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Luke 8 28 When he saw Jesus, he cried out and fell at his feet, shouting at the top of his voice, “What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you, don’t torture me! ” 29 For Jesus had commanded the impure spirit to come out of the man. Many times it had seized him, and though h...

But it's sufficient I show you that it's a fact that some heretics thought this. So what? What does that have to do about the fact that some heretics thought this? I am not sure what do you mean by "this" in this context. I do not think it is sufficient, far from that. 'this' means 'this ...

But in the case of the mother & brothers, Marcion did not negate they are part of Jesus blood family through Jesus' alleged answer. That answer can certainly mean Jesus denies his blood family because they are not among his followers. But it's sufficient I show you that it's a fact that some he...

The remaining answer of Tertullian shows that he is clearly in difficulty: For tell me now, does a mother live on contemporaneously 4202 with her sons in every case? Have all sons brothers born for them? 4203 May a man rather not have fathers and sisters (living), p. 378 or even no relatives at all?...

I take again this quote: For what other reason the people claim, that "your mother" is out there? For what other reason the demons claim '' I know who are you, the one saint of God'' ? For what other reason the inhabitans of Capernaum claim ' 'Isn't this the Son of Joseph? Let be'' ? For w...

Bernard, I thank you for your questions, because it allows me to elaborate my point better. You ask: So, you are saying Marcion's purpose was "to present ''certain people'' very confident that Jesus had a mother and brothers". But that goes against Marcion's christology. Why would Marcion ...

Note also we have an apparent contradiction between 8 days in Luke (and Evangelion ) and 6 days in Mark/Matthew. MAT 17:1-2, And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart, And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine ...

I read this: But I tell you truly, there be some of those that stand here, which shall by no means taste death, till they see the kingdom of God. (Luke 9:27) This verse is not attested in Evangelion because it states that some of 12 would enjoy the vision of 'kingdom of God' before of (or with) Paul...

of causing trouble at Passover I would have a special explanation for the presence of zealot 'dissepta membra' (how prof Bermejo-Rubio calls them) disseminated in our canonical Gospels. Assuming the gospel of Marcion comes before (and remember that in it the trouble at Temple is absent), then our c...

Don't you think Marcion could not have done a better job in showing that "your mother and your brothers" were not the blood mother and blood brothers of Jesus? I dont' think it because the purpose of Marcion was to present ''certain people'' very confident that Jesus had a mother and brot...