JoeWallack wrote: ↑Thu Mar 28, 2024 4:54 pm
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The Teaching
31 And there come his mother[Mary] and his brethren; and, standing without, they sent unto him, calling him.
32 And a multitude was sitting about him; and they say unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren without seek for thee.
33 And he answereth them, and saith, Who is my mother and my brethren?
34 And looking round on them that sat round about him, he saith, Behold, my mother and my brethren!
35 For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.
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29 Jesus said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or mother, or father, or children, or lands, for my sake, and for the gospel`s sake,
30 but he shall receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.
The Multiplication
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40 And there were also women beholding from afar: among whom [were] both Mary Magdalene[1], and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses[2], and Salome;
41 who, when he was in Galilee, followed him, and ministered unto him; and many other women that came up with him unto Jerusalem.
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47 And Mary Magdalene and Mary the [mother] of Joses[3?] beheld where he was laid.
16:1 And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the [mother] of James[4], and Salome, bought spices, that they might come and anoint him.
JW:
The only named females in The Teaching & Healing Ministry are the multiplied Herodiasses, with the key relation of "mother", and Jesus mother Mary. Jesus' mother Mary follows him with the purpose of opposing him. In the Passion Ministry the only named females are Salome, who should have placed with the Herodiasses and is out of place where Jesus should have been, and 2-4 Marys that per GMark are not Jesus' mother Mary. Understand Dear Reader?
Christian Bible Scholarship has traditionally tried to claim history for the possible writings in the Christian Bible and then try to use this as evidence that the impossible writings are also history. Homey don't play that game. In the real world, impossible claims by an author are evidence that the possible claims are also fiction. You can not claim that you are unable to determine the historicity of an impossible event or be neutral towards it, and be a historian.
I'll be starting a Thread here asking the question, how much of a discount do you apply to an author's possible claims if they make impossible claims.
Skeptics need to start doing more of the above, based on the extent of impossible claims, look for evidence that the possible claims are fiction. I have faith that "Mark's" Jesus would be sore amazed that readers are only looking for evidence that these "Marys" are historical.
