(May 15, 2015 at 3:42 pm)Crossless1 Wrote:Quote:And what about Isaiah 53 causes you to believe it's a prophecy of Jesus? If you weren't already primed to believe so by centuries of previous Christian interpretation and just read the passage in context, do you think you would have ever made that interpretative stretch on your own? Have you ever consulted a knowledgeable practicing Jew -- preferably a Rabbi -- on that passage?
It is enough for me just to know that almost all of the early Christian church consisted of Jews.