On the Yeshua in Context blog, I explore the not-so-poor-and-lowly among Yeshua’s disciples and those he served.
Preview: Don’t forget also the woman with the issue of blood (as the King James has immortalized her in Mark 5:25). She had spent all her money on doctors who did not help her. So you might say she was not wealthy. But the point is, she was wealthy until she became destitute through her disability, and this well-to-do woman who lost everything found it again in Yeshua.