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- Instead of Scripture, what Jesus knew, and fought about, were traditional Jewish customs and stories. He did not need to turn to Scripture to know these. He knew the dietary rules and Sabbath observance because that is how he was raised.
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May 11, 2015 · Most scholars have long believed that Jesus knew Jewish Scripture well. It is not an unreasonable belief. The Gospels—especially the so-called “synoptic” Gospels, Matthew, Mark, and Luke—frequently depict Jesus citing Scripture to his followers in order to teach them moral lessons and to stoke eschatological expectations.
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Donald J. Robertson— Marcus Aurelius did not have a heart of...
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Feb 29, 2024 · Jesus knew Scripture so well not just because he was God, but because he dedicated his human mind and heart to daily, personal meditation on the word of God — and this even without having his own personal material copy of the Bible, like we do today.
- Jesus Believed That The Old Testament Was Decisive and Binding
- Jesus Believed That The Apostles Were Speaking on His Behalf
- Jesus Believed That He Was The Climax and Focus of All of Scripture
One of the best ways to learn what Jesus believed about the Bible is to observe how Jesus used the Bible in his earthly life and ministry. In John 10 Jesus is engaged in a heated exchange with a hostile Jewish crowd. They are hostile because Jesus has just made a very controversial claim: “I and the Father are one” (John 10:30 ESV). That’s a bold s...
Near the end of his earthly ministry Jesus had an important conversation with his disciples. He told them that he would soon die and rise again and ascend into heaven. In preparing them for those events he said: I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth...
In John 5:39 Jesus said: You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me (John 5:39 ESV) Jesus believed that the entire Old Testament was preparing people for and pointing people towards his own life and ministry. Why do you think God had you killing pigeons and doves and goa...
Oct 5, 2023 · The story of the woman at the well follows on the heels of the account of Jesus’ interaction with Nicodemus, a Pharisee and prominent member of the Jewish Sanhedrin (John 3:1–21). In John 4:4–42 we read about Jesus’ conversation with a lone Samaritan woman who had come to get water from a well (known as Jacob’s well) located about a ...
- Living Water. Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.”
- Call Your Husband. Jesus said to her, “Go, call your husband, and come here.” The woman answered him, “I have no husband.” Jesus said to her, “You are right in saying, ‘I have no husband’; for you have had five husbands, and the one you now have is not your husband.
- Worship in Truth and Spirit. Though she did changed the subject, Jesus doesn’t get mad at the woman at the well or condemn her, instead He answers her question with as much passion as his first statements.
- Can This Be the Christ? Just then his disciples came back. They marveled that he was talking with a woman, but no one said, “What do you seek?” or, “Why are you talking with her?”
Aug 18, 2024 · Discover 15 historically accurate facts about Jesus of Nazareth, separating myth from reality. This article explores his existence, Jewish heritage, language, and key aspects of his life based on scholarly research.
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By Marcus J. Borg. What did Jesus know? My answer to that question, as both a Christian and a scholar, has changed over the course of a lifetime. In the understanding of Christianity I received in childhood, the answer was obvious: Jesus was divine, God incarnate in human form.
