Irish1975 wrote: ↑Fri Nov 13, 2020 5:44 pm
Charles Wilson wrote: ↑Fri Nov 13, 2020 5:11 pm
Acts is a barely concealed history of the Fall of Jerusalem and the replacement of Judaism with the Roman story of a savior/god who is loyal to Rome.
That’s a book I’d love to read!
Acts 9: 32 - 35 (RSV):
[32] Now as Peter went here and there among them all, he came down also to the saints that lived at Lydda.
[33] There he found a man named Aene'as, who had been bedridden for eight years and was paralyzed.
[34] And Peter said to him, "Aene'as, Jesus Christ heals you; rise and make your bed." And immediately he rose.
[35] And all the residents of Lydda and Sharon saw him, and they turned to the Lord.
The Key (and there is almost always a Key...) to this is "...bedridden for eight years and was paralyzed...". This is another story of the 12th Legion as will be seen below. What happened to the 12th Legion 8 years prior to the Fall of Jerusalem?:
Tacitus,
Annals, Book 15:
"All the more vigorously did Vologeses press the besieged, now attacking the legions' entrenchments, and now again the fortress, which guarded those whose years unfitted them for war. He advanced closer than is the Parthian practice, seeking to lure the enemy to an engagement by such rashness.
They, however, could hardly be dragged out of their tents, and would merely defend their lives, some held back by the general's order, others by their own cowardice;
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"Meanwhile Paetus threw a bridge over the river Arsanias, which flowed by the camp, apparently with the view of facilitating his march. It was the Parthians, however, who had required this, as an evidence of their victory; for the bridge was of use to them, while our men went a different way. Rumour added that the legions had been passed under the yoke, with other miserable disgraces, of which the Armenians had borrowed imitations.
For they not only entered our lines before the Roman army began to retire, but also stood about the camp streets, recognizing and dragging off slaves or beasts of burden which we had previously captured. They even seized clothes and detained weapons,
for the soldiers were utterly cowed and gave up everything, so that no cause for fighting might arise. Vologeses having piled up the arms and bodies of the slain in order to attest our defeat, refrained from gazing on the fugitive legions...."
The story of
Acts is the story of the 12th Legion and of Mucianus. Tacitus provides much of the Base Story. The 12th Legion is plagued by poor leadership and you should verify yourself that the 12th marched through Lydda and Sharon under the command of Cestius. They are crushed at Beth Horon and so on.
So they end up at Jerusalem and get portrayed Symbolically as Aeneas in the above quote.
It should be seen also that "Peter" would have been, minimally, in his 80s at this point. Peter does not acknowledge "Jesus" since Jesus was not even a possibility for a Peter at the death of Herod (In support of the OP!)
CW