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And so, for example, at the end of Mark’s Gospel, when Jesus is in his final moments on the cross, he cries out to God in Aramaic, “Eloi, eloi, lama sabachthani” (Mark 15:34), and Mark then explains what it means in Greek: “which means, ‘my God, my God, why have you forsaken me?’” This makes me cri...

FJV -- 1. In a modern Novel form, Luke 9 would be the Beginning of the Story - maybe it was anyway: Luke 9: 52 - 56 (RSV): [52] And he sent messengers ahead of him, who went and entered a village of the Samaritans, to make ready for him; [53] but the people would not receive him, because his face wa...

I was going to place this in the Thread on Herodias, which had already wandered astray, when I realized that it would probably be best served in its own Thread. Our Poster Frans looks at all things 70 and this one serves to illuminate the background nicely. We find 3 mentions of "Thomas the Twi...

And I really do believe that whoever wrote Mary Magdalene's scene in John 20 had read Mark 16:1-8 and recognized the juicy dramatic potential and thorough realism of clinical shock. Howdy neighbor -- Tell me your Time Lines for the authorship of the Gospels. For me, the Cluster of writings could no...

Thank you for your comments, Paul. It would seem that both would be necessary in both stories... In Mark , the women buy their spices as soon as shops are open again after they first learn that there is any tomb for them to visit. The delay to buy unexpectedly needed suppiles smoothly explains how t...

Another Plug for Jay Raskin: In The Evolution of Christs and Christianities , ISBN-13: 978-1413497915, p. 149, Raskin states: "Mark has the stone placed in front of Jesus' tomb but does not have the spices being placed with Jesus. John has the spices being placed with Jesus but does not have th...

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Ben -- Does this count?: Revelation 5: 2 (RSV): [2] and I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, "Who is worthy to open the scroll and break its seals?" This is a "Reasoning from/Reasoning to..." verse since you must discover the identity of the "Strong Angel"...

Well stated.

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davidbrainerd -- Most interesting and I thank you for that Post. I want to bring this around a bit to some Relata about "Paul". For years, I have argued that "Paul" was a Constructed Character based on the Real Life Person "Mucianus" who was Governor of Syria at the Int...