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Mnitsan:

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2024-11-18T16:12:06Z

Mnitsan: /* 2 Thessalonians 2 */

== 2 Thessalonians 2 ==

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1 "Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and [by] our gathering together<Ref>{{1997}}</Ref> unto him,

2 That ye be not soon shaken<Ref name="saleuo">{{4531}}</Ref> in mind, or be troubled,<Ref name="throeo">{{2360}}</Ref> neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand."

3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for ''that day shall not come'', except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son<Ref name="huios">{{5207}}</Ref> of perdition<Ref name="apoleia">{{684}}</Ref>;

4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is [[worship]]ped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.

5 Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?

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| This warning in [[2 Thessalonians]] chapter 2 of being ''deceived'' or ''troubled'' in the mind is about a conflict while waiting for the day of [[Christ]], the [[anoint]]ing of our hearts and minds as priest [[faith]] and not [[fear]]<Ref>[[1 Samuel 2]]:35 And I will raise me up a faithful priest, [that] shall do according to [that] which [is] in mine heart and in my mind: and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before mine anointed for ever.</Ref>, is at hand for all of us who continue in the way and gather together as Jesus [[commanded]].
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| Understanding the [[Christian conflict]] with [[Rome]] and its government supported [[Temples]], the teachings of God concerning the error in the thinking and practices of the [[Nicolaitan]] and [[Balaam]] can help us grasp the difference between [[Pure Religion]] and [[public religion]] which like the [[Corban]] of the [[Pharisees]] ''makes the word of God to none effect.''
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| Understanding also the "mystery of iniquity" in verse 6 of who the [[workers of iniquity]] are, what the [[wages of unrighteousness]] consists of, and the difference between the [[mammon]] of [[righteousness]] and [[unrighteousness]] which includes the praying to the ''[[fathers]] of the earth'' for our [[daily bread]] and our [[Father]] in Heaven may challenge our delusions the [[wantonness]] and deceivableness of the systems of the [[world]] that operate by way of [[force]], [[fear]] and [[fealty]] and the [[Kingdom of God]] that operates by [[faith]], [[hope]] and [[charity]] through the [[perfect law of liberty]].
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| Can we refuse to see these differences and the conflict with the [[covetous practices]] of [[modern Christians]] and the [[love]] and [[charity]] of the [[early Christians]]? If we follow the [[Modern Church]] rather than [[The Way]] of [[Christ]] and the [[early Church]] shall we not be made blind?
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6 And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.

7 For the mystery<Ref name="musterion">{{3466}}</Ref> of [[iniquity]] doth already work: only he who now letteth [will let], until he be taken out of [[the way]].

8 And then shall that [[Wicked]] be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:

9 ''Even him'', whose coming is after the working of [[Satan]] with all power<Ref name="dunamis">{{1411}}</Ref> and signs<Ref name="semeion">{{4592}}</Ref> and lying<Ref name="pseudos">{{5579}}</Ref> wonders<Ref name="teras">{{5059}}</Ref>,

10 "And with all deceivableness<Ref name="apate">{{539}}</Ref> of [[unrighteousness]]<Ref name="adikia">{{93}}</Ref><Ref name="unright">{{unright}}</Ref> in them that perish; because they received not the [[love]] of the [[truth]]<Ref name="notruth">{{notruth}}</Ref>, that they [[might be saved]]. <Ref name="hearsee">{{hearsee}}</Ref><Ref name="mightsav">{{mightsav}}</Ref>

11 And for this cause God shall send them [[strong delusion]], that they should believe a [[lie]]:

12 That they all might be damned<Ref name="krino">{{2919}}</Ref> who believed not the [[truth]], but had pleasure<Ref name="eudokeo">{{2106}}</Ref> in [[[reward of unrighteousness|unrighteousness]].<Ref name="adikia">{{93}}</Ref>"

13 But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth<Ref name="Spirittruth">{{Spirittruth}}</Ref>:
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14 Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

15 Therefore, brethren, stand fast<Ref name="standfast">{{standfast}}</Ref>, and hold the traditions<Ref name="trads">{{trads}}</Ref> which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle.
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16 Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace,

17 Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.
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2024-11-18T16:11:15Z

Mnitsan: /* Persecuted */

== 1 Thessalonians 2 ==

1 For yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in unto you, that it was not in vain:

2 But even after that we had suffered before, and were shamefully entreated, as ye know, at Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God with much contention.

=== Our exhortation ===

3 For our exhortation<Ref name="paraklesis">{{3874}}</Ref> was not of deceit, nor of uncleanness<Ref name="akatharsia">{{167}}</Ref>, nor in guile:

===Speak not pleasing men ===

4 But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts.

=== Cloke of covetousness ===

5 For neither at any time used we flattering<Ref name="kolakeia">{{2850}}</Ref> [[Logos|words]], as ye know, nor a cloke of covetousness;<Ref name="jesuscovet">{{jesuscovet}}</Ref> God is witness:

6 Nor of men sought we [[glory]]<Ref name="doxa">{{1391}}</Ref>, neither of you, nor yet of others, when we might have been burdensome, as the apostles of Christ.
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| The ''gospel of God'' was the Gospel of the [[Kingdom of God]] The King of that kingdom was Jesus who was the [[Christ]]. His ministers served the people who followed the [[Doctrines of Jesus]], learning to live by [[faith]], [[hope]] , and [[charity]] rather than the [[force]], [[fear]], and [[fealty]] of the [[world]].
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| From the beginning those ''trusted'' with this gospel spoke in ways that ''trieth hearts'' without ''[[Itching ears|tickling ears]]'' or flattering words with a pretense of [[covet]]ousness until the people are [[Asleep]] in the pew and far from [[The Way]] of righteousness.
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| [[Satan]] is the ''adversary'' of [[the way]] of [[Christ]] which is those advocating the [[covetous practices]] of the [[world]] which [[Corban|makes the word of God to none effect]].
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| The coming of Christ is not called the "Second Coming" and may merely mean the coming of the [[Holy Spirit]] within the hearts and minds of those who follow those ways of [[righteousness]] of the [[Kingdom of God]] every man is to be [[seek]]ing.
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| The pernicious ways we see in [[2 Peter 2]]<Ref>[[2 Peter 2]]:2 And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.</Ref> are at the root of the [[Christian conflict]] with the [[world]] of [[Rome]].
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| Those "pernicious ways" and [[covetous practices]] are clear evidence of evil and according to [[John 3]] show they are in need of [[repent]]ance and not [[born again]].
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7 But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children:

8 So being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us.

=== Labouring night and day ===

9 For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for labouring night and day, because we would not be chargeable<Ref name="epibareo">{{1912}}</Ref> unto any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.

10 Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe:

11 As ye know how we exhorted<Ref name="parakaleo">{{3870}}</Ref> and comforted and charged<Ref name="martureo">{{3140}}</Ref> every one of you, as a father doth his children,

12 That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto [[Kingdom of God|his kingdom]] and glory.
=== Worketh in believers ===

13 For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the [[word of God]] which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the [[Doctrines of men|word of men]], but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh<Ref name="energeo">{{1754}}</Ref> also in you that believe.

=== Persecuted ===

14 For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of God which in Judaea are in Christ Jesus: for ye also have suffered like things of your own countrymen, even as they have of the Jews:

15 Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own [[prophets]], and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men:

16 Forbidding us to speak to the [[Gentiles]] that they might be saved<Ref name="mightsav">{{mightsav}}</Ref>, to fill up their sins alway: for the [[wrath]] is come upon them to the uttermost.

17 But we, brethren, being taken from you for a short time in presence, not in heart, endeavoured the more abundantly to see your face with great desire.

18 Wherefore we would have come unto you, even I Paul, once and again; but [[Satan]] hindered us.

19 For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?

20 For ye are our [[glory]] and joy.

Romans 10

2024-11-18T16:10:26Z

Mnitsan: /* Romans 10 */

== Romans 10 ==

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|[[File:paulmosaicgsw.jpg|center|250px|thumb|[[Paul the Apostle]] was a complex man that spoke to Christians about things hard to understand. Between 44 and 48 CE Jerusalem was hit hard by a [[dearth|depression]]. Paul who was [[Was Paul a Roman Citizen|Rhomaios]] and others were consistently able to collect food and funds to help the needy in a [[daily ministration]] of [[Pure Religion]] across international boundaries through a [[network]] of [[early Christian]] communities meeting in local [[free assemblies]] according to the [[Tens|pattern]] that was [[commanded]] by Christ. This system of [[fervent charity]] was the [[table]] of the [[Lord]] which provided for the [[welfare]] of the people through the [[Corban of Christ]] which made the word of God to effect. This peculiar system was not like the [[legal charity]] of the [[world]] which was a [[snare]], nor the [[Corban]] of the [[Pharisees]].]]
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| '''Comments'''
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| Audio 13. [[Romans 10]] to [[Romans 13]] 
http://www.hisholychurch.net/kkvv/7thbatch/13-04-07Romans-x3.mp3
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| Audio 14. [[Romans 13]] to [[Romans 14]] verse 12 http://www.hisholychurch.net/kkvv/7thbatch/13-04-07Romans-x4.mp3
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| Many of the Christian Jews had been expelled from [[Rome]] because of their preaching against the [[Corban]] system of the [[welfare]] run through the [[Imperial Cult of Rome]].
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| Romans were being challenged to do things according to the ritual laws of jews had the traditions of the [[Pharisees]].
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| There are '''[[warnings]]''' by all the apostles and [[Jesus]] that there are going to be ''many'' who think they have ''[[faith]]'' and believe, say they have faith and believe and are actually [[workers of iniquity]] and Christ will ''turn them away'' because of what they do and fail to do.
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| Have [[modern Christians]] misinterpreted Paul's statement by not reading in the full context?
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| Taking Paul out of the context of Paul and the [[doctrine of Jesus]] with [[Romans 10]]:9 and use it to get people to believe a [[lie]] is keeping people from bearing the [[fruits]] of the spirit. On Verse 10 we see "For with the heart man believeth unto [[righteousness]]..." If man is not doing [[righteousness]] but [[wicked]]ness and [[iniquity]], then his confession that he is a [[believer]] is a [[lie]]. If he is doing the things on Paul's list then we should [[turn away]] for what agreement should we have with those who follow the ways of Belial<Ref>2 Corinthians 6:15 And what concord hath Christ with [[Belial]]? or what part hath he that believeth with an [[infidel]]?</Ref> and those who should [[not inherit the kingdom]] of God.<Ref name="notherit">{{notherit}}</Ref>
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| No one should be deceived or complacent under the [[strong delusion]] that they can save themselves by simply saying they believe with their mouth while their deeds and works are [[confess]]ing that they do not believe in the real [[Jesus]] or have the faith to do what he said or do the will of the [[Father]].
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| If you are doing contrary to the decrees of Christ and praying to [[Benefactors|rulers who exercise authority]] but provide [[benefits]] of your [[free bread|daily bread]] your faith is false and you are in need of [[repent]]ance.
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| '''Questions'''
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| What are some of the '''[[warnings]]''' about testing our faith?
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| Who are the [[Fathers]] of the earth?
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| Who are the men who call themselves [[Benefactors]]?
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| What are the [[wages of unrighteousness]] and what is the table that is a [[snare]]?
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Audio 12. [[Romans 9]] and [[Romans 10]] 
http://www.hisholychurch.net/kkvv/6thbatch/13-2-10Romans-x2.mp3

1 ¶ Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for [[Israel]] is, that they might be saved.<Ref>[[John 3]]:17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
: [[John 5]]:34 But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I say, that ye might be saved.</Ref><Ref name="mightsav">{{mightsav}}</Ref>

2 For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.

3 For they being ignorant of God’s [[righteousness]], and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the [[righteousness]] of God.

4 For [[Christ]] is the end of the law for [[righteousness]] to every one that believeth.

5 For [[Moses]] describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by them.

6 But the [[righteousness]] which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down from above:)

7 Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.)

8 But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach;

9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be [[saved]].

10 For with the heart man believeth unto [[righteousness]]; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. 11 For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.

12 ¶ For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. 13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
14 How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?
15 And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!
16 But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report?
17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.18 But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.
19 But I say, Did not Israel know? First [[Moses]] saith, I will provoke you to jealousy by them that are no people, and by a foolish nation I will anger you.
20 But Esaias is very bold, and saith, I was found of them that sought me not; I was made manifest unto them that asked not after me.
21 But to Israel he saith, All day long I have stretched forth my hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people.

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John 5

2024-11-18T16:09:33Z

Mnitsan: /* Witnesses to Jesus */

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| '''Comments'''
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| The beginning of this chapter sets the seen often observed on ''Black Friday'' when people all rush to get into the stores to get the best deal for themselves. That is a spirit opposed to God but it is what you find in that temple of corruption.
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| Selfishness was a common theme of Jesus teachings such as the [[Good Samaritan]].
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| The Pharisees who had already unmoored the meaning of the [[sabbath]] as a way turning into a day. So they coplained about the previous cripple of 38 years carrying his bed and Jesus miraculously healing the man. The [[Sabbath]] had been about the [[Divine Will]] of working first and avoiding debt and corrupted the teachings of [[Moses]] with a bazar interpretations concerning [[leaven]]<Ref name="leavenp">{{leavenp}}</Ref> and [[covet]]ing<Ref name="jesuscovet ">{{jesuscovet }}</Ref> with their [[Corban]] had corrupted the temple as a den of thieves and the people with their [[covetous practices]] which was [[idolatry]].<Ref name="Isidolatry">{{Isidolatry}}</Ref>
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| V14 The crippled man had no family nor friends having been so crippled for 38 years and dependent upon the [[social welfare]] system/[[table]] of the temple set up by [[Herod]] and the [[Pharisees]] for his [[daily bread]]. Without any skills nor [[social bonds]] he had no [[network]] of unselfish people to help integrate him back into ''productive society'' so he remained in the temple where Jesus found him.
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| The treasury that had fed this severely crippled man was still the unrighteous [[mammon]] and that [[welfare]] support he received was still the [[wages of unrighteousness]] because they were the result of [[covetous practices]] which again is [[idolatry]].<Ref name="Isidolatry">{{Isidolatry}}</Ref>.
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| V16 "Jews persecute(ediōkon)<Ref name="dioko">{{1377}}</Ref> Jesus, and sought to slay<Ref name="apokteino">{{615}}</Ref> him"
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| "The words, ''"and sought to slay Him,"'' should be omitted. They have been inserted in some MSS. to explain the first clause of John 5:18." according to ''Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers''. But of course if you read ''Barnes' Notes on the Bible'' you can see, "To slay him - To put him to death. This they attempted to do because it was directed in the law of Moses, [[Exodus 31]]:15 "Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the [[sabbath]] of rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be [[put to death]]."; [[Exodus 35]]:2 Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a [[sabbath]] of rest to the LORD: whosoever doeth work therein shall be [[put to death]]." See [[Put to death]].
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| [[Jesus]] taught [[The Way]] for the people to live based on [[faith]], [[hope]] and [[fervent charity]] instead of [[force]], [[fear]] and the [[fealty]] that brought the people back under [[tribute]] and literally into the [[bondage of Egypt]]. This already caused the [[Pharisees]] to hate them and what they were doing.
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| Because [[Jesus]] and [[John the Baptist]] had opposed that system of [[Corban]] from the beginning of their [[Gospel of the kingdom]] frightened and angered many of the [[Factions at the altar|political factions]] at the [[Altar]].
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| [[Jesus]] and [[John the Baptist|John]] they knew [[legal charity]] through men who [[exercise authority]] has always ''made the word of God to none effect'' and weakened the poor like in the days of [[Sodom]].
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| '''Jesus forbid''' such systems.<Ref name="exauth">{{exauth}}</Ref> David and Paul warned that their [[tables]] of [[welfare]] were a [[snare]]. [[Proverbs]] tells is of the danger of an [[appetite]] for the [[dainties]] of rulers. [[Moses]] led the people out of that [[captivity]] which came from eating at those [[tables]].
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| John is written much different than [[Matthew]], [[Mark]], and [[Luke]] but covers much of the same [[Sound Doctrine]]. Jesus makes reference to the fact he is the son of a [[Father]] and therefor the [[Son of God]]. [[Augustus Caesar]] also claimed to be the [[Son of God]] and bestowed many [[benefits]] on the [[Pharisees]]<Ref>[[Augustus_Caesar#Mourning_Caesar]]</Ref> who saw him as a [[benefactors|benefactor]] and [[Patronus]] of the Jews.
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| [[John 5]] '''Verse 24''' the statement "heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me" is not just an [[ideology|ideological doctrine]] you say you accept as true. True [[faith]] compels action which result in a particular behavior. This why James states that [[faith]] without [[works]] is dead.<Ref name="deadworks">{{deadworks}}</Ref> Jesus explains what [[hear]]ing and believing looks like and does not look like. And warns all of the consequences of His ''executive authority'' in '''verse 27'''. Because he is sent by the [[Father]] who art in heaven and not by the [[fathers]] or the [[Patronus]] of the earth. By '''verse 29''' Jesus will qualify what that [[faith]] looks like "And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation." This is no different than the context concerning being [[Born again]]. If you do evil,([[John 3]]:20 "For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved."), if you are [[workers of iniquity]] you are rejected by God no matter what you say you believe,
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| [[John the Baptist]] as a light and who some saw as the rightful high priest bore witness of Jesus as the one who is to come after him when he was gone but if Jesus had executive authority and held the office of [[Son of God]], priest and king, those who did not [[hear]] him were in danger of those "worse thing" mentioned in V14.
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| We need to [[Hear]] the actual words of the real Jesus and becoming [[doers]] is our witness and not just say we are [[believer]]s.
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| By verse 44 he says they are not doing what Moses said which includes their interpretation of the [[Sabbath]], [[leaven]], [[steps]], [[breeches]], un[[hewn]] stones, etc..
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|By the end of the chapter we know that the Pharisees of that time had the Torah all wrong. John 5:47 "But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?" But they cannot see because they do not know the father and the truth is not in them.<Ref name="notruth">{{notruth}}</Ref>
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| '''Questions'''
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| Are you a real [[Believer]]?
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| If you not know what Jesus told us to do how can you [[doeth]] what He said?
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| If we are doing the [[Corban]] of the [[Pharisees]] do we deserve the rejection of Jesus despite the fact you say [[Lord Lord|Lord, Lord]]?
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| If you are not a [[doer]] then can the [[Love]] of God [[abide]] in you?
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| Why don't the [[Modern Christians]] and Jews see that the modern version of that [[covet]]ous system of [[Corban]] in the form of [[legal charity]] including the benefits of [[Social Security]] causes a break down of the [[family]] so that they do "no more to do ought for his father or his mother"?
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== The Healing at the Pool on the Sabbath ==

1 ¶ After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
2 Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.
3 In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water.
4 For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had.

