Jefferson viewed Jesus as a Man without his miraculous attributes. Jefferson Bible as it is called is a compact of Jesus narrative moves around the work of Jesus minus his miracles.
The Syllabus of JeffersonÂ
I. Joseph and Mary go to Bethlehem, Where Jesus is Born
II. He is Circumcised and Named and they Return to Nazareth
III. At Twelve Years of Age He Accompanies his Parents to Jerusalem and Returns
IV. John Baptizes in Jordan
V. Jesus is Baptized at 30 Years of Age
VI. Drives the Traders Out of the Temple
VII. He Baptizes, but Retires into Galilee on the Death of John
VIII. He Teaches in the Synagogue
IX. Explains the Sabbath
X. Call of His Disciples
XI. The Sermon on the Mount
XII. Exhorts
XIII. A Woman Annointeth Him
XIV. Precepts
XV. Parable of the Rich Man
XVI. Precepts
XVII. Parable of the Fig Tree
XVIII. Precepts
XIX. Parable of the Sower
XX. Precepts
XXI. Parable of the Tares
XXII. Precepts
XXIII. Parable of New Wine in Old Bottles
XXIV. A Prophet Hath no Honor in his Own Country
XXV. Mission Instructions, Return of Apostles
XXVI. Precepts
XXVII. Parable of the Wicked Servant
XXVIII. Mission of the Seventy
XXIX. The Feast of the Tabernacles
XXX. The Woman Taken in Adultery
XXXI. To be Born Blind No Proof of Sin
XXXII. The Good Shepherd
XXXIII. Love God and Thy Neighbour; Parable of the Samaritan
XXXIV. Form of Prayer
XXXV. The Sabbath
XXXVI. The Bidden to a Feast
XXXVII. Precepts
XXXVIII. Parables of the Lost Sheep and Prodigal Son
XXXIX. Parable of the Unjust Steward
XL. Parable of Lazarus
XLI. Precepts to be Always Ready
XLII. Parables of the Widow and Judge, the Pharisee and Publican
XLIII. Precepts
XLIV. Parable of the Labourers in the Vineyard
XLV. Zacchaeus, and the Parable of the Talents
XLVI. Goes to Jerusalem and Bethany
XLVII. The Traders Cast Out from the Temple
XLVIII. Parable of the Two Sons
XLIX. Parable of the Vineyard and Husbandmen
L. Parable of the King and the Wedding
XL. Tribute, Marriage, Resurrection
LII. The Two Commandments
LIII. Precepts, Pride, Hypocrisy, Swearing
LIV. The Widow’s Mite
LV. Jerusalem and the Day of Judgment
LVI. The Faithful and Wise Servant
LVII. Parable of the Ten Virgins
LVIII. Parable of the Talents
LIX. The Day of Judgment
LX. A Woman Anointeth Him
LXI. Judas Undertakes to Point Out Jesus
XLII. Precepts to His Disciples, Washes their Feet. Trouble of Mind and Prayer.
LXIII. Judas Conducts the Officers to Jesus
LXIV. He is Arrested and Carried Before Caiaphas, the High Priest and is Condemned
LXV. Is then Carried to Pilate
LXVI. Who Sends Him to Herod
LXVII. Receives Him Back, Scourges and Delivers Him to Execution
LXVIII. His Crucifixion, Death, and Burial
LXIX. His Burial
For Jefferson, Jesus was a normal son of one Josef and Mary and it was so normal that there was no abnormality in it and again Jesus died due to capital punishment and never came back in Life as usually claimed by the Church.
I.
Joseph and Mary go to Bethlehem, Where Jesus is Born.
AND it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.
2 (And this taxing ways first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)
3 And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.
4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, (because he was of the house and lineage of David,)
5 To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.
6 And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered.
7 And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.
LXIX.
His Burial.
THE Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.
2 Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other which was crucified with him.
3 But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs:
4 But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.
5Â And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore and took the body of Jesus.
6 And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred-pound weight.
7 Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury.
8 Now in the place where he was crucified, there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein never man yet laid.
9 There laid they Jesus: and rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed.
Postscript: People of America accepted Jefferson as their President and never opposed him for writing ‘Jefferson Bible’ and vary much that the core of American understanding of Church as an Institution has nothing to do with its polity and progress. American Dream denied Christian hope –Â Eminency of the American dream is more verifiable than Christian hope which failed and bound to fail as it has been failed since 2000 years.
