said Jesus to chief priests and the Pharisees: “You come to me as against a thief in the night with swords and staves to take me? I sat daily with you teaching in the temple‚ and you never laid a hand on me.” Then all the disciples fled from Jesus. And the Temple Guard led Jesus away to the house of Annas– for he was the father-in-law to Caiaphas‚ the high priest‚ where the Pharisees‚ Scribes and the Elders were assembled. And the Pharisees
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Jesus is challenging the Pharisees to look past their trust in laws and rules to try and see that everyone has worth. Jesus can see the worth of everyone‚ but the Pharisees can only see worth in people who are considered pure. Jesus uses a verse from Hosea 6:6 saying “go and learn what this means” he is trying to tell them that rituals should not replace the act of love or mercy.12 Ethical Analysis The ethical focus of the story of the Tax Collector of Jesus seeing the infinite worth
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explain this. The periscope on the Sabbath according to Mark is found in Mark chapter 2 verses 23 through 28: 23 One Sabbath Jesus was going through the grainfields‚ and as his disciples walked along‚ they began to pick some heads of grain. 24 The Pharisees said to him‚ “Look‚ why are they doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?” 25 He answered‚ “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need? 26 In the days of Abiathar the high priest‚ he entered the house of God
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27-30 CE- (Temporal Setting) B. Galilee‚ Jerusalem ‚Jericho (Physical Setting) C. Sabbath‚ Pharisees‚ Feast (Cultural Setting) II. Main Conflicts & Instructions Chapters 14-18 (I see how Jesus takes the conflicts and turns them into instructions) * Sabbath & Humility (Luke 14:1-11) * Jesus vs. Pharisees Character vs. Character * Invitation/Rejection of Gods Invitation (Luke 14:12-24) 1. The Parable
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RELIGION STUDY NOTES Nature of Religion Nature of Religion * Supernatural Dimension: Beyond the natural‚ measurable world. It acknowledges the existence of a deeper reality beyond surface appearances. * Transcendent: A spiritual presence that is not confined by time or space. Exists in a realm outside human understanding. * Immanent: Presence of a spiritual being within the individual and in every aspect of one’s life. * Characteristics: Beliefs and believers Sacred texts/
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Essay 69: Judaism - What is Apocryphal Biblical Literature? The canonization of the Jewish Bible‚ called the Tanakh in Hebrew and the Old Testament by Christian scholars‚ began at the end of the Second Temple period around the year 70 CE. Common Era‚ abbreviated CE‚ refers to the same time period as A.D. This process probably took well over a century but was essentially complete by the time the Mishnah (Jewish Oral Law) was redacted around the year 218 CE. These two dates are important because
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There are four gospels in the New Testament: Matthew‚ Mark‚ Luke‚ and John. The gospels are narratives of the life of Jesus. The gospel of Matthew is written from a Jewish point of view which makes it very unique in regards to the other gospels. Because of its focus on Judaism‚ the gospel of Matthew serves as a strong bridge between the Old and the New Testament. Similarly to the Old Testament‚ Matthew associates Jesus’s life with the history of Israel. A clear example of this is when King Herod
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defense of the inerrancy of the Word of God. He describes the nation of God as needing hope and that they were looking for a Savior. He speaks briefly on the counsel the governed the laws called the Sadducees and uses a humorous sticking point on how to remember their name. Wallace describes the Sadducees as the precursors to modern TV evangelists. Next Wallace shifts to the early Christian preaching and the emphasis on the death of Christ. He explains how the gospel message is foolish to those who
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The Importance of the Logos Christology in the Gospel of John John wrote the immortal words of the Prologue into a desperately troubled world. The Romans held most of the known world in their political grasp. The Greeks had infiltrated every part of Jewish life with their philosophies and ways for over 500 years; the Jewish obsession with ethnic purity divided the race even from itself. One key issue Jew and Greek could agree on was the existence of the Logos‚ though not in the same way. To the
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Monica C. Sangco Due: 4/21/2014 CST130B – Book Review: The Shadow of the Galilean by Gerd Theissen The book The Shadow of the Galilean by Gerd Theissen is a historical fiction‚ creating a fictitious account of the life of Jesus through a narrative of a third person. This story brings an interesting‚ more relatable version to the reader as they go through the thoughts and travels of Andreas‚ a Jewish merchant‚ the protagonist of the book. Most events of this story are historically accurate
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