=== Crippled since the days of Herod ===

5 And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years.
6 When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he saith unto him, '''Wilt thou be made whole?'''

=== The selfishness in the temple ===

7 The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me.
8 Jesus saith unto him, '''Rise, take up thy bed, and walk.'''
9 And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked: and on the same day was the sabbath.

=== Blindness of Sabbath keepers ===

10 The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath day: it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed.
11 He answered them, He that made me whole, the same said unto me, Take up thy bed, and walk.
12 Then asked they him, What man is that which said unto thee, Take up thy bed, and walk?
13 And he that was healed wist not who it was: for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in that place.

=== Still sinning in the temple ===

14 Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, '''Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.'''
15 The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus, which had made him whole.
16 And therefore did the Jews persecute<Ref name="dioko">{{1377}}</Ref> Jesus, and sought to slay<Ref name="apokteino">{{615}}</Ref> him, because he had done these things on the [[sabbath]] day.

== Jesus Is Equal with God ==

17 ¶ But Jesus answered them, '''My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.'''
18 Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.

== The Authority of the Son ==

19 Then answered Jesus and said unto them, '''Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise. 20 For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye may marvel. 21 For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth<Ref name="thelife">{{thelife}}</Ref> them; even so the Son quickeneth<Ref name="thelife">{{thelife}}</Ref> whom he will. 22 For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son: 23 That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.'''

=== Need to hear===

24 ''' Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. 25 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the [[Son of God]]: and they that hear shall live. 26 For as the [[Father]] hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself; 27 And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man. 28 Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall [[hear]] his voice, 29 And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.'''

== Witnesses to Jesus ==

30 ''' I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.'''

31 ''' If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true. 32 There is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true. 33 Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth. 34 But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I say, that ye might be saved.<Ref name="mightsav">{{mightsav}}</Ref> 35 He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.'''

=== Greater than John ===

36 ''' But I have greater witness than that of John: for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me. 37 And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape.'''

=== The word not in you ===

38 ''' And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye believe not. 39 Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have [[eternal life]]: and they are they which testify of me. 40 And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life. 41 I receive not honour from men.'''

=== No love of God ===

42 ''' But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you. 43 I am come in my Father’s name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive. 44 How can [[Believeth|ye believe]], which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only?'''

=== Not Believers ===

45 ''' Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even [[Moses]], in whom ye trust. 46 For had ye believed [[Moses]]<Ref name="knewmose">{{knewmose}}</Ref>, ye would have [[Believer|believed me]]: for he wrote of me. 47 But if [[Believer|ye believe not]] his writings, how shall ye believe my words?'''

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John 3

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| '''V1''' In [[John 3]] we are introduced to man called [[Nicodemus]] who is called a ''teacher'' or ''master''<Ref name="didaskalos">{{1320}}</Ref> seen in verses '''2 and 3''' but not again until [[John 8|chapter 8]].<Ref>“‭3 And the scribes and [[Pharisees]] brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst, ‭4 They say unto him, [[1320|Master]], this woman was taken in [[adultery]], in the very act.” [[John 8]]:3-4.</Ref> We saw the disciples address Jesus by this term in [[John 1]]:38<Ref>“‭38 Then Jesus turned, and saw them following, and saith unto them, What seek ye? They said unto him, [[4461|Rabbi]], (which is to say, being interpreted, [[1320|Master]],) where dwellest thou?” [[John 1]]:38</Ref>
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| The [[sanhedrin]]<Ref name="sanhedrin70">{{sanhedrin70}}</Ref> was supposed to be teachers not masters nor legislators.<Ref name="sanhedrinpwr">{{sanhedrinpwr}}</Ref> [[Nicodemus]] would learn this and be innocent of blood.
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| '''Comments on being [[born again]]'''
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| What is written in the whole of [[John 3]], the Gospel of beloved disciple, to say nothing of the [[warnings]] of Peter, Paul, and James in the epistles<Ref name="ep-doeth">{{ep-doeth}}</Ref>, and even Jesus himself?<Ref name="doethv">{{doethv}}</Ref>
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|You are only [[born again]] if you loveth the light and if you do evil [[Nicolaitan|deeds that God hateth]] then you also must in fact hateth the light.
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| The idea of being [[born again]] is not new in man's history. There was a convergence of the [[Sumer]]ian and Akkadian people in the third millennium BC which produced the kingdom of Sumer and the earliest known civilization in the historical region of southern Mesopotamia. It was not only a crossroads of language but also of the philosophies, [[religion]]s, and cultures of societies from the Indus Valley and Egypt.
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| '''Comments rulers and liberty'''
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| Over centuries '''the [[conflict]] between rulers of these civilizations and individual [[rights]] was common'''. This often produced a "bitter struggle for power between the temple and the palace---the “church” and the “state”--- with the [[citizen]]s ... taking the side of the temple." Of course the problem seldom begins with palace but with the ''People''. During the reign of Urukagina<Ref name="Urukagina">Urukagina was King of the [[city-state]]s of Lagash and Girsu in Mesopotamia (a [[Sumer]]ian city), and the last ruler of the 1st Dynasty of Lagash. He assumed the title of king, claiming to have been divinely appointed, upon the downfall of his corrupt predecessor, Lugalanda. </Ref> there was opposition to "the wealth and criminality of the ''[[moneychangers|tamkarum]]'' [merchant-moneylenders]" who had enslaved the people. It is in the historical cuneiform "document that we find the word “freedom” used for the first time in man's recorded history; the word is ''amargi''..." which may literally be translated "return to the mother" or her womb<Ref>The [[Sumer]]ians: Their History, Culture, and Character By Samuel Noah Kramer documents of 2350 in the reign of Urukagina</Ref> an idea that suggest the [[born again]] comments of Jesus.
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| The term ''ama-argi'' or ''ama-gi'' produced the idea of "freedom", as well as "[[manumissio]]n", "exemption from debts or obligations", "reversion to a previous state" Akk. anduraāru.<Ref>http://psd.meum.upenn.edu/epsd/e324.html </Ref> That [[liberty]] was only found in the [[kingdom of God]] and His [[righteousness]].
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| ''"[[Redemption]] is deliverance from the power of an alien dominion and the enjoyment of the resulting freedom. It involves the idea of restoration to one who possesses a more fundamental right or interest. The best example of redemption in the Old Testament was the deliverance of the children of Israel from [[bondage]], from the dominion of the alien power in Egypt."'' <Ref>[[Redemption]] according to Zondervan's Pictorial Encyclopedia of the Bible.</Ref>
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| Seeking the [[Kingdom of God]] is about the individual becoming both the "temple and the Palace(State)" under God alone. This cannot be done accept by the power of the [[Holy Spirit]] which according to '''V8''' ''listeth where it will''.
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| Seeking the [[righteousness]] of God is process where we may be drawn to that [[Holy Spirit]] through which God's spirit may be reborn in us.
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| Whereas the [[Corban]] of the state administered by the [[Pharisees]] made the "[[word]] of God," to none effect the [[Corban]] of Christ allows the drawing near of the [[Holy Spirit]] whereby the power of the Temple and the State may be born again within us.
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| We find some of the most '''abused scripture''' in the [[Bible]] in [[John 3]]. Verses should never be held up as creating doctrine out of the context of the rest of the things that He says. In '''V15''' we see the claim, "That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have [[eternal life]]." 
And '''V16''' & '''V17''' tells us that Christ was sent that we "might be saved".<Ref name="mightsav">{{mightsav}}</Ref> It is not automatic by what we say nor just by what we may think in our minds. By '''V18''' we can see that those "that believeth on him" are not condemned and those who "believeth not" are "condemned already", 
The question we may need to ask is '''"Do we Believe in the [[Real Jesus]]?"''' 
In V19 we are informed if we love him we will love the light of the truth He shared. Those that do not want to know the whole truth and provide for it by seeking the [[kingdom of God]] and His [[righteousness]] evidently prefer the darkness. We will know that because their deed will be evil.<Ref>John 14:15 If ye love me, [[keep my commandments]].
: John 15:10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love.
: 1 John 5:2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.
: 1 John 5:3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.</Ref> 
Like the deeds of the [[Nicolaitan]] God "hates" them. The word for "evil" is ''poneros'' which is defined as "evil, bad, wicked, malicious, slothful." 
The previous verse must always be read in the context of the rest Verses 20 and 21 which goes on to tell us that "every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved." 
Those dark deeds would include, but are not limited to, [[covetous practices|coveting your neighbor's goods]] through desiring [[benefits]] like the [[wages of unrighteousness]] from "men ruling in government ''who call themselves [[benefactors]] but [[exercise authority]] one over the other."'' 
Those ''evil deeds'' would include [[sloth]] in caring for the needy through a [[daily ministration]] by [[charity]] alone which the practice of [[pure Religion]]. 
Or even worse they might neglect the care of their parents so that they have to depend on systems like the [[Corban]] of the [[Pharisees]] which makes the word of God to none effect. The list goes on... There are many [[warnings]] in the testaments, by Paul and the apostles an by Jesus himself that many will say and do things in His [[name]] but will be [[workers of iniquity]]. They have no inheritance in the kingdom, we should turn away because they know him not. 
Yes, it is clear we are saved by [[grace]] but if we are not [[keep the commandments|keeping His commandments]] our imagination will not save us. 
V21 should make it clear that many [[modern Church]]es are not doing the truth nor coming to the light<Ref name="thelight">{{thelight}}</Ref>, nor does their deeds make manifest the [[wisdom]] nor will of God.
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| V22 is says that as a group Jesus and His Disciples are baptizing followers. But [[John 4]]:2 it is made clear that "Jesus himself baptized not".
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| He was not the same as [[John the Baptist]] but more, hense the word [[Christ]] and increase<Ref name="auxano">{{837}}</Ref> compared to the word decrease<Ref name="elattoo">{{1642}}</Ref> describing John as a lower rank and not the [[Christ]].
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|“Are men the property of the state? Or are they free souls under God? This same battle continues throughout the [[world]]?”<Ref>Cecil B. DeMille in “The Ten Commandments.” </Ref>
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| Are you free or [[merchandise]]? [[Abraham]], [[Moses]] and [[Christ]] came to set us free in spirit and truth from the sins that brought into [[bondage]] to the [[Cain]]s, [[Nimrod]]s, [[Pharaoh]]s, and [[Caesar]]s of the [[world]].
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| In the [[Kingdom of God]] the people are "free soul under God" but when the people are '''of the [[world]]''' they are often little more than [[merchandise]], [[surety]] for debt, [[snare]]d in a system of [[bondage]] by way of their [[sloth]] and [[covetous practices]].
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== Nicodemus by night ==

1 ¶ There was a man of the [[Pharisees]], named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:

2 The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher<Ref name="didaskalos">{{1320}}</Ref> come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.

3 Jesus answered and said unto him, '''Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be [[born again]], he cannot see the [[kingdom of God]].'''

4 [[Nicodemus]] saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born?

== Born again ==

5 Jesus answered, '''Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit,<Ref name="baptizewtr">{{baptizewtr}}</Ref> he cannot enter into the [[kingdom of God]].'''

6 '''That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.'''

7 '''Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.'''

=== Spirit listeth ===

8 '''The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.'''

9 Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?

10 Jesus answered and said unto him, '''Art thou a master<Ref name="didaskalos">{{1320}}</Ref> of [[Israel]], and knowest not these things?'''

11 '''Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.'''

=== Heavenly things ===

12 '''If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?'''

13 And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the [[Son of man]] which is in heaven.
whosoever believeth'''

14 '''And as [[Moses]] lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the [[Son of man]] be lifted up:'''

=== Whosoever believeth ===

15 '''That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have [[eternal life]].'''

16 '''For God so loved the [[world]], that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish<Ref name="apollumi">{{622}}</Ref>, but have everlasting life.'''

17 '''For God sent not his Son into the [[world]] to condemn the [[world]]; but that the [[world]] through him [[might be saved]].'''<Ref name="mightsav">{{mightsav}}</Ref>

18 '''He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten [[Son of God]].'''

=== Hateth the light ===

19 '''And this is the condemnation, that light<Ref name="thelight">{{thelight}}</Ref> is come into the [[world]], and men loved '''[[darkness]]'''<Ref name="darkened">{{darkened}}</Ref> rather than light, because their deeds were evil.'''<Ref name="doethv">{{doethv}}</Ref> (πονηρος, poneros).<Ref name="poneros">{{4190}}</Ref>

20 '''For every one that doeth<Ref name="doworks">{{doworks}}</Ref> evil (φαυλος phaulos).<Ref name="phaulos">{{5337}}</Ref> hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.'''

21 '''But he that [[doeth]]<Ref name="doworks">{{doworks}}</Ref><Ref name="Lovegn">{{Lovegn}}</Ref> [[truth]](aletheia).<Ref name="aletheia">{{225}}</Ref> cometh to the light<Ref name="thelight">{{thelight}}</Ref>, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.'''

== Men Baptized ==

22 After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judaea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized.<Ref name="baptizednot">John inserts a unique clause in [[John 4]]:2 to counter a false report that went to the [[Pharisees]] that Jesus was baptizing all these people similar to what John had done. Jesus was to take John's place but he was also the king, also (priest and king). To understand why Jesus would leave Judea because of this report we need to understand that "[[Baptism]]" was as much political as religious. While Jesus may have baptized earlier we see no scene where he was physically baptizing except the washing of the feet of his [[little flock]]. Jesus was to baptize with the [[Holy Spirit]] like we see with [[Moses]] and the seventy in [[Numbers 11]]:16 and 17. Even Paul was not called to baptize as we see in [[1 Corinthians 1]]:17. And warns against becoming sectarian as if anyone is baptized from the top down creating divisions and denominations. [[1 Corinthians 3]]:4 For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I [am] of Apollos; are ye not carnal? 5 Who then is Paul, and who [is] Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man? 6 I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.
: [[1 Corinthians 3]]:22 Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours;
: [[1 Corinthians 4]]:6 And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and [to] Apollos for your sakes; that ye might learn in us not to think [of men] above that which is written, that no one of you be puffed up for one against another.</Ref>

23 And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized.

24 For John was not yet cast into prison.

25 Then there arose a question between some of John’s disciples and the Jews about purifying.

26 And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him.<Ref name="baptizednot"></Ref>

== Not the Christ ==

27 John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.

28 Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him.

29 He that hath the bride<Ref name="thebride">{{thebride}}</Ref> is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.

30 He must increase<Ref name="auxano">{{837}}</Ref>, but I must decrease.<Ref name="elattoo">{{1642}}</Ref>

31 He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven is above all.

32 And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no man receiveth his testimony.

33 He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true.

34 For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him.

35 The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.

== Believeth not ==

36 He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.<Ref name="abideth">“‭5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.” [[John 15]]:5
: “‭6 He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked. ‭7 Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning. ‭8 Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth. ‭9 He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in [[darkness]] even until now. ‭10 He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him. ‭11 But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.” [[1 John 2]]:6-11
: “‭14 I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one. ‭15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the [[world]]. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. ‭16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. ‭17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.” [[1 John 2]]:14-17
: “‭8 Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward. ‭9 Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son. ‭10 If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed: ‭11 For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.” [[2 John 1]]:8-11</Ref>

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| '''V2''' "a great multitude followed"
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| V4 "[[passover]]... was nigh" and "feast of the Jews" are telling statements concerning the "much grass" in of V10 of [[John 6]] and the "green grass" of [[Mark 6]]:39.
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| In '''V5''' we find sthe term "ochlos" that can mean a "mob" or "rabble" translated "multitude" or "company"<Ref name="ochlos">{{3793}}</Ref> which is not the same as the Greek word translated "companies" that we see in [[Mark 6]]: 39 from the Greek term ''sumposion''<Ref name="sumposion">{{4849}}</Ref>
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| Jesus has a plan and is testing his [[disciples]], some of whom will be his [[apostles]]. He will require them to ''make'' the people organize themselves in the common way of [[tens]]. [[Synagogue]]s which was the traditional Jewish congregation consisted of ten families.
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| '''V10''' More details are given concerning this in [[Mark 6]]:39 where the disiples were [[commanded]] by Jesus to ''make'' the people "sit down" by ''companies''<Ref name="sumposion"></Ref> upon the ''green grass''. [40] And they sat down in ranks''<Ref>{{4237}}</Ref>, by [[Tens|hundreds, and by fifties]]. [41] And when he had taken the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven, and blessed, and brake the loaves, and gave them to his disciples to set before them; and the two fishes divided he among them all."
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| In V10 Jesus directs them to '''Make<Ref name="poieo">{{4160}}</Ref> the men sit down.''' using .
anapesein (ἀναπεσεῖν) a form of the Greek verb ''sit down'' anapipto<Ref name="anapipto">{{377}}</Ref> also seen in Mark.
The word ''companies''<Ref name="sumposion"></Ref> is word ''sumposion'' is derived from ''sumpino'' meaning ''to drink with''<Ref>{{4844}}</Ref> and is in part from the word ''[[4095|pino]]'' the verb "to drink" which is defined as to "figuratively, to receive into the [[soul]] what serves to refresh strengthen, nourish it unto life eternal".
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| ''Sumposion'' is repeated twice in the original text. The word ''ranks''<Ref>{{4237}}</Ref> is like the word for ''companies'' and is also repeated twice in the original text and is from the word [[4237|prasia]]. These terms together being similar to a Hebrew idiom gives us the picture that they organized themselves in ''ranks or divisions'', so that numerous ranks formed a repetitive pattern, as it were in separate groups or plots.
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| V11 And Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given thanks (eucharistēsas)<Ref name="eucharisteo">{{2168}}</Ref> , he distributed (διέδωκεν (diedōken))<Ref name="diadidomi">{{1239}}</Ref> (The following ''phrase'' is not in the Greek text) ''to the disciples, and the disciples to them'' that were set down<Ref name="anakeimai">{{345}}</Ref>
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| '''V15''' he departed '''into a mountain'''??
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| '''V27''' "'''Labour<Ref name="ergazomai">{{2038}}</Ref> not for the meat which perisheth'''"
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|Jesus is trying to show us the spiritual bread of the Creator God that gives life. He calls it the "'''meat which endureth<Ref name="seekstrive">{{seekstrive}}</Ref> unto everlasting life'''"
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| As the both the [[Son of man]] and the [[Son of God]] Jesus ''manifests'' the [[Name]] of God. He can do this because he has been "sealed".<Ref name="sphragizo">{{4972}}</Ref>
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| V32 Jesus will try to explain, '''Verily, verily, I say unto you, [[Moses]] gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven.''' the '''true bread is spiritual'''.
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| V35 Jesus states, "Ego eimi", '''[[I am]]''' meaning the existing one is the bread of life: The '''[[I am]]''' was what the God of [[Moses]] was called. “‭And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.” [[Exodus 3]]:14.
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| V36 Jesus points out that people don't believe because they do not really want to see except with the flesh.'''But I said unto you, That ye also have seen me, and believe not.'''
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| '''V38''' Jesus was not to his own will, but the will of Father.
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| V40 But believing on Jesus compels obediance from the bottom of your heart and soul. If you are still sinni g that is evidence you lack belief and remain in need of [[repent]]ance.
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| '''V45''' Are we "all taught<Ref name="didaktos">{{1318}}</Ref> of God. Every man ... learned<Ref name="manthanō">{{3120}}</Ref> of the [[Father]]"? What would that look like?
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| '''V53-55''' "Then Jesus said unto them, '''Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the [[flesh]] of the [[Son of man]], and drink his [[blood]], ye have no life<Ref name="treelife">{{treelife}}</Ref> in you. 54 Whoso eateth my [[flesh]], and drinketh my [[blood]], hath [[eternal life]]; and I will raise him up at the last day. 55 For my [[flesh]] is meat indeed, and my [[blood]] is drink indeed."''' [[John 6]]:53
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== Great multitude followed ==

1 ¶ After these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias.

