(June 30, 2018 at 5:07 pm)JairCrawford Wrote:Jesus was accused of being a Samaritan himself. He ignored the accusation. He certainly acted like one although he followed the Pharisee beliefs.(June 29, 2018 at 11:40 pm)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote: The only people Yeshua (Jesus) gave a fig about were the Israelites. He never interacted with the Gentiles and he told his dummies to stay away from them. He didn't say one word about any Gentiles getting into his kingdom of God. Jesus was a bigot.
Actually Jesus didn't seem to like fig trees all that much so I could hardly see Him giving figs... ok, I'm sorry, that was terrible. I shall smack myself for that horrid attempt at humor.
That's an interesting theory accumulated from textual criticism I'm sure, but it is speculative. When it comes to the whole historical Jesus search, there are a lot of really interesting ideas and theories, but at the end of the day they are speculative.
Some say He only cared about Israel, others disagree. Some say He may have been an Essene, others say He was a Pharisee (who didn't play nice with the rest). Some say He was a miracle worker like the witch doctors of the time, others say He was purely an apocalyptic preacher who thought the end was nigh. All very interesting ideas, but all speculative.
I beleive He cared for more than just Israel. Otherwise why would He use the parable of the Good Samaritan?
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