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


Part 1

The Life of Jesus


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


OH …

OH …

Jingle! Jangle!!

Jingle!

Jangle!!Jingle!

Jangle!!


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!


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!


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!


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


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?


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


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!


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


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!


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.


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!


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


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!!


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!


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


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 …


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.


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!?!


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?


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.


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!!!


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.


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!!!


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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