2 And a great multitude followed him, because they saw his miracles<Ref name="semeion">{{4592}}</Ref> which he did on them that were diseased.

3 And Jesus went up into a mountain, and there he sat with his disciples.

4 And the [[passover]], a feast of the Jews, was nigh.

=== Tested Philip ===

5 When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company<Ref name="ochlos">{{3793}}</Ref> come unto him, he saith unto Philip, '''Whence shall we buy<Ref name="agorazo">{{59}}</Ref> bread<Ref name="artos">{{740}}</Ref> , that these may eat?'''

6 And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would do.

7 Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little.

8 One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, saith unto him,

9 There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves<Ref name="artos">{{740}}</Ref>, and two small fishes<Ref name="loavfish">{{loavfish}}</Ref>: but what are they among so many?

== Organizing five thousand people ==

10 And Jesus said, '''Make<Ref name="poieo">{{4160}}</Ref> the men<Ref name="aner">{{435}}</Ref> sit down.<Ref name="anapipto">{{377}}</Ref>''' Now there was much grass in the place. So the men<Ref name="anthropos">{{444}}</Ref> sat down<Ref name="anapipto">{{377}}</Ref>, in number about five thousand. <Ref name="loavfish">{{loavfish}}</Ref>

== Jesus gives all his food away ==

11 And Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, he distributed(διέδωκεν diedōken)<Ref name="diadidomi">{{1239}}</Ref> to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were set down<Ref name="anakeimai">{{345}}</Ref>; and likewise of the fishes as much as they would.

12 When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, '''Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost.'''

13 Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above unto them that had eaten.

14 Then those men, when they had seen the miracle<Ref name="semeion">{{4592}}</Ref> that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the [[world]].

== Make him a king ==

15 ¶ When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by [[force]], to make him a king,<Ref name="Anothking">{{Anothking}}</Ref> he departed again into a mountain himself alone.

16 And when even was now come, his disciples went down unto the sea,

17 And entered into a ship, and went over the sea toward Capernaum. And it was now dark, and Jesus was not come to them.

18 And the sea arose by reason of a great wind that blew.

== Jesus Walks on Water ==

19 So when they had rowed about five and twenty or thirty furlongs, they see Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing nigh unto the ship: and they were afraid.

20 But he saith unto them, '''It is I; be not afraid.'''

21 Then they willingly received him into the ship: and immediately the ship was at the land whither they went.

== Looking for Bread ==

22 ¶ The day following, when the people which stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was none other boat there, save that one whereinto his disciples were entered, and that Jesus went not with his disciples into the boat, but that his disciples were gone away alone;

23 (Howbeit there came other boats from Tiberias nigh unto the place where they did eat bread, after that the Lord had given thanks:)

24 When the people therefore saw that Jesus was not there, neither his disciples, they also took shipping, and came to Capernaum, seeking for Jesus.

25 And when they had found him on the other side of the sea, they said unto him, Rabbi, when camest thou hither?

26 Jesus answered them and said, '''Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles<Ref name="semeion">{{4592}}</Ref>, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled.'''

== I Am the Bread of Life ==

27 '''Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth<Ref name="seekstrive">{{seekstrive}}</Ref> unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the [[Father]] sealed.'''<Ref name="sphragizo">{{4972}}</Ref>

28 ¶ Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God?

29 Jesus answered and said unto them, '''This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.'''

30 They said therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work?

31 Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat.

32 Then Jesus said unto them, '''Verily, verily, I say unto you, [[Moses]] gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven.'''

33 '''For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life<Ref name="givelife'">{{givelife}}</Ref><Ref name="thelife">{{thelife}}</Ref> unto the [[world]].'''

34 Then said they unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread.

35 And Jesus said unto them, '''I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.'''

=== Seeing is not believing ===

36 '''But I said unto you, That ye also have seen me, and believe not.'''

37 '''All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.'''<Ref name="Touchnot">{{Touchnot}}</Ref>

38 '''For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.'''

=== The will of the Father ===

39 '''And this is the Father’s will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.'''

40 '''And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.'''

=== Murmur not ===

41 The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven.

42 And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how is it then that he saith, I came down from heaven?

43 Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, '''Murmur not among yourselves.'''

== Learned of the Father ==

44 '''No man can come to me, except the [[Corban of Christ|Father which hath sent me draw him]]: and I will raise him up at the last day.'''

45 '''It is written in the [[prophets]], And they shall be all taught<Ref name="didaktos">{{1318}}</Ref> of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned<Ref name="manthanō">{{3120}}</Ref> of the [[Father]], cometh unto me.'''

46 '''Not that any man hath seen the [[Father]], save he which is of God, he hath seen the [[Father]].'''

47 '''Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.'''

== I Am bread from heaven ==

48 '''I am that bread of life.'''

49 '''Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead.'''

50 '''This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.'''

51 '''I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my [[flesh]], which I will give for the life<Ref name="thelife">{{thelife}}</Ref> of the [[world]].'''

== They strove ==

52 The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?

53 Then Jesus said unto them, '''Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood<Ref name="fleshblood'">{{fleshblood}}</Ref>, ye have no life in you.'''<Ref name="fleshblood'">{{fleshblood}}</Ref>

54 '''Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood<Ref name="fleshblood'">{{fleshblood}}</Ref>, hath eternal life<Ref name="treelife">{{treelife}}</Ref>; and I will raise him up at the last day.'''

55 '''For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.'''

56 '''He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.'''

57 '''As the living [[Father]] hath sent me, and I live<Ref name="thelife">{{thelife}}</Ref> by the [[Father]]: so he that eateth me, even he shall live<Ref name="thelife">{{thelife}}</Ref> by me.'''

58 '''This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever.'''

59 These things said he in the [[synagogue]], as he taught in Capernaum.

== The Words of Eternal Life ==

60 ¶ Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it?

61 When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said unto them, '''Doth this offend you?'''

62 '''What and if ye shall see the [[Son of man]] ascend up where he was before?'''

== Spirit that quickeneth ==

63 '''It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.'''

64 '''But there are some of you that believe not.''' For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who should betray him.

=== Faith is given ===

65 And he said, '''Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my [[Father]].'''

=== Disciples left ===

66 From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.

67 Then said Jesus unto the twelve, '''Will ye also go away?'''

68 Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of [[eternal life]].<Ref name="thelife">{{thelife}}</Ref>

69 And we believe and are sure that thou art that [[Christ]], the Son of the living God.

70 Jesus answered them, '''Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?'''

71 He spake of Judas Iscariot the son of Simon: for he it was that should betray him, being one of the twelve.

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| '''V3''' is Mary the ''women of the city'' we see in [[Luke 7]] <Ref>[[Luke 7]] “‭37 And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster box of ointment, ‭38 And stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment. ‭39 Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, he spake within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him: for she is a sinner. ‭40 And Jesus answering said unto him, Simon, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And he saith, Master, say on. ‭41 There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty. ‭42 And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most? ‭43 Simon answered and said, I suppose that he, to whom he forgave most. And he said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged. ‭44 And he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, Seest thou this woman? I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for my feet: but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head. ‭45 Thou gavest me no kiss: but this woman since the time I came in hath not ceased to kiss my feet. ‭46 My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment. ‭47 Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little. ‭48 And he said unto her, Thy sins are forgiven.” [[Luke 7]]:37-48</Ref> Mary kisses his feet to and has expensive oil.
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| ''This '''verse 4''' about '''Judas being the son of Simon''' is omitted in the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, Persic, and Ethiopic versions.'' Simon was the father of Mary, Mariam, and Lazarus. If he was the father of Judas Iscariot, that would mean Judas was their brother. Was this Simon also '''[[Simon the Leper]]'''?
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| '''V5''' '''Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence
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| '''V8''' '''For the poor always ye have with you'''
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| '''V10''' chief priests conspired '''put Lazarus to death''';
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| '''V11''' many Jews believed on Jesus.
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| In [[John 12]], the woman is identified as Mary of Bethany, the sister of Martha and Lazarus, but many have stated that she is also known as '''[[Mary Magdalene]]'''. Who was she?
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| '''V13''' branches of palm trees, and '''Hosanna<Ref name="hosan">{{hosan}}</Ref>: Blessed is the King of Israel'''.
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| '''V14-15''' "sitting on an ass’s colt."<Ref name="colt"></Ref>
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| '''V16''' These things understood not his [[disciples]] at the first
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| '''V19''' The Pharisees ... behold, the [[world]] is gone after him which would deplete the revenue of their government provided by the [[Corban]] of the [[Pharisees]]. The [[kingdom of God]] was increasing as the ''government of the people''<Ref name="Johnwy">{{Johnwy}}</Ref> setting the [[captive]] free to [[Strive|pursue the happines]] of the [[righteousness]] of the [[Corban of Christ]].
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| V23-25 Christ came to teach us the [[sacrifice]] in [[love]] that leads to [[eternal life]]. And do away with [[sacrifice]] by [[force]] like I statutes by [[Herod]] and the [[Pharisees]] that leads to [[Bondage of Egypt|bondage]] and death.<Ref name="fleshblood'">{{fleshblood}}</Ref>
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| V31 judgment<Ref name="krisis">{{2920}}</Ref> of [[world]]: prince<Ref name="archon">{{758}}</Ref> of this [[world]]<Ref name="ofthisworld">{{1ofthisworld}}</Ref> be cast out.
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| V34 the law that Christ [[abide]]th for ever:<Ref>Christ abides for ever”; this impression was derived from [[Psalms 110]]:4, [[Isaiah 9]]:7, [[Ezekiel 37]]:25, [[Daniel 7]]:14. </Ref>
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| V35 Jesus was light, love the light lest [[darkness]] come upon you.
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| V36 ''ye may be the children of light'' and not the children of [[darkness]].
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| V43 For they loved the praise<Ref name="doxa">{{1391}}</Ref> of men more than the praise<Ref name="doxa">{{1391}}</Ref> of God.
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== Mary Anoints Jesus at Bethany ==

1 ¶ Then Jesus six days before the [[passover]] came to Bethany, where ''[[Lazarus]]'' was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead.

2 There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him.

3 Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard<Ref name="alabastaj">{{alabastaj}}</Ref>, very costly, and [[anoint]]ed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.

4 Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, which should betray him,

=== Ointment sold ===

5 '''Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?'''

6 This he said, not that he [[care]]d for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag<Ref name="glossokomon">{{1101}}</Ref>, and bare what was put therein.

7 Then said Jesus, '''Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this. '''

8 '''For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always.'''

== The Plot to Kill Jesus and Lazarus ==

9 Much people of the Jews therefore knew that he was there: and they came not for Jesus’ sake only, but that they might see [[Lazarus]] also, whom he had raised from the dead.

10 But the chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus also to death;

11 Because that by reason of him many of the Jews went away, and believed on Jesus.

== The Triumphal Entry ==

12 ¶ On the next day much people that were come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,

13 Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, '''Hosanna<Ref name="hosan">{{hosan}}</Ref>: Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord.'''

14 And Jesus, when he had found a young ass, sat thereon; as it is written,

15 [[Fear not]], daughter of Sion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass’s colt.<Ref name="colt">[[Matthew 21]]:1 ¶ And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two [[disciples]],2 Saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose [them], and bring [them] unto me.3 And if any [man] say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them.4 All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying,5 Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass.6 And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them,7 And brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set [him] thereon.
: Mark 11:1 ¶ And when they came nigh to Jerusalem, unto Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount of Olives, he sendeth forth two of his disciples, 2 And saith unto them, Go your way into the village over against you: and as soon as ye be entered into it, ye shall find a colt tied, whereon never man sat; loose him, and bring [him]. 3 And if any man say unto you, Why do ye this? say ye that the Lord hath need of him; and straightway he will send him hither. 4 "And they went their way, and found the colt tied by the door without in a place where two ways met; and they loose him. 5 And certain of them that stood there said unto them, What do ye, loosing the colt? 6 And they said unto them even as Jesus had commanded: and they let them go.7 And they brought the colt to Jesus, and cast their garments on him; and he sat upon him."
: Luke 19:29 And it came to pass, when he was come nigh to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount called [the mount] of Olives, he sent two of his disciples, 30 Saying, Go ye into the village over against [you]; in the which at your entering ye shall find a colt tied, whereon yet never man sat: loose him, and bring [him hither]. 31 And if any man aever man sat: loose him, and bring [him hither].sk you, Why do ye loose [him]? thus shall ye say unto him, Because the Lord hath need of him.32 And they that were sent went their way, and found even as he had said unto them.33 And as they were loosing the colt, the owners thereof said unto them, Why loose ye the colt?34 And they said, The Lord hath need of him.35 And they brought him to Jesus: and they cast their garments upon the colt, and they set Jesus thereon.
: Zechariah 9:9 ¶ Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he [is] just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass. 10 And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he shall speak peace unto the heathen: and his dominion [shall be] from sea [even] to sea, and from the river [even] to the ends of the earth.11 As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein [is] no water.12 ¶ Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare [that] I will render double unto thee;</Ref>

16 These things understood not his [[disciples]] at the first: but when Jesus was glorified, then remembered they that these things were written of him, and that they had done these things unto him.

17 The people therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of his grave, and raised him from the dead, bare record.

18 For this cause the people also met him, for that they heard that he had done this miracle.

19 The [[Pharisees]] therefore said among themselves, Perceive ye how ye prevail nothing? behold, the [[world]] is gone after him.

== Some Greeks Seek Jesus ==

20 ¶ And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to [[worship]] at the [[feasts|feast]]:

21 The same came therefore to Philip, which was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired him, saying, Sir, we would see Jesus.

22 Philip cometh and telleth Andrew: and again Andrew and Philip tell Jesus.

23 And Jesus answered them, saying, '''The hour is come, that the [[Son of man]] should be glorified.<Ref name="doxaza">{{1392}}</Ref>'''

24 '''Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it [[abide]]th alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much [[fruit]].'''

25 '''He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this [[world]] shall keep it unto [[Eternal life|life eternal]].'''

26 '''If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my [[Father]] honour.'''

== The Son of Man Must Be Lifted Up ==

27 ¶ '''Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour.'''

28 '''[[Father]], glorify thy name. Then came there a voice from heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.'''

29 The people therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it thundered: others said, An angel spake to him.

30 Jesus answered and said, '''This voice came not because of me, but for your sakes.'''

31 '''Now is the judgment of this [[world]]: now shall the prince of this [[world]] be cast out.'''<Ref name="ofthisworld">{{1ofthisworld}}</Ref>

32 '''And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.'''

33 This he said, signifying what death he should die.

34 The people answered him, '''We have heard out of the law that Christ [[abide]]th for ever:<Ref>Christ abides for ever”; this impression was derived from [[Psalms 110]]:4, [[Isaiah 9]]:7, [[Ezekiel 37]]:25, [[Daniel 7]]:14. </Ref> and how sayest thou, The [[Son of man]] must be lifted up? who is this [[Son of man]]?
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35 Then Jesus said unto them, '''Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest [[darkness]] come upon you: for he that walketh in [[darkness]] knoweth not whither he goeth.'''

== The Unbelief of the People ==

36 '''While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light.''' These things spake Jesus, and departed, and did hide himself from them.

=== So many miracles ===

37 ¶ But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed not on him:

38 That the saying of Esaias the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spake, Lord, who hath believed our report? and to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed?

39 Therefore they could not believe, because that Esaias said again,

40 He hath blinded their eyes,<Ref name="Blindlead'">{{Blindlead}}</Ref> and hardened their heart;<Ref>Like the words of [[Moses]] recited to [[pharaoh]] in [[Exodus]].</Ref> that they should not see<Ref name="hearsee">{{hearsee}}</Ref> with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.

41 These things said Esaias, when he saw his glory, and spake of him.

=== Less they put out ===

42 ¶ Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on him; but because of the [[Pharisees]] they did not [[confess]] him, lest they should be [[put out]]<Ref name="kickedout">{{kickedout}}</Ref> of the [[synagogue]]:

43 For they loved the praiseise<Ref name="doxa'">{{1391}}</Ref> of men more than the praise<Ref name="doxa'">{{1391}}</Ref> of God.

