Interesting.Charles Wilson wrote:A slightly higher Authority than the Talmud...steve43 wrote:Where the heck did you get that?Charles Wilson wrote:Remember that there is a Second Passover, one month after the first, for those who find themselves Unclean by touching a dead body just before the start of the Passover.
Not the Talmud, I hope.
Numbers 9: 9 - 12 (RSV):
[9] The LORD said to Moses,
[10] "Say to the people of Israel, If any man of you or of your descendants is unclean through touching a dead body, or is afar off on a journey, he shall still keep the passover to the LORD.
[11] In the second month on the fourteenth day in the evening they shall keep it; they shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.
[12] They shall leave none of it until the morning, nor break a bone of it; according to all the statute for the passover they shall keep it.
There are a coupla' Posts recently that look at John 11 and John 1 - 2. "Lazarus was dead...". Now, if "Jesus" is a Sojourner between Bethany and his hideout and has Lazarus for supper (Hi Joe!), and it is within a week of Passover, then Jesus is unclean or might need to be at this Second Passover. Joseph takes down the body before night and is NECESSARILY unclean as a result. He would be able to be at the Second Passover and not be cutoff from the People. This is another unanalyzed Story that is lost after after the Symbolism of a savior/god has been Transvalued for the New Religion. *IF* all the loose ends are cleaned up, how is this mess resolved? It makes no difference to the Transvalue Crowd since the Jews and their Culture have been Done-Away-With.
It makes a difference.
CW
Josephus doesn't mention it, FWIW.