(cf. Lev. 15:25–27), unable to participate in temple worship. The language Jesus spoke (Mark 5:41) was Aramaic, a Semitic language like Hebrew, which was the common tongue of the Jewish people in the first century A.D. 6:1–6 THE POWER OF UNBELIEF Although he had been born in Bethlehem, Jesus’ “hometown” was Nazareth, the city in which he was raised (6:1) (see introductory map). Mark 6:3 tells of other children that were born to Joseph and Mary. Jesus had four half brothers and two half sisters. James