== Jesus Came to Save the World ==

44 ¶ Jesus cried and said, '''He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, but on him that sent me.'''

45 '''And he that seeth me seeth him that sent me.'''

46 '''I am come a light<Ref name="thelight">{{thelight}}</Ref> into the [[world]], that whosoever believeth on me should not [[abide]]<Ref name="Abideme">{{Abideme}}</Ref> in [[darkness]].'''

47 '''And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not<Ref name="Bejudged">{{Bejudged}}</Ref>: for I came not to judge<Ref name="Bejudged">{{Bejudged}}</Ref> the [[world]], but to save the [[world]].'''

48 '''He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words<Ref name="rhema">{{4487}}</Ref> , hath one that judgeth him: the word<Ref name="logos">{{3056}}</Ref> that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.'''

49 '''For I have not spoken of myself; but the [[Father]] which sent me, he gave me a commandment<Ref name="entole">{{1785}}</Ref> , what I should say, and what I should speak.'''

50 '''And I know that his commandment<Ref name="entole">{{1785}}</Ref> is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the [[Father]] said unto me, so I speak.'''

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[1] Now when he had ended all his sayings in the audience of the people, he entered into Capernaum.

[2] And a certain centurion's servant, who was dear unto him, was sick, and ready to die.

[3] And when he heard of Jesus, he sent unto him the elders of the Jews, beseeching him that he would come and heal his servant.

[4] And when they came to Jesus, they besought him instantly, saying, That he was worthy for whom he should do this:

[5] For he loveth our nation, and he hath built us a [[synagogue]].

[6] Then Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying unto him, Lord, trouble not thyself: for I am not worthy that thou shouldest enter under my roof:

[7] Wherefore neither thought I myself worthy to come unto thee: but say in a word, and my servant shall be healed.

[8] For I also am a man set under authority, having under me soldiers, and I say unto one, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth<Ref name="doworks">{{doworks}}</Ref><Ref name="Lovegn">{{Lovegn}}</Ref> it.

[9] When Jesus heard these things, he marvelled at him, and turned him about, and said unto the people that followed him, '''I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.'''

[10] And they that were sent, returning to the house, found the servant whole that had been sick.

[11] And it came to pass the day after, that he went into a city called Nain; and many of his disciples went with him, and much people.

[12] Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city was with her.

[13] And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not.

[14] And he came and touched the bier: and they that bare him stood still. And he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise.

[15] And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he delivered him to his mother.

[16] And there came a fear on all: and they glorified God, saying, That a great prophet is risen up among us; and, That God hath visited his people.

[17] And this rumour of him went forth throughout all Judaea, and throughout all the region round about.

[18] And the disciples of John shewed him of all these things.

[19] And John calling unto him two of his disciples sent them to Jesus, saying, Art thou he that should come? or look we for another?

[20] When the men were come unto him, they said, John Baptist hath sent us unto thee, saying, Art thou he that should come? or look we for another?

[21] And in that same hour he cured many of their infirmities and plagues, and of evil spirits; and unto many that were blind he gave sight.

[22] Then Jesus answering said unto them, '''Go your way, and tell John what things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached.'''

[23] '''And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me.'''

[24] And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to speak unto the people concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness for to see? A reed shaken with the wind?

[25] '''But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they which are gorgeously apparelled, and live delicately, are in kings' courts.'''

[26] '''But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and much more than a prophet.'''

[27] '''This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.'''

[28] '''For I say unto you, Among those that are born of women there is not a greater prophet than [[John the Baptist]]: but he that is least in the [[kingdom of God]] is greater than he.'''

[29] And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.

[30] But the [[Pharisees]] and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him.

[31] And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?

[32] They are like unto children sitting in the marketplace, and calling one to another, and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned to you, and ye have not wept.

[33] '''For [[John the Baptist]] came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil.'''

[34] '''The [[Son of man]] is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!'''

[35] But wisdom is justified of all her children.

36 And one of the '''[[Pharisees]]''' desired him that he would eat with him. And he went into the Pharisee’s house, and sat down to meat.

37 And, behold, a '''woman in the city'''<Ref name="polis">{{4172}}</Ref>, which '''was a sinner'''<Ref name="hamartolos">{{268}}</Ref>, when she knew that [Jesus] sat at meat in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster<Ref name="alabastron">{{211}}</Ref><Ref name="alabastaj">{{alabastaj}}</Ref> box of ointment,

38 And stood at his feet behind [him] weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe [them] with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed [them] with the ointment.

39 Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw [it], he spake within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman [this is] that toucheth him: for she is a '''sinner'''<Ref name="hamartolos">{{268}}</Ref>.

40 And Jesus answering said unto him, '''Simon, I have somewhat to say unto thee.''' And he saith, Master, say on.

41 '''There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty.'''

42 '''And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most?'''

[43] Simon answered and said, I suppose that he, to whom he forgave most. And he said unto him, '''Thou hast rightly judged.'''

[44] And he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, '''Seest thou this woman? I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for my feet: but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head.'''

[45] '''Thou gavest me no kiss: but this woman since the time I came in hath not ceased to kiss my feet.'''

[46] '''My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment.'''

[47] '''Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little.'''

[48] And he said unto her, '''Thy sins are forgiven.'''

[49] And they that sat at meat with him began to say within themselves, Who is this that forgiveth sins also?

[50] And he said to the woman, '''Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace.'''

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| What was the significance of [[leaven]] and why was [[Passover]] an important memorial?
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| '''The plot''' Why did they feel the need to kill Jesus? Was the bad [[leaven]] of [[Herod]] and the [[Pharisees]] found in their [[Corban]]? What was the driving motivation behind their efforts to kill Him? '''Following the money''' Understanding the story of the [[moneychangers]] and the system of ''[[Corban]] which made the [[word of God]] to non effect'' should clarify why there was such a conflict. 
'''Their [[religion]] had become the [[legal charity]]''' of [[Herod]] and the [[Pharisees]] rather than the [[pure Religion]] of [[fervent charity]] taught by [[Moses]], the [[prophets]], [[John the Baptist]], [[Jesus]], and [[apostles]]. '''Christ opposed the dependence''' of [[masses]] on the [[benefactors]] and civil [[conscripted fathers]] and their [[dainties]] and [[benefits]]. These systems which '''by nature are [[covetous practices]]''' will always [[degenerate]] the [[heart and mind]] of the people like in the days of [[Sodom]]. Christ was teaching [[the way]] of [[righteousness]] but they were teaching the way of the [[unrighteous mammon]] which offers [[wages of unrighteousness]] but was full of [[leaven]] but a [[snare]]. '''The [[leaven]] is a system of [[force]] and [[oppress|oppression]]''' adopted by the [[City-state|city-states]] which become the [[cities of blood]].
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| '''Anointing''' To be '''the [[Christ]]''' he '''had to be [[anoint]]ed'''. [[John the Baptist]] had named Jesus as his successor and he had been executed. Jesus' lineage would give Him a claim to the throne also. The '''people hailed as the highest son of David''' who was king of the government. Jesus '''fired the [[moneychangers]]''', gave '''instructions in the royal treasury''' and proclaimed he would take the kingdom/government from one body politic, the [[Pharisees]]at that time, and appoint it to another, [[His Church]], His [[Ekklesia]].<Ref name="takeaw">{{takeaw}}</Ref>
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|''''''Who was this Simon''' present at the anointing?''' "There were '''two Simons''' among the Twelve, and there are '''nine Simons''' mentioned in the New Testament alone, and '''twenty ''Simons''''' in [[Josephus]]."<Ref>Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Commentary.</Ref>
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| Why is there confusion about the woman who we know is [[Mary Magdalene|Mary]], daughter of [[Nicodemus]], with the oil?<Ref name="alabastron">{{211}}</Ref>
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| '''Full context of [[Luke 7]]''':36 "And one of the '''[[Pharisees]]''' desired him that he would eat with him. And he went into the Pharisee’s house, and sat down to meat. 37 And, behold, a '''woman in the city'''<Ref name="polis">{{4172}}</Ref>, which '''was a sinner'''<Ref name="hamartolos">{{268}}</Ref>, when she knew that [Jesus] sat at meat in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster<Ref name="alabastron">{{211}}</Ref> box of ointment,<Ref name="alabastaj">{{alabastaj}}</Ref><Ref name="exousia">{{1484}}</Ref> 38 And stood at his feet behind [him] weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe [them] with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed [them] with the ointment. 39 Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw [it], he spake within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman [this is] that toucheth him: for she is a '''sinner'''<Ref name="hamartolos">{{268}}</Ref>. 40 And Jesus answering said unto him, '''[[Simon the Pharisee|Simon]], I have somewhat to say unto thee.''' And he saith, Master, say on. 41 '''There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty. 42 And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most?'''
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| Was [[Simon the Pharisee|Simon the Pharisee]] also [[Simon the Leper]] also [[Nicodemus]]?
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| Why by this woman so controversial? '''Who was she?''' [[John 12]]:3 "Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment."
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| '''V22''' Do we eat the [[flesh and blood]] of Christ or do we take a [[bite]] out of one another. The [[Passover]] was a memorial to remind us of God's intervention in setting us free from the [[Bondage of Egypt]]. The feast of unleaved bread was also memorial to remind the people to get [[oppress]]ion out of our [[daily bread]]. The [[Eucharist]] was also a memorial for us to remember the essential [[elements]] of caring for one another through [[charity]] rather [[force]], through the [[Corban of Christ]] rather than the [[Corban]] of [[Herod]], [[Nimrod]], [[Cain]], [[Pharaoh]], [[Caesar]], [[FDR]], or [[LBJ]].
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| '''V24''' Are we [[saved]] by the blood? Do we eat '''meat with blood''' in it or [[dainties]] '''strangled''' from the life of our neighbor through the [[rulers]]<Ref name="exauth">{{exauth}}</Ref> of our civil [[temples]]?<Ref name="strangledbl">{{strangledbl}}</Ref> Do we live in cities of blood?<Ref name="cityblood">{{cityblood}}</Ref>
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| '''V41''' Why were they sinners who came for Christ? Was it the [[Corban]] of the [[pharisees]] and the grievous burdens?<Ref>“‭43 Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word. ‭44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. ‭45 And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not. ‭46 Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me? ‭47 He that is of God heareth God’s words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God. ‭48 Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil? ‭49 Jesus answered, I have not a devil; but I honour my Father, and ye do dishonour me. ‭50 And I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth.” [[John 8]]:43-50</Ref>
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| '''V42''' The Betrayer's heart was hardened like that of the Pharaoh and played a part in the plan of God so that the people "might be saved".<Ref name="mightsav">{{mightsav}}</Ref>
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| '''V62''' ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν '''Ἐγώ εἰμι''' ὁ da iesous epen '''ego eami''' But Jesus said, '''[[I am]] I'''.
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| Are you going the way of [[Rome vs US|Rome]], [[Nimrod]], [[Pharaoh]], and [[Caesar]] which was and is the way of [[Herod]] and the [[unrighteous mammon]] like the [[Great Society]] and the [[New Deal]]?
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| Will you [[Repent]] and [[seek]] the [[kingdom of God]] and [[the way]] of the [[Corban of Christ]] and His [[righteousness]]?
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| Do you understand the [[altars]] of [[clay and stone]]?
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== The plot postponed ==

[1] After two days was [the feast of] the [[passover]], and of un[[leaven]]ed bread: and the chief [[priests]] and the [[scribe]]s sought how they might take him by craft, and put [him] to death.

[2] But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar of the people.

== The house in Bethany ==

[3] And being in Bethany in the house of [[Simon the leper]], as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster<Ref name="alabastron">{{211}}</Ref> box of ointment of spikenard<Ref name="alabastaj">{{alabastaj}}</Ref><Ref name="alabastaj">{{alabastaj}}</Ref> very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head.

=== The waste of the greedy ===

[4] And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made?

[5] For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her.

[6] And Jesus said, '''Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me.'''

[7] '''For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always.'''

[8] '''She hath done what she could: she is come aforehand to anoint my body to the burying.'''

[9] '''Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, this also that she hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her.'''

== Betrayal begins ==

[10] And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went unto the chief priests, to betray him unto them.

[11] And when they heard it, they were glad, and promised to give him money. And he sought how he might conveniently betray him.

== The unleavened memorial ==

[12] And the first day of un[[leaven]]ed bread, when they killed the [[passover]], his [[disciples]] said unto him, Where wilt thou that we go and prepare that thou mayest eat the passover?

=== Who ===

[13] And he sendeth forth two of his disciples, and saith unto them, Go ye into the city, and there shall meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water: follow him.

=== Where ===

[14] And wheresoever he shall go in, say ye to the goodman of the house, The Master saith, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples?

[15] And he will shew you a large upper room furnished and prepared: there make ready for us.

=== When ===

[16] And his disciples went forth, and came into the city, and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover.

[17] And in the evening he cometh with the twelve.

=== Why ===

[18] And as they sat and did eat, Jesus said, Verily I say unto you, One of you which eateth with me shall betray me.

[19] And they began to be sorrowful, and to say unto him one by one, Is it I? and another said, Is it I?

[20] And he answered and said unto them, It is one of the twelve, that dippeth with me in the dish.

== Betrayl==

[21] The [[Son of man]] indeed goeth, as it is written of him: but woe to that man by whom the [[Son of man]] is betrayed! good were it for that man if he had never been born.<Ref >“‭25 Then Judas, which betrayed him, answered and said, Master, is it I? He said unto him, Thou hast said.” [[Matthew 26]]:25</Ref>

== My body and blood ==

[22] And as they did eat, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and brake it, and gave to them, and said, '''Take, eat: this is my body.'''

[23] And he took the cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them: and they all drank of it.

[24] And he said unto them, '''This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many.'''

==Eat in the kingdom==

[25] Verily I say unto you, '''I will drink no more of the fruit of the vine, until that day that I drink it new in the kingdom of God.<Ref name="dideat">{{dideat}}</Ref>

== Sung hymn ==

[26] And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives.

== A stumblingblock ==

[27] And Jesus saith unto them, '''All ye shall be offended<Ref name="skandalizo">{{4624}}</Ref> because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered.

[28] '''But after that I am risen, I will go before you into Galilee.

[29] But Peter said unto him, Although all shall be offended, yet will not I.

=== Cock crows ===

[30] And Jesus saith unto him, '''Verily I say unto thee, That this day, even in this night, before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice.'''

[31] But he spake the more vehemently, ''If I should die with thee, I will not deny thee in any wise.'' Likewise also said they all.

== Place to pray ==

[32] And they came to a place which was named Gethsemane: and he saith to his disciples, '''Sit ye here, while I shall [[pray]].'''

=== Takes three ===

[33] And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be sore amazed<Ref name="ekthambeo'">{{1568}}</Ref>, and to be very heavy;

=== Sorrowful watch ===

[34] And saith unto them, '''My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry ye here, and [[watch]].'''

[35] And he went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and [[pray|prayed]] that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him.

[36] And he said, '''Abba, [[Father]], all things are possible unto thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt.'''

=== Failed to watch ===

[37] And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, '''Simon, sleepest thou? couldest not thou [[watch]] one hour?'''

[38] '''[[Watch]]<Ref name="watchpra">{{watchpra}}</Ref> ye and [[pray]]<Ref name="seekstrive">{{seekstrive}}</Ref>, lest ye enter into [[Temptations|temptation]]. The spirit truly is ready, but the [[flesh]] is weak.'''

=== Return to pray ===

[39] And again he went away, and [[pray]]ed, and spake the same words([[logos]]).

=== Failed without excuse ===

[40] And when he returned, he found them asleep again, (for their eyes were heavy,) neither wist they what to answer him.

=== Sleep on ===

[41] And he cometh the third time, and saith unto them, '''Sleep on now, and take your rest: it is enough, the hour is come; behold, the [[Son of man]] is betrayed into the hands of sinners.'''

== Betrayer comes ==

[42] '''Rise up, let us go; lo, he that betrayeth me is at hand.'''

[43] And immediately, while he yet spake, cometh Judas, one of the twelve, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.

[44] And he that betrayed him had given them a token, saying, '''Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he; take him, and lead him away safely.'''

[45] And as soon as he was come, he goeth straightway to him, and saith, '''Master, master'''; and kissed him.

[46] And they laid their hands on him, and took him.

== Sword does smite ==

[47] And one of them that stood by drew a sword, and smote a servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear.

[48] And Jesus answered and said unto them, '''Are ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and with staves to take me?'''

[49] '''I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and ye took me not: but the scriptures must be fulfilled.'''

== Forsook and fled==

[50] And they all forsook him, and fled.

[51] And there followed him a certain <Ref name="planao">{{4105}}</Ref> man, having a linen cloth cast about his naked body; and the young men laid hold on him:

[52] And he left the linen cloth, and fled from them naked.

=== Led Jesus away ===

[53] And they led Jesus away to the high priest: and with him were assembled all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes.

== Peter followed ==

[54] And Peter followed him afar off, even into the palace of the high priest:

=== Witnesses ===

[56] For many bare false witness against him, but their witness agreed not together.

[57] And there arose certain, and bare false witness against him, saying,

[58] '''We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands.'''<Ref name="nohands">{{nohands}}</Ref>

[59] But neither so did their witness agree together.

== Answerest ==

[60] And the high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, saying, '''thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee?'''

[61] But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, and said unto him, Art thou the [[Christ]], the Son of the Blessed?

[62] And Jesus said, '''I am: and ye shall see the [[Son of man]] sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.'''<Ref>[[Mark 14]]:62 was said to [[Caiaphas]]. I assume Jesus did not lie and his coming was seen by Caiaphas. There is evidence Caiaphas repented, became a Christian and was executed. Or I should say martyred. There is reason to believe he was alive at the fall of Jerusalem. There are reports of men in the clouds at it's destruction. There is no "second" coming mentioned in scripture. This would match the statement in [[Mark 13]]:29-31, consernings the claim that "within the generation he will return", </Ref>

=== The high priest rent ===

[63] Then the high priest rent his clothes, and saith, '''What need we any further witnesses?'''

[64] Ye have heard the [[blasphemy]]: what think ye? And they all condemned him to be guilty of death.

[65] And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say unto him, Prophesy: and the servants did strike him with the palms of their hands.

