Re: Brother Can You Spare A Denari?
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2022 4:19 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56hqrlQxMMI
Joseph
https://vridar.org/responding-to-adl-propaganda/
The New Porphyry
and last of all, as to the [child] untimely born, he appeared to me also.
But many [that are] first shall be last; and the last first.
Simon he surnamed Peter; | 1. "Simon" is the first Disciple. 2. Peter Denied Jesus. |
| 2. James and John = brothers. |
| Only one of the two (names) is identified as a brother, Andrew is the brother of Simon. |
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| Wait, no brother here? Wrong! "Thomas" means "twin" and if he was a twin he was a brother. So one (name) is identified as a brother. |
| 1. Alpha 2. James and Levi = brothers (both sons of Alphaeus). KK has also pointed out the special chiasm here. "James" gets the special brotherly treatment here. An echo of "brother of the Lord"? I think so. 3. Do I really need KK to point out the connection between the saying regarding Disciples "First last and last first" and the listing of Disciples with "Mega" (great) first and Alpha last for an author who used the Greek Alphabet? |
and Simon the Cananaean, | 1. "Simon" is the last Disciple. (Since Judas betrayed Jesus he would not have been the last Disciple. Is this contrivance the reason for "Mark" to spoil the surprise?) |
and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him. | 2. Judas Betrayed Jesus |
Joseph
https://vridar.org/responding-to-adl-propaganda/
The New Porphyry