There is a vast difference between the approach of the Essenes toward unbelievers, and that of Jesus and his disciples. The Essenes practiced extreme separatism, particularly forbidding economic relations with outsiders.
Sidebar: “Ears of Corn”?
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The King James Version of Luke 6:1 speaks of the disciples plucking ears of corn, which to an American suggests yellow sweet corn rather than the grain the King James translators had in mind.
Jesus’ Twin Parables
The Full “Call of Levi” Story
I first became aware of the possibility of joining disconnected gospels passages when I noticed that the story of Levi in Luke 5:27-32 could be joined with the Parables of the Lost Sheep and Lost Coin in Luke 15:4-10.
Covered in the Dust of Your Rabbi: An Urban Legend?
Interestingly, Jesus has this same debate with some Pharisees (about putting aside Sabbath laws) when he’s walking with his disciples and they pluck some grain to eat (Luke 6:1-5).
Keys of the Kingdom: Allusion to Divinity?
The more we know and understand the historical, cultural and linguistic background of the Bible, the more we are able to discern elements in the biblical text that heretofore have gone unnoticed. These can be elements that can greatly increase our understanding of the biblical text, reinforce our traditional conceptions, or at times radically transform our understanding by revealing totally unexpected information that affects how the texts would have been originally understood. In his book, Jesus, Rabbi and Lord: A Lifetime’s Search for the Meaning of Jesus’ Words, Robert L. Lindsey,See the chapter, “What Did Peter Say.”of beloved memory, explains how Peter’s confession in Matthew 16:13-20 is more than a simple confession that Jesus is the Messiah, and definitely not the first time that Peter or the other disciples realized that Jesus was the long awaited Messiah.
Let the One Who Has Ears to Hear, “Hear!”
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While adaptation of existing parables is common in Rabbinic Judaism, Christian students are surprised to observe how closely Jesus’ parable of The House Built upon the Rock (Matt. 7:24-27; Luke 6:47-49) resembles an ancient similitude in Avot de-Rabbi Natan (Version A, chap. 24; Goldin, p. 103).
The “Only Begotten” Son
In the Gospel of Luke 3:23-38 the genealogy of Jesus is listed beginning with Joseph and going backward to Adam, “the son of God.”
Private: Follow Exciting Discussions about the Life of Jesus!
And he stood over her and rebuked the fever, and it left her; and immediately she rose and served them (Luke 4:38-39; RSV).
“Yeshua and Levi the Toll Collector” complex
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While participating in a seminar on the Synoptic Gospels with David Flusser in 1978, Robert Lindsey noticed that there were important verbal and thematic links between the story of the toll collector whom Jesus called as his disciple (Luke 5:27-32) and the twin similes about how God rejoices whenever a sinner repents (Luke 15:1-10).
Yohanan the Immerser’s Exhortations
Luke 3:10-14 (Huck 3; Aland 15; Crook 18)For abbreviations and bibliographical references, see “Introduction to ‘The Life of Yeshua: A Suggested Reconstruction.'”… Luke 3:8), see E. … Scheffler, “The Social Ethics of the Lucan Baptist (Lk 3:10-14),” Neotestamentica 24.1 (1990): 21-36, esp. 27; J. Liebenberg, “The Function of the Standespredigt in Luke 3:1-20: A Response to E H Scheffler’s The Social Ethics of the Lucan Baptist (Lk 3:10-14),” Neotestamentica 27.1 (1993): 55-67, esp. 60-62…. See Foakes Jackson-Lake, 1:103; Scheffler, “The Social Ethics of the Lucan Baptist (Lk 3:10-14),” 28.
Naming John the Baptist
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It may not be immediately clear to many Christian readers that the story of Jesus’ visit to the synagogue in Luke 4:16-17 refers to reading from the Torah.
Gospel Postcard: Kefar Naḥum (Capernaum), the Village of Nahum
Healing the Paralytic
It happened in a house in Capernaum (Matt 9:1-8; Mark 2:1-12; Luke 5:17-26).
Ossuary Inscriptions from the Caiaphas Tomb
How to cite this article: Ronny Reich, “Ossuary Inscriptions from the Caiaphas Tomb,” Jerusalem Perspective 33/34 (1991): 13-22 .
The ossuaries Zvi Greenhut excavated from a burial cave in the south of Jerusalem bear several inscriptions.
“And” or “In order to” Remarry
Revised: 4-Sep-2012
In the whole of Luke’s gospel, there is just one context in which the verbs “divorce” and “marry” appear together. That passage—only one verse—ought to contribute to a correct understanding of Jesus’ attitude toward divorce and remarriage; however, there exists no scholarly consensus on the passage’s meaning.
Evidence of Pro-Roman Leanings in the Gospel of Matthew
How to cite this article: JP Staff Writer, “Evidence of Pro-Roman Leanings in the Gospel of Matthew,” Jerusalem Perspective (2024) . Josephus’ Pro-Roman Stance
Abraham’s Temptation, Forerunner of Jesus’ Temptation
is amazingly similar to Jesus’ temptation in the wilderness (Matt 4:1-11; Luke 4:1-13)…. Luke 4:13].)
The Apostles and Prophets as the Foundation of the Church (Eph. 2:20)
According to Ephesians 2.20, the church is “built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner ” (see also Luke 6:48-49; 14:29; Acts 16:26; Rom. 15:20; 1 Cor. 3:10-12; Heb. 11:10; Rev. 21:14, 19).
Elijah Prays About Rain
Elijah was a man of like nature with ourselves and he prayed fervently that it might not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the earth. Then he prayed again and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth its fruit. (James 5:17-18)This article is dedicated to my wife, Lauren Sue.