== Peter Denies ==

[66] And as Peter was beneath in the palace, there cometh one of the maids of the high priest:

[67] And when she saw Peter warming himself, she looked upon him, and said, And thou also wast with [[Jesus]] of [[Nazareth]].

[68] But he denied, saying, I know not, neither understand I what thou sayest. And he went out into the porch; and the cock crew.

[69] And a maid saw him again, and began to say to them that stood by, This is one of them.

[70] And he denied it again. And a little after, they that stood by said again to Peter, Surely thou art one of them: for thou art a Galilaean, and thy speech agreeth thereto.

[71] But he began to curse and to swear, saying, I know not this man of whom ye speak.

[72] And the second time the cock crew. And Peter called to mind the word that Jesus said unto him, Before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice. And when he thought thereon, he wept. 
 
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| '''Betrayed''' Christ new the sacrifice he was going to have to make. Do you?
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| '''The plot''' Why did they feel the need to kill him? [[Mark 14]]:1 "After two days was [the feast of] the [[passover]], and of un[[leaven]]ed bread: and the chief [[priests]] and the [[scribe]]s sought how they might take him by craft, and put [him] to death. ..." What was the driving force behind their efforts? Understanding the story of the [[moneychangers]] (following the money) and the system of ''[[Corban]] which made the word of God to none effect'' should clarify why there was such a conflict. Their [[religion]] had become the [[legal charity]] of [[Herod]] and the [[Pharisees]] rather than the [[pure Religion]] of [[fervent charity]] taught by [[Moses]], the [[prophets]], [[John the Baptist]], [[Jesus]], and [[apostles]]. Christ opposed the [[benefactors|dependence of the people]] on these [[benefits]] because these [[covetous practices]] will always [[degenerate]] the people like in the days of [[Sodom]]. Christ was teaching [[the way]] of [[righteousness]] but they were teaching the way of [[unrighteous mammon]] which offers [[wages of unrighteousness]] was full of [[leaven]] but a [[snare]].
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| '''V4''' they might take Jesus by ''subtilty''<Ref name="dolos">{{1388}}</Ref> craft, deceit, guile
: [[Mark 7]]: 21 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, [[fornication]]s, murders,22 Thefts, [[covet]]ousness, wickedness, deceit <1388>, [[lasciviousness]], an evil eye, [[blasphemy]], [[pride]], [[foolish]]ness:23 All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.
: [[Matthew 15]]:18 But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man. 19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies: 20 These are [the things] which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.
: Galatians 5:19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are [these]; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, 5:20 [[Idolatry]], ''[[witchcraft]]'', hatred, variance, emulations, [[wrath]], strife, seditions, heresies, 21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told [you] in time past, that they which do such things shall [[Not inherit the kingdom|not inherit]] the [[kingdom of God]].
: [[1 Corinthians 5]]:7 ¶ Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are un[[leaven]]ed. For even Christ our [[passover]] is sacrificed for us: 8 Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old [[leaven]], neither with the [[leaven]] of malice and [[wicked]]ness; but with the un[[leaven]]ed bread of sincerity and truth.9 ¶ I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators: 10 Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this [[World|world]], or with the [[covetous]], or [[extortion]]ers, or with [[idolatry|idolaters]]; for then must ye needs go out of the [[World|world]]. 11 But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a [[fornicator]], or [[covetous]], or an [[idolater]], or a railer, or a drunkard, or an [[extortion]]er; '''with such an one no not to eat.'''"
: [[1 Corinthians 6]]:9 ¶ "Know ye not that the [[unrighteous]] shall [[not inherit the kingdom]] of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor [[idolatry|idolaters]], nor [[adultery|adulterers]], nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, 10 Nor thieves <Ref>{{2812}}</Ref>, nor [[covet]]ous <Ref>{{4123}}</Ref>, nor drunkards <Ref>{{3183}}</Ref>, nor revilers <Ref>{{3060}}</Ref>, nor [[extortion]]ers <Ref>{{727}}</Ref>, '''shall [[Not inherit the kingdom|inherit]] the [[Kingdom of God|kingdom of God]].''' 11 And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God."
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| '''Anointing''' To be the [[Christ]] he had to be [[anoint]]ed.
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| [[Luke 7]]:36 "And one of the '''Pharisees''' desired him that he would eat with him. And he went into the Pharisee’s house, and sat down to meat. 37 And, behold, a '''woman in the city'''<Ref name="polis">{{4172}}</Ref>, which '''was a sinner'''<Ref name="hamartolos">{{268}}</Ref>, when she knew that [Jesus] sat at meat in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster box of ointment, 38 And stood at his feet behind [him] weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe [them] with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed [them] with the ointment. 39 Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw [it], he spake within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman [this is] that toucheth him: for she is a '''sinner'''<Ref name="hamartolos">{{268}}</Ref>. 40 And Jesus answering said unto him, '''Simon, I have somewhat to say unto thee.''' And he saith, Master, say on. 41 '''There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty. 42 And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most?'''
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| Why by this woman? '''Who was she?''' [[John 12]]:3 "Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment."
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| '''A memorial''' What is the significance of this? Was it fulfilling prophesy or was it prophesying or both?
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| '''The price''' Betrayed for a price. What is your price? Would you betray your neighbor for a price?
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| '''Keep the passover''' Jesus would keep the [[passover]] but the [[Pharisees]] would not because their borders were full of [[leaven]]. What and where is that [[Leaven]]?
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| V18 '''Go into the city to such a man,<Ref name="pitcher">[[Luke 22]]:10 "And he said unto them, Behold, when ye are entered into the city, there shall a man meet you, bearing a pitcher of water; follow him into the house where he entereth in."</Ref> and say unto him,'''
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| '''Sharing with Traitors''' Can you [[love]] your enemy even though his heart is willing to betray you? Do you trust [[The Way]] and judgement of God? Most people cannot assemble with their neighbor without dividing them with [[ideology|ideologies]] and the [[doctrines of men]]. Will you gather in [[love]] and [[sacrifice]] like [[Christ]]? Will you recieve the Anointing of his [[Holy Spirit]]?
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| The [[Eucharist]] What is the [[Eucharist]]? Have we replaced the [[Thanksgiving]] of Christ with the rituals of blind<Ref name="Blindlead'">{{Blindlead}}</Ref> [[Ideology|ideologues]]?
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| '''Sung an hymn''' One song? [[Worship]] is not about singing but doing the will of the [[Father]]. What is the [[Song of the Lamb]]?
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| '''O my [[Father]]''' Again most people looked to the power of the State to be their [[Nimrod|mighty provider]], not a universal Creator who established its laws and the precept of [[righteousness]]. Roman and Greeks had [[Temples]] but they were all state supported by [[benefactors]] who did provide for the needy of society but [[exercise authority]] through [[covetous practices]]?
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| '''One hour''' Luke 12:37 "Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them. 38 And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants. 46 The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers."
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| '''Second hour''' they were "asleep again... And he left them, and ... the third time, saying the same words.<Ref name="logos">{{3056}}</Ref>
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: [[Luke 22]]:52 Then Jesus said unto the chief priests, and captains of the temple, and the elders, which were come to him, Be ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and staves?
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== Betrayed ==

[1] And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings<Ref name="logos">{{3056}}</Ref>, he said unto his disciples,

[2] '''Ye know that after two days is the feast of the [[passover]], and the [[Son of man]] is betrayed to be crucified.'''

== The plot ==

[3] Then assembled together the chief [[priests]], and the [[scribe]]s, and the [[elders]] of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called [[Caiaphas]],

[4] And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him.

[5] ‭‭But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people.‭

== Anointing ==

[6] ‭Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of [[Simon the leper]],‭

‭[7] There came unto him a woman having an alabaster<Ref name="alabastron">{{211}}</Ref><Ref name="alabastaj">{{alabastaj}}</Ref> box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at meat.‭

[8] But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste?

[9] For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.

== A memorial ==

[10] When Jesus understood it, he said unto them, '''Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me.'''

[11] '''For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.'''

[12] '''For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial.'''

[13] '''Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her.'''

== The price ==

[14] Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests,

[15] And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.

[16] And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him.

== Keep the passover ==

[17] Now the first day of the feast of un[[leaven]]ed bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the passover?

[18] And he said, '''Go into the city to such a man,<Ref name="pitcher">[[Luke 22]]:10 "And he said unto them, Behold, when ye are entered into the city, there shall a man meet you, bearing a pitcher of water; follow him into the house where he entereth in."</Ref> and say unto him, The Master saith, My time is at hand; I will keep the [[passover]] at thy house with my disciples.'''

[19] And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed them; and they made ready the passover.

[20] Now when the even was come, he sat down with the twelve.

=== Sharing with Traitors ===

[21] And as they did eat, he said, '''Verily I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me.'''

[22] And they were exceeding sorrowful, and began every one of them to say unto him, Lord, is it I?

[23] And he answered and said, '''He that dippeth his hand with me in the dish, the same shall betray me.'''

[24] '''The [[Son of man]] goeth as it is written of him: but woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it had been good for that man if he had not been born.'''

[25] Then Judas, which betrayed him, answered and said, Master, is it I? He said unto him, '''Thou hast said.'''

=== The [[Eucharist]] ===

[26] And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, '''Take, eat; this is my body.'''

[27] And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, '''Drink ye all of it;'''

[28] '''For this is my [[blood]] of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.'''

[29] '''But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you<Ref name="dideat">{{Template:Dideat}}</Ref> in my [[Father]]'s kingdom.'''<Ref name="kingdomnow">{{kingdomnow}}</Ref><Ref name="dideat">{{dideat}}</Ref>

=== Sung an hymn ===

[30] And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives.

[31] Then saith Jesus unto them, '''All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad.'''

[32] '''But after I am risen again, I will go before you into Galilee.'''

== Peter protests ==

[33] Peter answered and said unto him, '''Though all men shall be offended because of thee, yet will I never be offended.'''

[34] Jesus said unto him, '''Verily I say unto thee, That this night, before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.'''

[35] Peter said unto him, Though I should die with thee, yet will I not deny thee. Likewise also said all the disciples.

== Gethsemane ==

[36] Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, '''Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder.'''

[37] And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy.

[38] Then saith he unto them, '''My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch<Ref name="gregoreuo">{{1127}}</Ref> with me.'''

=== O my Father ===

[39] And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, '''O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.'''

=== One hour ===

[40] And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, '''What, could ye not watch<Ref name="gregoreuo">{{1127}}</Ref> with me one hour?'''

[41] '''Watch<Ref name="gregoreuo">{{1127}}</Ref> and [[pray]],<Ref name="watchpra">{{watchpra}}</Ref><Ref name="seekstrive">{{seekstrive}}</Ref> that ye enter not into [[temptation]]: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.'''

=== Second hour ===

[42] He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, '''O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done.'''

[43] And he came and found them asleep again: for their eyes were heavy.

=== Third hour ===

[44] And he left them, and went away again, and prayed the third time, saying the same words.<Ref name="logos">{{3056}}</Ref>

[45] Then cometh he to his disciples, and saith unto them, '''Sleep on now, and take your rest: behold, the hour is at hand, and the [[Son of man]] is betrayed into the hands of sinners.<Ref name="hamartolos">{{268}}</Ref>'''

=== The kiss of the betrayer ===

[46] '''Rise, let us be going: behold, he is at hand that doth betray me.'''

[47] And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and elders of the people.

[48] Now he that betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he: hold him fast.

[49] And forthwith he came to Jesus, and said, Hail, master; and kissed him.

[50] And Jesus said unto him, '''Friend, wherefore art thou come?''' Then came they, and laid hands on Jesus, and took him.

=== The sword ===

[51] And, behold, one of them which were with Jesus stretched out his hand, and drew his sword, and struck a servant of the high priest's, and smote off his ear.<Ref name="2Swords">{{2Swords}}</Ref>

[52] Then said Jesus unto him, '''Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.'''

[53] '''Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?'''

[54] '''But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?'''

=== As a thief ===

[55] In that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes, '''Are ye come out as against a thief with swords and staves for to take me? I sat daily with you teaching in the temple, and ye laid no hold on me.'''

[56] But all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled.

[57] And they that had laid hold on Jesus led him away to [[Caiaphas]] the high priest, where the [[scribes]] and the [[elders]] were assembled.

=== Peter followed ===

[58] But Peter followed him afar off unto the high priest's palace, and went in, and sat with the servants, to see the end.

=== false witness ===

[59] Now the chief priests, and [[elders]], and all the council,<Ref name="sanhedrin70">{{sanhedrin70}}</Ref> sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;

[60] But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found they none. At the last came two false witnesses,

[61] And said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.

[62] And the high priest arose, and said unto him, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee?

[63] But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the [[Christ]], the [[Son of God]].

=== Speaks to Caiaphas ===

[64] Jesus saith unto him, '''Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the [[Son of man]] sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.'''<Ref name="dan7">[[Daniel 7]]:13 I saw in the night visions, and, behold, [one] like the [[Son of man]] came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near(הַקְרְבֽוּהִי׃ [[07127|haqrəḇūhî Hey'''KufReishBeit'''VavHeyYod]].) before him(וּקְדָמ֖וֹהִי [[06925|ūqəḏāmōwhî Vav'''KufDelatMem'''VavHeyYod]]). 14 And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion [is] an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom [that] which shall not be destroyed.</Ref>

[65] Then '''the high priest rent his clothes''', saying, ''He hath spoken blasphemy; what further need have we of witnesses? behold, now ye have heard his [[blasphemy]].''

=== The Verdict ===

[66] What think ye? They answered and said, He is guilty of death.

[67] Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and others smote him with the palms of their hands,

[68] Saying, Prophesy unto us, thou Christ, Who is he that smote thee?

== The denial by Peter ==

[69] Now Peter sat without in the palace: and a damsel came unto him, saying, Thou also wast with Jesus of Galilee.

[70] But he denied before them all, saying, I know not what thou sayest.

[71] And when he was gone out into the porch, another maid saw him, and said unto them that were there, This fellow was also with Jesus of [[Nazareth]].

[72] And again he denied with an oath, I do not know the man.

[73] And after a while came unto him they that stood by, and said to Peter, Surely thou also art one of them; for thy speech bewrayeth thee.

[74] Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the man. And immediately the cock crew.

[75] And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, which said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And he went out, and wept bitterly. 
 
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Samuel Adams, Boston Gazette, October 5, 1772:

* “It is in the Interest of Tyrants to reduce the People to Ignorance and Vice. For they cannot live in any Country where Virtue and Knowledge prevail. The Religion and public Liberty of a People are intimately connected; their Interests are interwoven, they cannot subsist separately; and therefore they rise and fall together. For this Reason it is always observable, that those who are combined to destroy the People’s Liberties, practice every Art to poison their Morals.”

The greatest enemy of "Virtue and Knowledge" is the [[dainties]] from the [[tables]] of [[welfare]] offered by [[rulers]] which David and Paul said were a [[snare|snare and a trap]].

Such systems of [[legal charity]] take away the sight of the people as well as their [[liberty]].

The greater the [[appetite]] the ore they are [[ruin|ruined]].

: '''“The [[Abomination of desolation|real destroyers]] of the liberties of the people is [[FDR|he who spreads]] among them [[legal charity|bounties]], [[dainties|donations]], and [[benefits]].”''' [[Plutarch]]

Those claiming to believe the Bible, or Christ should have known "He that is [[greed]]y of [[gain]] troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live." [[Proverbs 15]]:27
* "And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth." [[Luke 12]]:15

This undoutedly why were told:

* '''"When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently [[dainties|what [is] before thee]]:"''' [[Proverbs 23]]:1
To say nothing about Peter's [[warnings]] about [[covetous practices]] and Jesus' command about [[benefactors]] who [[exercise authority]].<Ref name="exauth">{{exauth}}</Ref>

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Many people like to say that the United States is not a [[Democracy]] but a Constitutional [[Republic]] but few of the people actually take an objective look at this idea and fewer understand the personal responsibilities you must accept to manage to maintain a pure [[Republic]] and what that really means.

The construction of the United States federal government by the terms of the constitution and other subsequent acts is that of an indirect [[democracy]]. The president has all the power of the Imperial Emperors of [[Rome]]. That President is elected by an electoral college and his office has grown exponentially in power because the people have become increasingly dependant upon the State as their [[conscripted fathers]].

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Heal our land

2024-11-17T22:18:25Z

Mnitsan:

== HEAL OUR LAND ==

by Brother Gregory Williams
Originally December 19, 2010
NewsWithViews.com

In the Old Testament God promises to heal the land of Israel if they will turn from their wicked ways.[1]

What were those wicked[2] ways? Were they the wicked ways of those who followed after Nimrod?[3] Were they the wicked ways when the voice of the people[4] went against the advice of Samuel and rejected God[5] by electing Saul? Were they the wicked ways of Herod and the Pharisees in Judea when they were told to repent by Jesus Christ? Do men continuously turn to ways that are contrary to the way of God and salvation? Have we strayed from that narrow way today?

“But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.” Revelation 2:6
What were the deeds of the “Nicolaitans”? Are they the wicked ways we are to turn from?

John the Baptist called the people to repentance which meant turn around and go another way. Was that because they were going a different way, a wicked way? The secret of the Nicolaitans is key to healing the land and returning to liberty under God in the world today, but the truth has not been without disputation.

Beda Venerabilis, a monk at the Northumbrian monastery in the 7th century said Nicolas allowed multiple spouses. This idea probably led to Thomas Aquinas of the 13th century suggesting the error concerned polygamy or having common wives. Eusebius (c.263 - 339) suggests that the sect of the Nicolaitans was short-lived which would have to be true if there ever was a particular group or sect going by that name. Some say the sect was named after “Nicolas the deacon”[6] or named after the bishop “Nicolas of Samaria” who was in the company of Simon Magus. It is true that Irenaeus, Epiphanius, and Theodoret mention the Nicolaitans but there is no clear evidence that it was a particular group headed by an heretic named Nicolas.

But earlier comments of [[Hippolytus]] of Rome (c 170 – c 236) and later Victorinus of Poetovio (writing in 270AD) suggest that the heresy involved the idea of “fornicators and eaters of things offered unto idols.” This is probably near the truth and may be one in the same thing.

Since it was the “deeds” and the “doctrines” of the Nicolaitans that we should be concerned with, we do not need to know who they were but what they were doing.

