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Thanks for the thoughts, Neil. So you would agree then, that comparing the post-Parousia Jesus to a king known for his cruelty was not a problem for the writer/redactor of this passage, but in fact enhanced the intended message. As for Luke correcting Matthew, the more I study this passage, the mor...

JW : A few weeks ago I saw Mel Gibson's Jesus' movie (forgot the name), re-read The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ and meditated on the traditional moral authority of the Church (especially its handling of male children). For the first time I understood how a mythical story of Jesus suff...

JW : I previously indicated that regarding Mark 16:8 the likely original is: Strong's Transliteration Greek English Morphology 2532 [e] kai καὶ And Conj 1831 [e] exelthousai ἐξελθοῦσαι having gone out, V-APA-NFP 5343 [e] ephygon ἔφυγον they fled V-AIA-3P 575 [e] apo ἀπὸ from Prep 3588 [e] tou τοῦ t...

JW : Time to resurrect my Award winning Thread: Mark's DiualCritical Marks. Presentation Of Names As Evidence Of Fiction Thanks Young Wolf KK points out an interesting presentation of names in a possible source with good parallels to GMark: http://earlywritings.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=139...

JW : 1758. enechó Definition to hold in or upon, i.e. to ensnare, by impl. to keep a grudge NASB Translation grudge against (1), had a grudge against (1), hostile (1), subject (1). 3, count em 3 uses in the Christian Bible. The offending verse in GMark is one and if it's in GMark a good place to lo...

JW : Time to test drive The Young Wolf's swell all-newing Search Engine: BCH Archive Mark's view of the disciples Where I demonstrate and than some that "Mark" (author) had a primary purpose of discrediting supposed Jesus' disciples (dissed peoples). This Thread should be sent out into th...

JW: Mark 1:5 And there went out unto him all the country of Judaea, and all they of Jerusalem; And they were baptized of him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins. (ASV) Is "river" original? Laparola ποταμῷ] Byz ς WH omit] D W Θ 28 565 799 ita Eusebius 4215 [e] potamō ποταμῷ river, N...

JW: Mark 3 Text Pharisee Context Jesus Context Commentary 1 And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there who had his hand withered. - - - 2 And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him. Physical. The Law prohibits working on th...

JW : Mark 16:8 Strong's Transliteration Greek English Morphology 2532 [e] kai καὶ And Conj 1831 [e] exelthousai ἐξελθοῦσαι having gone out, V-APA-NFP 5343 [e] ephygon ἔφυγον they fled V-AIA-3P 575 [e] apo ἀπὸ from Prep 3588 [e] tou τοῦ the Art-GNS 3419 [e] mnēmeiou μνημείου, tomb. N-GNS 2192 [e] ei...

Bible Searchers have (not) long been aware of the Alexamenos graffito : The Alexamenos graffito (also known as the graffito blasfemo)[1]:393 is an inscription carved in plaster on a wall near the Palatine Hill in Rome, now in the Palatine Antiquarium Museum. It is alleged to be among the earliest kn...