in common: the public perception that Jesus was a prophet. This was not a small designation. To be a prophet in Israel was not to be a fortune-teller, an astrologer or a crystal-ball gazer. In Jewish theology, a prophet was singularly endowed and anointed by God to speak the very word of God to people. When a prophet gave an oracle, as the Spirit of God came upon him, he didn’t say, ‘In my considered judgment’ or ‘In my opinion’ or ‘I think this or I think that’. He prefaced his announcements with