“Having eyes full of [[adultery]], and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children: Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam [the son] of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;” [[2 Peter 2]]:14-15
What are the covetous practices and wages of unrighteousness of Balaam? Peter states that through covetousness and feigned words the people will become merchandise.[7]

He also warns that men will promise you liberty but that you will be again entangled worse than before because you would turn from the righteous ways again.[8]

What was the connection between the doctrine and deeds of the Nicolaitans and Balaam? If anyone desires to "divorce Baal" they need to understand who or what he is. Balaam is from the Hebrew word Bal or Baal (leb and lb), meaning “lord” or “master”[9] and am references Hebrew word for “people.”[10]

It is an expression of superior rank over the people, which is contrary to the directive of Christ, the King, who came to set men free, and God's desire to rule us in our hearts and minds.

Baal is thought to be the ruler of the demons[11] and is considered to be another name for Beelzebub. Baal-hamon was the Ruler of Multitudes who sought dominion over all the things of the earth by becoming the ruler over men. Another name was Baal-berith who bound men with covenants, i.e., contracts. To be the ruler of contracts is to be the supreme judge of all contracts.

This is a governmental position and those who had the authority to be the “Ruling Judge” of contracts, agreements and disagreements were called “gods.”“'Ba-al' can refer to any god and even to human officials”[12] The gods of the Old Testament and the “gods many” of the New Testament spoken of by Paul were just that, human officials, magistrates and judges.[13]

These men, which by nature are no gods, obtained power over the people because the people made contracts[14] with them, often to obtain some sort of benefit.[15]

From [[Cain]] to Lemech, from [[Nimrod]] to [[Pharaoh]], from Caesar and the Pharisees, even to this modern time, men have sought to rule over their brothers by force. For that force to be legal there must be consent in the form of a contract whether implied, constructed or executed. These agreements[16] that were often with what the Bible calls unbelievers were like a marriage or covenant with these other gods many of men. Those who entered into those agreements, often through application for benefits[17] were considered fornicators or adulterers.

Balaam told the Moabites and Midianites, who surrounded Israel, that they could bring Israel down by getting them to sacrifice to idols[18] and to commit fornication.

The phrase “things offered unto idols” is derived from the Greek word eidolothuton (e-d??-??t??).[19] There does not seem to be any reference to eidolothuton being used anywhere else in Greek literature.[20] It appears the word was coined by Paul as a polemical term derived from the Greek words for sacrifice and gods. It appears to be “the negative counterpart to Corban.”[21]

In Mark, according to Jesus, the Corban of the Pharisees[22] made the word of God to none effect. But originally Corban was the contribution or sacrifice of the people in society to take care of the needy in their community.

It becomes evident that [[Nicolaitan]] and [[Balaam]] are two different word forms of the same idea when we come to the knowledge that Nike is the Greek word for “conqueror” with nikos meaning “victor” or “conquer”, and laos is a word that also means “people.” Both, Nicolaitan and [[Balaam]], include the idea of rank, lordship, and submission to an exercising authority by the people.

These words express the simple idea that authorities like Nimrod[23] of Babylon may obtain power over the people because the people apply to these men who call themselves benefactors but who also exercise authority one over the other. This power is not granted by God, but men are allowed by God to reject Him and give power over themselves to men, relinquishing rights by the consent and through the voice of the people.

This power to [[exercise authority]] often includes the “power” to judge or rule over men, but goes beyond the natural right to judge crimes of brutality and robbery. We are talking about systems where men force other men to bow and serve with their labor. Systems where men act as gods,[24] judging and making laws that men must pay homage, homage, giving fealty or allegiance.

[[Nicolaitan|Nicolaitans]] were not followers of a man but of a doctrine. They were the people “who were charged with holding the error of Balaam, casting a stumbling block before the church of God by upholding the liberty of eating things sacrificed to idols as well as committing fornication.” They were snared by their own appetite for benefits provided not at the expense of their leaders but at the expense of their neighbor. The people were devoured in the civic pot of their own flesh.[25]

The things sacrificed to idols were the welfare programs provided by and administered through the civic altars of those various governments. One could become eligible for those benefits by an application for membership. This application often included an agreement to serve and contribute regularly to those incorporated altars of the state. There usually was an oath required, under the penalty of the courts who administered those systems.

Both God’s Kingdom and the kingdoms of the world had their temples and their ministers (clerks, bureaucrats, clergy, or administrators) who managed the institutions or altars of contributions. Judea had its Corban and Rome had its Qorban. Both began as free will offerings and degenerated into compelled obligations of contract.

Distinguishing the Nicolaitan or Balaam system of lords and laity, master and subject, from the liturgical ministers and laity established by Moses, John the Baptist, Christ and His Church is fundamental once the mechanism is revealed. Some systems of faith and allegiance have a top-down administration that exercise authority one over the other, but the ministers of God turn the world right side up through a system that operates according to the perfect law of liberty by faith, hope and charity.

The error or stumbling block is to imagine that there is a God-given right to take from our neighbor through legal systems of social welfare. God hates these systems[26] which operate by force under the guise of charity, especially when they encourage the people to covet their neighbor's goods in a system that compels contributions under the pretense of social welfare. This socialistic sin of the Nico-Laity or the error of Bal-am stems back to the original error of mankind.

“Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.” Jude 1:11
This verse is explained with the following verse:

“These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds [they are] without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;” Jude 1:12
If we are to distinguish between the ways of Balaam and the Nicolaitan and the ways of Christ, and turn from our wicked ways and heal this land, “We must learn to distinguish between charity and socialism. Charity is good, socialism is evil. (Pr. 14:30, 31, 19:17) Charity is for the helpless poor while welfare makes the poor helpless. (Ga. 2:10)”[27]

“Liberty is not collective, it is personal. All liberty is individual liberty.”[28] You cannot secure liberty or happiness without virtue in the people and it is not virtue to covet your neighbor's goods.

Through social compact people entangle themselves as little more than human resources of the state.[29] Praying for the benefits of their civil feast their covetous practices produce the wages of unrighteousness and all are captured in the net of their own making, which is a foolish rejection of God.[30] “It is impossible to introduce into society a greater change and a greater evil than this: the conversion of the law into an instrument of plunder.”[31] “All socialism involves slavery”[32] " Redistribution is immoral... it allows one person to treat another as no more than a means...”[33] a human resource.

It is not loving your neighbor and God hates that. Like Cain, the people bludgeon their neighbor to satisfy their own lusts, wants and desires. The welfare state is the enemy of religion.[34] When pure religion[35] diminishes, socialism flourishes. “Socialism is the religion people get when they lose their religion.”[36]

Footnotes:

1. “If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.” 2 Chronicles 7:14
2. 07451 er ra` her ra`ah from 07489; AV-evil 442, wickedness 59, wicked 25, mischief 21, hurt 20, bad 13, trouble 10, sore 9, affliction 6, ill 5, adversity 4, favoured 3, harm 3, naught 3, noisome 2, grievous 2, sad 2, misc 34; 663 adj. 1) bad, evil. n m 2) evil, distress, misery, injury, calamity 2a) evil, distress, adversity. n f 3) evil, misery, distress, injury.
3. Nimrod the Hunter. Nimrod to Now, Video Series
4. “Voice of the People”
5. 1 Samuel 8:7
6. Hippolytus of Rome c. 170 – c. 236, The Refutation of All Heresies or Philosophumena., VII, chapt. xxiv.
2 Peter 2:3
7. 2 Peter 2:3
8. 2 Peter 2:19-20, Galatians 5:1
9. leb These three letters Beit, Ayin and Lamed can be translated man, man given, husband or captain but always in the sense of owner, lord, master, even dominion. If you add letters it becomes Lord of the covenants or fortune or if you add a Heh it becomes mistress, female owner as a sorceress.
10. 05971 Me `am, people 1836, nation 17... 1) nation, people
11. Matthew 12:24, Mark 3:22, Luke 11:15
12. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ba'al
13. There are gods many.
14. Exodus 23:32 “... make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.”
15. The Covenants of the gods.
16. 2 Corinthians 6:16
17. Job 18:5...10, Psalms 69:22, Proverbs 1:10...19; 23:1...6, Romans 11:9
18. Acts 15:29, 21:25, 1 Corinthians 8:1...10;10:19...28, Revelation 2:14...20
19. 1494 eidwloyuton eidolothuton AV-things offered unto idols 4, things offered in sacrifice to idols 3, things sacrificed unto idols 2, meats offered to idols 1; 10 1) sacrificed to idols... 1a) it was either eaten at the feasts or sold in the market
20. There is some question about its use in 4 Maccabees 5:2 and its appearance in Sibylline Oracles 2:96 seems to be the result of its use in Acts.
21. Tyndale Bulletin 44.2 (1993) 237- 254. Not so Idle thoughts about Eidolouthuton. By Ben Witherington III
22. The Corban of the Pharisees
23. Nimrod the Hunter.
24. There are gods many.
25, “...This city shall not be your caldron, neither shall ye be the flesh in the midst thereof; but I will judge you in the border of Israel...” Eze. 11:3, 11. Exodus 16:3; Proverbs 1:10, 33; Micah 3:1, 4; Zechariah 14:21
26, The Nicolaitan who God hates covet their neighbor's goods
27, Evangelical Bible College of Western Australia Commentary. Revelation by Dr Peter Mose [Book 97-2] July 2004
28, John Calvin Coolidge, Jr., 1872 – 1933, 30th President of the United States.
29, 2 Peter 2:3 “And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.”
30, Ex. 20:17, 1 Sa. 8; 13:13, Ro. 7:7, 13:9, Col. 3:5, Heb. 13:5, 2 Pe. 2:3-14
31, Frederic Bastiat, 1801 – 1850, French theorist, political economist.
32, Herbert Spencer, 1820 – 1903, an English philosopher.
33, The Kantian ethic of capitalism. Harold B. Jones, Jr.
34, State Welfare Spending and Religiosity, A Cross National Analysis by Anthony Gill and Erik Lundsgaarde.
35, Pure Religion
36, Richard John Neuhaus, 1936 – 2009, prominent American clergyman.

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Gospel of Luke

2024-11-17T22:15:49Z

Mnitsan:

The Gospel of Luke takes us from the birth and ministry of Jesus to His death and resurrection and finally the ascension of Jesus.

The author seems to couple this gospel account together with the [[Acts of the Apostles]] to make up this two-volume work called Luke–Acts.

Together they account for almost a quarter of the New Testament giving us a picture of the history of first-century Church and Christianity from the ministry of [[John the Baptist]] to the end of Acts where "some believed the things which were spoken, and some believed not." ‭Some "departed" as the "[[Holy Ghost]]" can only be heard and understood, seen and perceived by those people whose hearts have not been "waxed gross", 'ears dulled' and 'eyes closed' that they should 'be converted and healed' both Gentiles and Jews. [[Acts 28]]:24-30.

No Gospel stood alone but were read heard and scene by the living witnesses of [[Repentance|repentant]] Christian people who [[turn away|turned away]] from the [[Covetous practices|covetous practice]] and [[idolatry]] so common in the [[temples]] of [[Paganism]].

Luke very much follows Mark with some additions and nuance as it followed His ministry, sermons, suffering, death, and resurrection.

While it is clearly dependent upon what is called the ''Q gospels'' with some unique information.

Like other authors the original text was anonymous but eventually attributed to Luke who was a companion of Paul despite what some hold up as contradictions assumed to be observed in his Epistles and in Luke's account of Acts.

The apparent contradictions have been attributed to many factors like the length of time they spent together, the time between the events and their recording of them and some revision that may have taken place.

Another factor may be the result of the influence of an apostate form of Christiany that brought in [[Damnable heresies]] skewing both gospels and epistles with the false or incomplete [[doctrines of men]].

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Embryonic republics

2024-11-17T22:14:49Z

Mnitsan:

Yes, the [[Kingdom of God]] was a system of faith which required hope and charity in love, not force.<Ref>Matthew 11:12 “And from the days of [[John the Baptist]] until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.” </Ref> In early Israel, as it was in the early Church, your tithing and free will offerings were given as a voluntary choice by individuals of every congregation. That contribution was given according to the service of their personal minister by choice, not by dictates of statutes or the imposed penalties of men.<Ref>[[Numbers 7]]:5 "Take [it] of them, that they may be to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; and thou shalt give them unto the Levites, to every man according to his service." </Ref>

: “Some scholars regard the ancient confederation of Hebrew tribes that endured in Palestine from the 15th century BC until a monarchy was established about 1020 BC as an [[Embryonic republic|embryonic republic]]. That would make the ancient Israelite commonwealth the earliest republic in history....”<Ref>“[[Republic]],” Microsoft ® Encarta. © 1994 Ms. Corp. and F & W Corp.</Ref>

Likewise, “The churches in New England were so many nurseries of freemen, training them in the principles of self-government and accustoming them to the feeling of independence. In these petty organizations were developed, in practice, the principles of individual and national freedom. Each church was a republic in embryo. The fiction became a fact, the abstraction a reality...”<Ref> Lives of Issac Heath and John Bowles, Elders of the Church and of John Eliot, Jr., preacher in the mid 1600’, written by J, Wingate Thorton. 1850 </Ref> In Gibbon’s Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, he praised “the union and discipline of the Christian republic.” He also pointed out that “it gradually formed an independent and increasing state in the heart of the Roman Empire.”<Ref> Rousseau and Revolution, Will et Ariel Durant p.801. fn 83 Heiseler, 85. </Ref>

Both Israel and the early Church were called Republics by historians because of the titular nature of its leaders who served the people and the needs of society without exercising authority one over the other. The people retained their God given right of choice,<Ref> Judges 17:6 “In those days [there was] no king in Israel, [but] every man did [that which was] right in his own eyes.”</Ref> their original God given liberty,<Ref>Thy Kingdom Comes24 http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/THL/tableofcontents.php </Ref> because they exercised their responsibility to provide the service of government through faith, hope and community charity. Any government whose leaders are no longer titular is no longer a Republic.<Ref>Chapter 7. of the book The Covenants of the gods [[Republic]] vs [[Democracy]] http://www.hisholychurch.org/study/gods/cog7rvd.php Audio http://keysofthekingdom.info/COG-07.mp3 </Ref>

The [[Church in the Wilderness]] were the [[called out]] [[Levites]] who served the ''tents of the people'' much like the [[early Church]] [[appoint]]ed by [[Jesus]] who was the [[Christ]]. The people provided [[Breeches]] for these ancient ministers of a nation without rulers - [[no king]]. Those [[breeches]] of the [[Levites]] were symbolic of a covering which made them [[titular]] leaders of one of the earliest pure [[Republic|republics]] in recorded history.

How their [[government]] operated in a practical way will give you a better understanding of the [[Church]] and the [[Kingdom of God]] and His [[righteousness]].

As we have said, among the [[Levites]] there was a ''unique political structure with corporate elements to the formation of its society''. [[Early Israel]] was classified in history as a [[Viable republic|Republic]].

Were there parallels between the ''[[Church in the wilderness|Church in the Wilderness]]'' and the [[Church]] ''[[called out]]'' and [[appoint]]ed by Christ to serve the people?

Jesus called [[His Church and His Congregations Q and A|His Church]] to be ''[[one form of government]]'' that did not Church legally defined, so that His followers would and could be free souls under God.

Edward Gibbons in his ''Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'' identified the [[early Church]] as a "[[Viable republic|viable Republic]]" and early American churches were called "[[embryonic republics]]" by historians.

The [[Corban]] of that [[early Church]] was not like the [[Corban]] of the [[Pharisees]]. Nor is it like the [[Corban]] of the [[Modern Christian]] who depend far more on the [[Benefactors]] who [[exercise authority]] one over the other than upon ministers an [[congregations]] who live by [[faith]], [[hope]] and [[charity]] through the [[perfect law of liberty]].

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Dead Sea scroll

2024-11-17T22:14:07Z

Mnitsan:

== Dead Sea Scrolls ==

The [[Dead Sea scroll]]s, were discovered between 1946 and 1956 in the. They are scene as ancient Jewish manuscripts from the Second Temple period written by [[Essenes]] from Qumran.

== 4QMMT ==

4QMMT<Ref name="4QMMT">The preliminary text was published as 4QMishnique but finally designated as Miqsat Ma’ase ha-Torah or 4QMMT, translated "Some Precepts of the Torah" or "Some Rulings Pertaining to the Torah"</Ref> was composed of small pieces of parchment script that were numbered from 4Q394 to 4Q399 with 4Q398 on Papyrus.

These fragments were painstakingly pieced together and translated and then interpreted by scholars with a wide variety of results.

Proffessor Emeritus John Strugnell of the Harvard Divinity School and Elisha Qimron a professor in the Department of Hebrew Language at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, in Israel worked on the puzzle of these fragments which were kept almost secret fore decades.

Hershel Shanks, of the Biblical Archaeology Society, decided to publish what he thought should be made available to hundreds of scholars since the piecing of fragments would create scientific debate and was to valuable tu public academia to exclude since most of the work could be done from detailed photos.

Elisha Qimron would eventually sued the publishers of the 4QMMT because 40% of the published text was his intellectual property since it was fabricated by his attempt to fill in the gaps present in the fragmented manuscripts.

===To be saved ===

John Strugnell and Elisha Qimron saw the text as a part of the Pauline theology. This has spaund a heated religious debate as to the power and potential questions yet to be answered.

'''To be saved''' by the works of the law '''or not to be saved.'''

By keeping the discovery hidden from the academic careers of hundreds of scholars the would stir a more heated and controversially ďebated topics and conclusions.

Robert Eisenman would eventually make use of the ''Facsimile Edition of the Dead Sea Scrolls'', published by the Biblical Archaeology Society but would come to a drastically different interpritation.

Eisenman sees the 4QMMT (Halakhic Letter) <Ref name="4QMMT">The preliminary text was published as 4QMishnique but finally designated as Miqsat Ma’ase ha-Torah or 4QMMT, translated "Some Precepts of the Torah" or "Some Rulings Pertaining to the Torah"</Ref> from Cave 4 of the Quamran as a parallel to the teachings of James of what some call the ''Ebionite Jesus movement''.

He identifies the ''Teacher of righteousness'' as ''[[James|James the Just]]'' and Paul as the false teacher or "wicked priest" or''spouter of lies'' who says we are to ''love our enemy''.

