Possessed Man in Girgashite Territory

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Yet the demon snapped them apart and drove him off to a place of ruins.

Romans 11: The Olive Tree’s Root

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even the other families who dwell on the earth are not blessed except for Israel’s sake….” … Rejecting carnal Israel, God gave her place of distinction to another.

Myth of the Pagan Origins of Christianity

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How to cite this article: David Flusser, “Myth of the Pagan Origins of Christianity” Jerusalem Perspective (2014) .

Persistent Widow Parable

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By placing the Persistent Widow parable immediately following the Days of the Son of Man discourse (Luke 17:22-37), the author of Luke attempted to draw a lesson from the dire warnings about the days of the Son of Man, when some will be taken to a place of punishment to be feasted upon by vultures. … One clue we have already discovered is that although the theme of prayer is out of place in the Son of Man discourse, the author of Luke was unable or unwilling to completely erase the parable’s connection to prayer.

Like Children Complaining

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The Gospels of Luke and Matthew both place Like Children Complaining at the end of a block of material pertaining to John the Baptist.

Selected Examples of Rewriting in Mark’s Account of Jesus’ Last Week

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Before the Greek Life of Jesus was widely circulated, its contents were reorganized: opening incidents were collected from teaching-context stories and, together with miracle and healing stories, placed at the beginning of the new scroll; discourses were collected from the teaching-context stories and placed in the second section of the scroll (these discourses were often grouped on the basis of common key words); twin parables, normally the conclusion to teaching-context stories, were collected and placed in the third and final section of the scroll. … The two writers agree against Mark that the Cleansing did not take place on the day following Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem.

Gentiles Demand All These Things

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Written in memory of Thomas Appleton Tilton Jr., my grandfather, in sure and certain hope of the resurrection.

Three ancient Jewish texts, composed at different times, in different languages, and in different locations, nevertheless share a remarkably similar description of gentiles.

Sending the Twelve: Conduct in Town

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Matt. 10:11-15; 11:1; Mark 6:10-13; Luke 9:4-6; 10:5-12 Huck 58, 63, 109, 139; Aland 99, 105, 142, 177; Crook 105-109, 121, 162, 200-201)For abbreviations and bibliographical references, see “Introduction to ‘The Life of Yeshua: A Suggested Reconstruction.'”

Houses on Rock and Sand Parable

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How to cite this article:
Joshua N. Tilton and David N. Bivin, “Houses on Rock and Sand parable,” The Life of Yeshua: A Suggested Reconstruction (Jerusalem Perspective, 2024) .

Yerushalayim Besieged

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“Alas for the pregnant women and the nursing mothers when all this takes place! … Some will be killed, and some will go into captivity to foreign places.

Temple’s Destruction Foretold

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In its place the author of Matthew inserted three pericopae condemnatory (or seemingly so) of the Pharisees (Woes Against Scribes and Pharisees; Innocent Blood; Lament for Yerushalayim).

Yeshua’s Words about Yohanan the Immerser

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Matt. 11:7-11; Luke 7:24-28
(Huck 65, 82; Aland 107; Crook 123)For abbreviations and bibliographical references, see “Introduction to ‘The Life of Yeshua: A Suggested Reconstruction.'” Revised: 2 March 2022

וְכֵיוָן שֶׁהָלְכוּ מַלְאֲכֵי יוֹחָנָן הִתְחִיל לוֹמַר לָאֻכְלוּסִים עַל יוֹחָנָן מַה יְצָאתֶם לַמִּדְבָּר לִרְאוֹת קָנֶה מְנוּעֲנָע בָּרוּחַ אֶלָּא מַה יְצָאתֶם לִרְאוֹת אָדָם בַּחֲמוּדוֹת לָבוּשׁ הֲרֵי הָעֹטִים בַּחֲמוּדוֹת בְּבָתֵּי הַמְּלָכִים אֶלָּא מַה יְצָאתֶם לִרְאוֹת נָבִיא הֵן אֲנִי אוֹמֵר לָכֶם וְיָתֵר עַל נָבִיא זֶה הוּא שֶׁעָלָיו כָּתוּב הִנֵּה אָנֹכִי שֹׁלֵחַ מַלְאָכִי לְפָנֶיךָ אֲשֶׁר יְפַנֶּה דַּרְכְּךָ לְפָנֶיךָ אָמֵן אֲנִי אוֹמֵר לָכֶם לֹא קָם בִּילוּדֵי אִשָּׁה גָּדוֹל מִיּוֹחָנָן הַמַּטְבִּיל אַף הַקָּטֹן שֶׁבְּמַלְכוּת שָׁמַיִם גָּדוֹל מִמֶּנּוּ

As Yohanan the Immerser’s messengers departed, Yeshua asked the crowds, “What did you go out to the desert to see? A windblown reed? No? What, then, did you go out to see?

Return of the Twelve

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Perhaps this is because the author who wrote the Hebrew Life of Yeshua was not one of the twelve apostles, and therefore had no direct knowledge of what took place during the mission. Or, perhaps the author of the Hebrew Life of Yeshua, who was, after all, telling Jesus’ story, preferred to allow any action Jesus was not directly involved with to take place “off stage.”

Innocent Blood

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In Matthew Innocent Blood is placed between Woes Against Scribes and Pharisees, which in Matthew consists of a series of seven woes pronounced against the scribes and Pharisees (Matt. 23:13-32), and Jesus’ Lament for Yerushalayim (Matt. 23:37-39). … An associative method of placing similarly themed pericopae at the end of larger blocks of material appears to have been typical of the Anthologizer’s editorial style. Elsewhere we have observed that the Anthologizer placed Like Children Complaining, which mentions John the Baptist, at the end of a larger block of material concerning Jesus and John the Baptist.

Yohanan the Immerser Demands Repentance

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Despite its absence in the Gospel of Mark, the authors of Luke and Matthew placed Yohanan the Immerser Demands Repentance in precisely the same position in their respective Gospels.