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The story of the raising of Lazarus can be read as a historical, non-mythological story of the war years. FJV has stated something of EXTREME IMPORTANCE here. FJV is correct. Our Poster Jay Raskin established that John is Complementary to Mark by way of a Link from a Shared Source. YMMV, but John d...

https://www.google.com/search?q=caesarea+pictures&biw=1920&bih=890&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwieldjsluDQAhVL1CYKHRefCvYQsAQIGQ&dpr=1#tbm=isch&q=caesarea+harbor+pictures Josephus, Antiquities..., 15, 9, 6 (In Part): "This city is situate in Pho...

And Pilate gave them Petronius the centurion with soldiers to guard the tomb. And with them came elders and scribes to the sepulchre , and having rolled a great stone together with the centurion and the soldiers, they all together who were there set it at the door of the sepulchre; and they affixed...

Of course, it's possible that "Petronius" was a name picked out of thin air by the authors under consideration, but ..not likely. "Anicetus" may [have been] a name for an early Pope, but it may be a reference to the Freedman of Polemon who set fire to the Greek town of Trapezus ...

And Pilate gave them Petronius the centurion with soldiers to guard the tomb . And with them came elders and scribes to the sepulchre, and having rolled a great stone together with the centurion and the soldiers, they all together who were there set it at the door of the sepulchre; and they affixed...

"Bilgah", again ( http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/3298-bilgah ): "The priests, when entering upon their duties, received their share in the northern part of the Tabernacle, because this was near the seat of their activity. The section assigned to each division of the priest...

Nice stuff, SA.

Then, what of the Controversy of "Paul" and the "Original Letters of Paul" held by "Marcion"?

CW

Ben C. Smith wrote: Does no one wish to talk me down off the ledge?

Nobody here but us chickens...

spin wrote:Don't expect them to get off their asses and check for themselves.

Hey! I Did.

What do you make of spin's position that Cephas more likely started with a qof, not a kaf (and thus had nothing to do with rocks), in its Semitic origin? You always have to respect Spin and his riffs. My question is, "Is there a passage that uses the Non-Cephas word in a manner that illustrate...