Those who remained in the [[Dead Sea scroll]] community saw this false teacher as an enemy.

Other place the scrolls over a hundred years earlier. Others enterpret the ''Teacher of righteousness'' as [[John the Baptist]] and Jesus as the false teacher.

Eisenman depends on the recognitions of [[Clement|Clementine]] for his analysis. He sees [[Clement]] as the second or third Pope after Peter who supposedly did not give a good account of Paul who is only identified as the ''hostile enemy'' compared to James the Just.

Proffessor Charlesworth sees Paul as removing the 600+ laws of the [[Torah]] from the Ebionite Jesus movement.

It should be clear that Jesus and Paul as well as Peter and James only removed the false teachings of the [[Sadducees]], [[Pharisees]], and [[Zealots]] about the nature of the [[statutes]] of [[Moses]].

Did the [[statutes]] require [[Circumcise|circumcision]] of the flesh or the ''heart'', no [[leaven]] of yeast or of ''oppression''? Did Jesus come to free the land that men walk on or free the men who walk upon the land? Didn't Jesus say that all laws hinge on two? Were the 613 [[statutes]] merely written [[judgements]] jumpstarting a list of [[Precedent|precedents]] for the people's courts set up by Moses.

== The rush to hide the scrolls ==

The insurrection brought Roman troops to the Dead Sea area.

While under the emperor's patronage, Josephus wrote that after the Roman Legio X Fretensis, accompanied by [[Vespian|Vespasian]], destroyed Jericho on 21 June 68, Vespasian took a group of Jews who could not swim (possibly Essenes from Qumran), fettered them, and threw them into the Dead Sea to test the sea's legendary buoyancy. Indeed, the victims bobbed up to the surface after being thrown in the water from the boats.

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Book of Enoch

2024-11-17T22:12:18Z

Mnitsan:

== Chapter 1 ==
The Words of the Blessing of Enoch
1 The words of the blessing of Enoch, wherewith he blessed the elect and
righteous, who will be living in the days of tribulation, when all the wicked and
godless are to be removed.
2 And Enoch, a righteous man whose eyes were opened by God took up his
parable and said, "I saw the vision of the Holy One in the heavens, which the
angels showed me, and from them I heard everything, and from them I
understood as I saw, but not for this generation, but for a remote one which is for
to come."
3 Concerning the elect I said, and took up my parable concerning them: "The
Holy Great One will come forth from His dwelling,
4 And the eternal God will tread upon the earth, even on Mount Sinai and will
appear in the strength of His might from the heaven of heavens.
5 And all shall be smitten with fear and the Watchers shall quake, and great fear
and trembling shall seize them unto the ends of the earth.
6 And the high mountains shall be shaken and the high hills shall be made low,
and shall melt like wax before the flame.
7 And the earth shall be wholly rent in sunder and all that is upon the earth shall
perish, and there shall be a judgement upon all.
8 But with the righteous He will make peace.
And will protect the elect,
And mercy shall be upon them.
And they shall all belong to God,
And they shall be prospered,
And they shall all be blessed.
And He will help them all,
And light shall appear unto them,

And He will make peace with them.

9 And behold! He cometh with ten thousands of His holy ones to execute

judgement upon all, And to destroy all the ungodly: And to convict all flesh Of

all the works of their ungodliness which they have ungodly committed, And of
all the hard things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him."

== Chapter 2 ==
The Creation
1 Observe ye everything that takes place in the heaven, how they do not change
their orbits, and the luminaries which are in the heaven, how they all rise and set
in order each in its season, and transgress not against their appointed order.
2 Behold ye the earth, and give heed to the things which take place upon it from
first to last, how steadfast they are, how none of the things upon earth change,
but all the works of God appear to you. Behold the summer and the winter, how
the whole earth is filled with water, and clouds and dew and rain lie upon it.
3 Observe and see how in the winter all the trees seem as though they had
withered and shed all their leaves, except fourteen trees, which do not lose their
foliage but retain the old foliage from two to three years till the new comes.
4 And again, observe ye the days of summer how the sun is above the earth over
against it. And you seek shade and shelter by reason of the heat of the sun, and
the earth also burns with growing heat, and so you cannot tread on the earth, or
on a rock by reason of its heat.
5 Observe ye how the trees cover themselves with green leaves and bear fruit:
wherefore give ye heed and know with regard to all His works, and recognize
how He that liveth for ever hath made them so.
6 And all His works go on thus from year to year for ever, and all the tasks
which they accomplish for Him, and their tasks change not, but according as
God hath ordained so is it done.
7 And behold how the sea and the rivers in like manner accomplish and change
not their tasks from His commandments.
8 But ye have not been steadfast, nor done the commandments of the Lord, But
ye have turned away and spoken proud and hard words With your impure
mouths against His greatness. Oh, ye hard−hearted, ye shall find no peace.

9 Therefore shall ye execrate your days, and the years of your life shall perish,
and the years of your destruction shall be multiplied in eternal abomination, and
ye shall find no mercy.
10 In those days ye shall make your names an eternal abomination unto all the
righteous, and by you shall all who curse, curse. All the sinners and godless shall
imprecate by you. And for you, the godless there shall be a curse."
11 And all the righteous shall rejoice, and there shall be forgiveness of sins, and
every mercy and peace and forbearance.
12 There shall be salvation unto them, a goodly light.
13 And for all of you sinners there shall be no salvation but on you all shall
abide the curse of the beast.
14 But for the elect there shall be light and joy and peace, and they shall inherit
the earth.
15 And then there shall be bestowed upon the elect wisdom, and they shall all
live and never again sin either through ungodliness or through pride: But they
who are wise shall be humble.
16 And they shall not again transgress, nor shall they sin all the days of their life,
nor shall they die of anger or wrath but they shall complete the number of the
days of their life.
17 And their lives shall be increased in peace, and the years of their joy shall be
multiplied in eternal gladness and peace all the days of their life.

== Chapter 3 ==
Fallen Angels
1 And it came to pass when the children of men had multiplied that in those days
were born unto them beautiful and comely daughters.
2 And the angels, the children of the heaven, saw and lusted after them, and said
to one another: "Come, let us choose us wives from among the children of men
and beget us children."
3 And Semjaza, who was their leader, said unto them: "I fear ye will not indeed
agree to do this deed, and I alone shall have to pay the penalty of a great sin."
4 And they all answered him and said: "Let us all swear an oath, and all bind
ourselves by mutual imprecations not to abandon this plan but to do this thing."
5 Then sware they all together and bound themselves by mutual imprecations
upon it. And they were in all two hundred; who descended in the days of Jared
on the summit of Mount Hermon, and they called it Mount Hermon, because
they had sworn and bound themselves by mutual imprecations upon it.
6 And these are the names of their leaders: Samlazaz, their leader, Araklba,
Rameel, Kokablel, Tamlel, Ramlel, Danel, Ezeqeel, Baraqijal, Asael, Armaros,
Batarel, Ananel, Zaqlel, Samsapeel, Satarel, Turel, Jomjael, Sariel. These are
their chiefs of tens.
7 And all the others together with them took unto themselves wives, and each
chose for himself one, and they began to go in unto them and to defile
themselves with them.
8 And they taught them charms and enchantments, and the cutting of roots, and
made them acquainted with plants.
9 And they became pregnant, and they bare great giants, whose height was three
thousand ells: Who consumed all the acquisitions of men. And when men could
no longer sustain them, the giants turned against them and devoured mankind.

10 And they began to sin against birds, and beasts, and reptiles, and fish, and to
devour one another's flesh, and drink the blood. Then the earth laid accusation
against the lawless ones.
11 And Azazel taught men to make swords, and knives, and shields, and
breastplates, and made known to them the metals of the earth and the art of
working them, and bracelets, and ornaments, and the use of antimony, and the
beautifying of the eyelids, and all kinds of costly stones, and all colouring
tinctures.
12 And there arose much godlessness, and they committed fornication, and they
were led astray, and became corrupt in all their ways.
13 Semjaza taught enchantments and root−cuttings, Armaros the resolving of
enchantments, Baraqijal taught astrology, Kokabel the constellations, Ezeqeel
the knowledge of the clouds, Araqiel the signs of the earth, Shamsiel the signs of
the sun, and Sariel the course of the moon.
14 And as men perished, they cried, and their cry went up to heaven.

== Chapter 4 ==
Intercession of Angels
1 And then Michael, Uriel, Raphael, and Gabriel looked down from heaven and
saw much blood being shed upon the earth, and all lawlessness being wrought
upon the earth.
2 And they said one to another, "The earth made without inhabitant cries the
voice of their cryingst up to the gates of heaven."
3 And now to you, the holy ones of heaven, the souls of men make their suit,
saying, "Bring our cause before the Most High."
4 And they said to the Lord of the ages, "Lord of lords, God of gods, King of
kings, and God of the ages, the throne of Thy glory standeth unto all the
generations of the ages, and Thy name holy and glorious and blessed unto all the
ages! Thou hast made all things, and power over all things hast Thou, and all
things are naked and open in Thy sight, and Thou seest all things, and nothing
can hide itself from Thee.
5 Thou seest what Azazel hath done, who hath taught all unrighteousness on
earth and revealed the eternal secrets which were in heaven, which men were
striving to learn; and Samlazaz, to whom Thou hast given authority to bear rule
over his associates.
6 And they have gone to the daughters of men upon the earth, and have slept
with the women, and have defiled themselves, and revealed to them all kinds of
sins. And the women have borne giants, and the whole earth has thereby been
filled with blood and unrighteousness.
7 And now, behold, the souls of those who have died are crying out making their
suit to the gates of heaven, and their lamentations have ascended and cannot
cease because of the lawless deeds which are wrought on the earth.
8 And Thou knowest all things before they come to pass, and Thou seest these
things and Thou dost suffer them, and Thou dost not say to us what we are to do to them in regard to these."
9 Then said the Most High, the Holy and Great One spake, and sent Uriel to the

son of Lamech and said to him, "Go to Noah and tell him in my name 'Hide

thyself!' and reveal to him the end that is approaching, that the whole earth will
be destroyed, and a deluge is about to come upon the whole earth, and will
destroy all that is on it. And now instruct him that he may escape and his seed
may be preserved for all the generations of the world."
10 And again the Lord said to Raphael, "Bind Azazel hand and foot, and cast
him into the darkness: and make an opening in the desert, which is in Dudael,
and cast him therein. And place upon him rough and jagged rocks, and cover
him with darkness, and let him abide there for ever, and cover his face that he
may not see light. And on the day of the great judgement he shall be cast into the
fire.
11 And heal the earth which the angels have corrupted, and proclaim the healing
of the earth, that they may heal the plague, and that all the children of men may
not perish through all the secret things that the Watchers have disclosed and have
taught their sons. And the whole earth has been corrupted through the works that
were taught by Azazel, to him ascribe all sin."
12 And to Gabriel said the Lord, "Proceed against the bastards and the
reprobates, and against the children of fornication and destroy the children of the
Watchers from amongst men. Send them one against the other that they may
destroy each other in battle, for length of days shall they not have. And no
request that they make of thee shall be granted unto their fathers on their behalf;
for they hope to live an eternal life, and that each one of them will live five
hundred years."
13 And the Lord said unto Michael, "Go, bind Samlazaz and his associates who
have united themselves with women so as to have defiled themselves with them
in all their uncleanness. And when their sons have slain one another, and they
have seen the destruction of their beloved ones, bind them fast for seventy
generations in the valleys of the earth, till the day of their judgement and of their
consummation, till the judgement that is for ever and ever is consummated. In
those days they shall be led off to the abyss of fire and to the torment and the
prison in which they shall be confined for ever.
14 And whosoever shall be condemned and destroyed will from thenceforth be
bound together with them to the end of all generations. and destroy all the spirits
of the reprobate and the children of the Watchers because they have wronged
mankind.
15 Destroy all wrong from the face of the earth and let every evil work come to
an end, and let the plant of righteousness and truth appear, and it shall prove a
blessing; the works of righteousness and truth shall be planted in truth and joy
for evermore.
16 And then shall all the righteous escape and shall live till they beget thousands
of children, and all the days of their youth and their old age shall they complete
in peace.
17 And then shall the whole earth be tilled in righteousness, and shall all be
planted with trees and be full of blessing.
18 And all desirable trees shall be planted on it, and they shall plant vines on it
and the vine which they plant thereon shall yield wine in abundance, and as for
all the seed which is sown thereon each measure shall bear a thousand, and each
measure of olives shall yield ten presses of oil.
19 And cleanse thou the earth from all oppression, and from all unrighteousness,
and from all sin, and from all godlessness, and all the uncleanness that is
wrought upon the earth destroy from off the earth.
20 And all the children of men shall become righteous, and all nations shall offer
adoration and shall praise Me, and all shall worship Me. And the earth shall be
cleansed from all defilement, and from all sin, and from all punishment, and
from all torment, and I will never again send upon it from generation to
generation and for ever.
21 And in those days I will open the store chambers of blessing which are in the
heaven, so as to send them down upon the earth over the work and labour of the
children of men. And truth and peace shall be associated together throughout all
the days of the world and throughout all the generations of men."
22 Before these things Enoch was hidden, and no one of the children of men
knew where he was hidden, and where he abode, and what had become of him.

And his activities had to do with the Watchers, and his days were with the holy
ones.
23 And I Enoch was blessing the Lord of Majesty and the King of the ages, and
lo! the Watchers called me, Enoch the scribe, and said to me: "Enoch, thou scribe
of righteousness, go, declare to the Watchers of the heaven who have left the
high heaven, the holy eternal place, and have defiled themselves with women,
and have done as the children of earth do, and have taken unto themselves wives.
24 Say to them: 'Ye have wrought great destruction on the earth and ye shall
have no peace nor forgiveness of sin.'
25 And inasmuch as they delight themselves in their children the murder of their
beloved ones shall they see, and over the destruction of their children shall they
lament, and shall make supplication unto eternity, but mercy and peace shall ye
not attain."
26 And Enoch went and said: "Azazel, thou shalt have no peace, a severe
sentence has gone forth against thee to put thee in bonds and thou shalt not have
toleration nor request granted to thee, because of the unrighteousness which thou
hast taught, and because of all the works of godlessness and unrighteousness and
sin which thou hast shown to men."
27 Then I went and spoke to them all together, and they were all afraid, and fear
and trembling seized them. And they besought me to draw up a petition for them
that they might find forgiveness, and to read their petition in the presence of the
Lord of heaven.
28 For from thenceforward they could not speak with Him nor lift up their eyes
to heaven for shame of their sins for which they had been condemned.
29 Then I wrote out their petition, and the prayer in regard to their spirits and
their deeds individually and in regard to their requests that they should have
forgiveness and length.
30 And I went off and sat down at the waters of Dan, in the land of Dan, to the
south of the west of Hermon, I read their petition till I fell asleep.
31 And behold a dream came to me, and visions fell down upon me, and I saw

visions of chastisement, and a voice came bidding me to tell it to the sons of
heaven, and reprimand them.
32 And when I awaked, I came unto them, and they were all sitting gathered
together, weeping in Abelsjail, which is between Lebanon and Seneser, with
their faces covered.
33 And I recounted before them all the visions which I had seen in sleep, and I
began to speak the words of righteousness, and to reprimand the heavenly
Watchers.

Chapter 5
Book of the Words of Righteousness
1 The book of the words of righteousness, and of the reprimand of the eternal
Watchers in accordance with the command of the Holy Great One in that vision I
saw in my sleep.
2 What I will now say with a tongue of flesh and with the breath of my mouth,
which the Great One has given to men to converse therewith and understand
with the heart.
3 As He has created and given to man the power of understanding the word of
wisdom, so hath He created me also and given me the power of reprimanding the
Watchers, the children of heaven.
4 "I wrote out your petition, and in my vision it appeared thus, that your petition
will not be granted unto you throughout all the days of eternity, and that
judgement has been finally passed upon you.
5 Your petition will not be granted unto you. And from henceforth you shall not
ascend into heaven unto all eternity, and in bonds of the earth the decree has
gone forth to bind you for all the days of the world.
6 And previously you shall have seen the destruction of your beloved sons and
ye shall have no pleasure in them, but they shall fall before you by the sword.
7 And your petition on their behalf shall not be granted, nor yet on your own
even though you weep and pray and speak all the words contained in the writing
which I have written.
8 And the vision was shown to me thus: Behold, in the vision clouds invited me
and a mist summoned me, and the course of the stars and the lightnings sped and
hastened me, and the winds in the vision caused me to fly and lifted me upward,
and bore me into heaven.
9 And I went in till I drew nigh to a wall which is built of crystals and.

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Bitcoin v Gold

2024-11-17T22:10:26Z

Mnitsan:

===Why gold failed===
1-minute video

<html><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560">Lyn Alden explains why GOLD IS A DEAD CURRENCY, and how Bitcoin settlement technology changes the world forever. 💡🔍 WATCH NOW <a href="https://t.co/xtBiDZf9oB">pic.twitter.com/xtBiDZf9oB</a>— Swan (@Swan) <a href="https://twitter.com/Swan/status/1845870795970765061?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></html>

===Gold-based economy requires government centralization===
1-minute video

<html><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560">“Gold can’t achieve transaction finality without the help of a government or central party.” — <a href="https://twitter.com/jackmallers?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@jackmallers</a> calmly destroying Peter Schiff 🔥 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Bitcoin?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Bitcoin</a> <a href="https://t.co/ZuZvh48GxZ">pic.twitter.com/ZuZvh48GxZ</a>— ⚡₿itcoinTeddy⚡ (@Bitcoin_Teddy) <a href="https://twitter.com/Bitcoin_Teddy/status/1846928751843545495?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 17, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></html>

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Bitcoin Wastes Energy

2024-11-17T22:08:57Z

Mnitsan:

Bitcoin transforms otherwise wasted energy into something valuable. And bitcoin makes it economically feasible to build-out the grid to ensure extra energy is available during emergencies in which power can be easily redirected by simply shutting down bitcoin miners.
<html><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560">If you never watch a single video of me talking about Bitcoin mining again, be sure not to miss this one. <a href="https://t.co/qoRg7GINeR">pic.twitter.com/qoRg7GINeR</a>— Dennis Porter (@Dennis_Porter_) <a href="https://twitter.com/Dennis_Porter_/status/1852429942950375915?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 1, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></html>

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The energy intensity of bitcoin provides its users with nation-state level security over their wealth.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SOFTWAR?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SOFTWAR</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Bitpower?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Bitpower</a> 🇺🇸 《Softwar : a novel theory on power projection and the national strategic significance of Bitcoin》Author and Space Force Major Jason Lowery has been ordered stop talking publicly about the strategic importance of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Bitcoin?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Bitcoin</a> on national security. This video… <a href="https://t.co/wkYSf1ORbz">pic.twitter.com/wkYSf1ORbz</a>— CryptoCell Labs (@CryptoCellLabs) <a href="https://twitter.com/CryptoCellLabs/status/1851399633077154052?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 29, 2024</a></blockquote>

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Baptized

2024-11-17T22:07:03Z

Mnitsan:

==Baptized==

[[Mark 16]]:16<Ref> [[Mark 16]]:16"'''He that [[believeth]] and is [[baptized]] shall be saved;''' but he that believeth not shall be damned." </Ref> tells us that we need to be a [[Believer|believer]] and also be [[baptized]]. But that [[baptism]] is apparently not just the water baptism of [[John the Baptist]], [[Apostle|apostles]] or the [[early Church]].

