Does Gematria Help Solve the Mystery of the Identity of Chrestos?

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Secret Alias
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Does Gematria Help Solve the Mystery of the Identity of Chrestos?

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χρηστός = 1478 = ὁ σωτήρ https://books.google.com/books?id=9h5VA ... ume&q=1478
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Re: Does Gematria Help Solve the Mystery of the Identity of Chrestos?

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for chrestus or christos?
The metric to judge if one is a good exegete: the way he/she deals with Barabbas.

Who disagrees with me on this precise point is by definition an idiot.-Giuseppe
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Re: Does Gematria Help Solve the Mystery of the Identity of Chrestos?

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χρηστός (pronounced 'chreestos' in contemporary Greek)
“Finally, from so little sleeping and so much reading, his brain dried up and he went completely out of his mind.”
― Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Don Quixote
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