLE OF THE
NIGHT!
THAT’S THE IDEA! I’LL EXPLAIN LATER.
SO JOSEPH TOOK MARY AND THE CHILD AND LEFT FOR EGYPT.
Zzzzippp
!Zzzz
ippp!
Ding-a-ling! Ding-a-ling!
Ding-a-ling! Ding-a-ling!
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