=== Believeth not ===

We know also from what that verse does not say that it is not those who are not baptized ''that shall be damned'' but those who "believeth not shall be damned".

This observation makes it clear that belief is essential and that belief will compell particular though and actions. If one sees action contrary to the [[Doctrine of Jesus]] that would be evidence to all that the witness of water baptism was false.

John even tells us that he only baptized with water<Ref name="waterbap">{{waterbap}}</Ref> taking the emphases off the water and upon the words "''unto''<Ref name="eis">{{1519}}</Ref> ''[[repentance]]''".<Ref>“‭11 I indeed baptize you with water unto [[repentance]]: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the [[Holy Ghost]], and with [[fire]]:” [[Matthew 3]]:11</Ref> This statement emphasize that it is [[repentance]] that is the goal, intent, and purpose of the outward ceremony.

Without true and sincere [[repentance]] the water baptism is meaningless. In truth is that any emphases upon the ritual and ceremony of being baptized for any other reason than making a record of intent, professing or giving your witness, is by default a form of emotional [[idolatry]].

=== The other baptized ===

The [[Rabbinical Baptism|rabbinical baptism]] of the [[Pharisees]] included registration with civil institution of [[Corban]] through the temple of [[Herod]].

The Christian system of [[pure Religion]] was dependent upon [[charity]] while the [[leaven]] of [[Herod]] and the [[Pharisees]] was dependant on compelled or [[force]]d offerings which provided a civil [[table]] of [[free bread]].

Their system or [[tables]] of [[welfare]] were dependent upon the [[covetous practices]] of desiring [[benefits]] at your neighbors expense through men in government calling themselves [[benefactors]] but who [[exercise authority]] one over the other. <Ref name="exauth">{{exauth}}</Ref>

Christians [[repent|repented]] of those [[covetous practices]] which had always been a [[snare]] from [[Nimrod]] if not [[Cain]]. The distinctions between those two systems would contribute to the [[Christian conflict]] with [[Rome]].

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Andrew

2024-11-17T22:06:16Z

Mnitsan:

== Andrew the Apostle ==

Andrew, was a fisherman and initially a disciple of [[John the Baptist]] according to [[John|The Gospel of John]] who became an apostle chosen by Jesus. His brother was Simon Peter and son of Jonah.

According to Jean-Marc Prieur said, "The distinctive christology of the text" and its lack of mention of church organisation, [[liturgy]], and ecclesiastical rites, lead one to "militate for an early dating".<Ref>The Anchor Bible Dictionary (vol. 1, p. 246)</Ref>

Text is said to have been based on the Acts of John and the Acts of Peter.

==Abstract of The Acts of Andrew and Matthias ==

1 At that time all the apostles were gathered together and divided the countries among themselves, casting lots. And it fell to Matthias to go to the land of the anthropophagi. Now the men of that city ate no bread nor drank wine, but ate the flesh and drank the blood of men; and every stranger who landed there they took, and put out his eyes, and gave him a magic drink which took away his understanding.

2 So when Matthias arrived he was so treated; but the drink had no effect on him, and he remained praying for help in the prison.
=== receive sight and saw ===
3 And a light came and a voice: Matthias, my beloved, receive sight. And he saw. And the voice continued: I will not forsake thee: abide twenty-seven days, and I will send Andrew to deliver thee and all the rest. And the Saviour went up into heaven. Matthias remained singing praises; when the executioners came to take victims, he kept his eyes closed. They came and looked at the ticket on his hand and said: Three days more and we will slay him. For every victim had a ticket tied on his hand to show the date when his thirty days would be fulfilled.

4 When twenty-seven days had elapsed, the Lord appeared to Andrew in the country where he was teaching and said: In three days Matthias is to be slain by the man-eaters; go and deliver him. 'How i s it possible for me to get there in time' Early to-morrow go to the shore and you will find a ship.' And he left him.

5 They went, Andrew and his disciples, and found a little boat and three men. The pilot was the Lord, and the other two were angels. Andrew asked whither they were going. 'To the land of the man-eaters.' 'I would go there too.' 'Every man avoids that place; why will you go' 'I have an errand to do; and if you can, take us.' He said: 'Come on board.'

6 Andrew said: 'I must tell you we have neither money nor victuals.' 'How then do you travel' 'Our master forbade us to take money and provisions. If you will do us this kindness, tell us: if not, we will look for another ship.' 'If these are your orders, come on board and welcome, I desire truly to have disciples of Jesus on my ship.' So they embarked.

=== Andrew summoned disciples ===

7 Jesus ordered three loaves to be brought and Andrew summoned his disciples to partake; but they could not answer him, for they were disturbed with the sea. So Andrew explained to the pilot, and he offered to set them ashore: but they refused to leave Andrew.

8 Jesus said: Tell your disciples some of the wonders your master did, to encourage them, for we are going to set sail: so they did, and Jesus steered. And Andrew told the disciples about the stilling of the storm, and prayed in himself that they might sleep: and they fell asleep.

9 Andrew said to Jesus: Tell me your art, sixteen years did I sail the sea, and this is the seventeenth, and I never saw such steering: the ship is as if on land. Jesus said: I, too, have often sailed the sea and been in danger; but because you are a disciple of Jesus, the sea knows you and is still. Andrew praised God that he had met such a man.

10 Jesus said: Tell me why the Jews did not believe on your master. Andrew enumerated the miracles: yet, he said, the Jews did not believe. 'Perhaps he did not do these signs before the high priests'

11 'Yes, he did, both openly and privately, and they would not believe.' 'What were the signs he did in secret' ' O man with the spirit of questioning, why do you tempt me thus' 'I do not tempt you but my soul rejoices to hear his wonderful works.' ' I will tell you, then.

12 Once when we the twelve went with our Lord to a heathen temple that he might show us the ignorance of the devil, the high priests saw us and said: Why do you follow this man who says he is the [[Son of God]] has God a son Is not this Joseph and Mary's son, and his brothers are James and Simon and our hearts were weakened. And Jesus perceived it, and took us apart into the wilderness and did mighty signs and strengthened our faith. And we said to the priests: Come and see; for he has convinced us.

13 'And the priests came to the heathen temple, and Jesus showed us the form of the heavens, "that we might learn whether it were true or no." Thirty men of the people and four priests were with us. On the right and left of the temple Jesus saw two sphinxes carved, and turned to us and said: Behold the form of the heaven: these are like the cherubim and seraphim in heaven. And he said to the sphinx on the right: You semblance of that which is in heaven, made by craftsmen, come down and convince these priests whether I be God or man.

=== foolish sons of Israel ===

14 It came down and spoke and said: O foolish sons of Israel. This is God who made man . . . . Tell me not that I am a stone image: better are the temples than your synagogue. Our priests purify themselves seven days from women, and approach not the temple but you come straight from defilement. The temples will abolish your synagogues, and become churches of the only-begotten [[Son of God]].

15 The priests said: It speaks by magic, ye heard it say that this man spake with Abraham. How is that possible . . . Jesus said to the sphinx: Go to the cave of Mambre and call Abraham; bid him rise with Isaac and Jacob and come to the temples of the Jebusaeans to convict the priests. It went and called, and the twelve patriarchs rose and came out. "To which of us wast thou sent " "Not to you, but to the three patriarchs: go back and rest." They went back, and the three patriarchs came and convicted the priests. Jesus bade them return, and sent the sphinx back to its place. But the priests did not believe. And many other wonders he did.'

16 Jesus seeing that they were near land, leaned his head on one of the angels and ceased speaking to Andrew: and Andrew went to sleep. Then Jesus bade the angels take the men and lay them outside the city of the man-eaters and return: and then all departed to heaven.

=== Andrew awoke ===

17 Andrew awoke and looked about him and realized what had happened, and roused his disciples. They told him their dream: eagles came and bore therm into paradise, and they saw the Lord on his throne, and angels, and the three patriarchs and David singing, "and you the twelve apostles and twelve angels by you, whom the Lord bade to obey you in everything."

18 Andrew rejoiced and prayed the Lord to show himself: and Jesus appeared in the form of a beautiful young child. Andrew asked pardon for his boldness on the ship. Jesus reassured him and told him what trials awaited him in the city, and encouraged him to endure them, and departed.

19 They entered the city, unseen, and went to the prison. The seven guards fell dead at his prayer: at the sign of the cross the doors opened. He found Matthias and they greeted each other.

20 Andrew looked at the victims, who were naked and eating grass, and smote his breast and reproached the devil: How long warrest thou with men thou didst cause Adam to be cast out of paradise: thou didst cause his bread that was on the table to be turned to stones. Again, thou didst enter into the mind of the angels and cause them to be defiled with women and madest their savage sons the giants to devour men on the earth, so that God sent the flood . . . .

=== they both prayed ===

21 Then they both prayed, and they laid their hands on the prisoners and restored first their sight and then their sense, and Andrew bade them go out of the city and remain under a fig-tree and await him: there were 270 men and 49 women. And Andrew commanded a cloud, and it took Matthias and the disciples and brethren to the mount where Peter was teaching and there they remained.

22 Andrew went out and walked in the city, and sat down by a brazen pillar with a statue on it, to see what would happen. The executioners came and found the prison empty and the guards dead, and reported to the rulers. They said: Go and fetch the seven dead men for us to eat to-day, and assemble to-morrow, the old men, and we will cast lots for seven a day and eat them, till we can fit out ships and send and collect people to eat. So they fetched the seven corpses; there was a furnace in the midst of the city and a great vat for the blood: they put the men on the vat. A voice came: Andrew, look at this. Andrew prayed, and the men's swords fell and their hands turned to stone. The rulers cried: There are wizards in the city: go and gather the old men, for we are hungry.

23 They found 215, and lots were cast for 7. One of these said: Take my young son and kill him instead of me. They asked leave of the rulers, and it was granted, and the old man said: I have a daughter, take her too, and spare me. So the children were brought to the vat begging for their lives, but there was no pity. Andrew prayed, and again the swords fell from the men's hands, and there was much alarm.

=== the devil as old man ===

24 Then came the devil in the guise of an old man, and said: Woe to you, you will all die of hunger; but search now and look for a stranger named Andrew: he is the cause of your trouble. Andrew was looking at the devil, but the devil could not see him. And Andrew said: O Beliar, my lord will humble thee to the abyss. The devil said: I hear your voice and know it; but where you stand I see not. Andrew said: Art thou not called Amael because thou art blind The devil said: Look for the man who spake to me, for it is he. And they shut the gates and looked everywhere, but could not find him. The Lord appeared and said to Andrew: Show thyself to them.

25 He rose and said I am Andrew whom ye seek. And they ran and took him, and debated how to kill him: If we cut off his head, it will not pain him enough; Let us put a rope round his neck and drag him through the streets every day till he dies, and divide his body and eat it. They did so, and his flesh was torn and his blood flowed, and they cast him into prison with his hands bound behind him.

26 And so they did next day, and he wept and cried to the Lord: and the devil told the people to smite his mouth that he might not speak; and they bound his hands behind him and left him in the prison. The devil took seven other devils, whom Andrew had driven out from places in the neighbourhood (this seems like a reference to the older Acts), and they came to Andrew, and the devil said: Now we will kill you like your master whom Herod slew.

27 And he said: Now my children, kill him. But they saw the seal on his forehead and were afraid, and said: Do you kill him, for we cannot. And one of them said: If we cannot kill him, let us mock him; and they stood before him and taunted him with his helplessness, and he wept. And a voice -the devil's voice disguised-said: Why weep Andrew said: Because of our Lord's word: Have patience with them; otherwise I would have shown you! . . . But if the Lord grant me a visitation in this city, I will chastise you as you deserve. And they fled.

28 Next day the people dragged him again, and he cried out to the Lord: here are thy words: A hair of your heads shall not perish lo, my flesh is torn from me. And a voice said in Hebrew: My words shall not pass away: look behind thee. And he saw great fruit-bearing trees growing up where his flesh and blood had fallen. And they took him back to prison, and said: Perhaps he will die to-morrow.
=== he rose up whole ===
29 And the Lord came and took his hand and he rose up whole. And in the prison was a pillar, and on it a statue. Andrew went to it and spread out his hands seven times and said: Fear thou the sign of the cross, and let this statue pour forth water as a flood. And say not, I am but a stone for God made us of earth, but ye are clean, and therefore God gave his people the law on tables of stone. And the statue poured water out of its mouth as from a canal, and it was bitter and corroded men's flesh.

30 In the morning all the people began to flee. The water killed their cattle and their children. Andrew said: Let Michael wall the city about with fire. A cloud of fire came and surrounded it, and they could not escape. The water came up to their necks and consumed their flesh. They cried and lamented till he saw their spirit was crushed, and told the alabaster statue to cease. And Andrew went out of the prison, the water parting before him, and the people prayed for mercy.

31 The old man who had given up his children came and besought. But Andrew said: I wonder at you; you and the fourteen executioners shall be swallowed up and see the places of torment and of peace. And he went as far as the great vat, and prayed, and the earth opened and swallowed the water and the old man and the executioners. And all feared greatly, but he consoled them.

32 Then he bade them bring all who had been killed by the water, but there were too many, so he prayed and revived them. Then he drew out the plan of a church and baptized them and gave them the Lord's precepts. And they begged him to stay with them a little; but he refused, saying I must first go to my disciples; and he set forth, and they lamented grievously.

33 And Jesus appeared in the form of a beautiful child and reproved him for leaving them, and told him to stay seven days; and then he should go with his disciples to the country of the barbarians, and then return and bring the men out of the abyss. And he returned and they all rejoiced greatly.

* ''From "The Apocryphal New Testament", M.R. James-Translation and Notes, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1924''

== The Acts of Andrew and Ægeates in Achaia==

What we have all, both [[presbyter|presbyters]] and [[deacon|deacons]] of the churches of Achaia, beheld with our eyes, we have written to all the churches established in the name of Christ Jesus, both in the east and west, north and south. Peace to you, and to all who believe in one God, perfect Trinity, true Father unbegotten, true Son only-begotten, true [[Holy Spirit]] proceeding from the Father, and abiding in the Son, in order that there may be shown one Holy Spirit subsisting in the Father and Son in precious Godhead. This faith we have learned from the blessed Andrew, the apostle of our Lord Jesus Christ, whose passion also we, having seen it set forth before our eyes, have not hesitated to give an account of, according to the degree of ability we have.

Accordingly the proconsul Ægeates, having come into the city of Patras, began to compel those believing in Christ to worship the idols; to whom the blessed Andrew, running up, said: It behooved you, being a judge of men, to acknowledge your Judge who is in the heaven, and having acknowledged Him, to worship Him; and worshipping Him who is the true God, to turn away your thoughts from those which are not true gods.

To whom Ægeates said: Are you Andrew, who destroys the temples of the gods, and persuades men about the religion which, having lately made its appearance, the emperors of the Romans have given orders to suppress?

=== emperors see not the truth ===

The blessed Andrew said: The emperors of the Romans have never recognised the truth. And this the Son of God, who came on account of the salvation of men, manifestly teaches — that these idols are not only not gods, but also most shameful demons, and hostile to the human race, teaching men to offend God, so that, by being offended, He turns away and will not hearken; that therefore, by His turning away and not hearkening, they may be held captive by the devil; and that they might work them to such a degree, that when they go out of the body they may be found deserted and naked, carrying nothing with them but sins.

Ægeates said: These are superfluous and vain words: as for your Jesus, for proclaiming these things to the Jews they nailed him to the tree of the cross.

The blessed Andrew answering, said: Oh, if you would recognise the mystery of the cross, with what reasonable love the Author of the life of the human race for our restoration endured this tree of the cross, not unwillingly, but willingly!

Ægeates said: Seeing that, betrayed by his own disciple, and seized by the Jews, he was brought before the procurator, and according to their request was nailed up by the procurator's soldiers, in what way do you say that he willingly endured the tree of the cross?

=== with Him when betrayed ===

The holy Andrew said: For this reason I say willingly, since I was with Him when he was betrayed by His disciple. For before He was betrayed, He spoke to us to the effect that He should be betrayed and crucified for the salvation of men, and foretold that He should rise again on the third day. To whom my brother Peter said, Matthew 16:22 Far be it from you, Lord; let this by no means be. And so, being angry, He said to Peter, Get behind me, Satan; for you are not disposed to the things of God. And in order that He might most fully explain that He willingly underwent the passion, He said to us, John 10:18 I have power to lay down my life, and I have power to take it again. And, last of all, while He was supping with us, He said, Matthew 26:21 One of you will betray me. At these words, therefore, all becoming exceedingly grieved, in order that the surmise might be free from doubt, He made it clear, saying, To whomsoever I shall give the piece of bread out of my hand, he it is who betrays me. When, therefore, He gave it to one of our fellow disciples, and gave an account of things to come as if they were already present, He showed that He was to be willingly betrayed. For neither did He run away, and leave His betrayer at fault; but remaining in the place in which He knew that he was, He awaited him.

Ægeates said: I wonder that you, being a sensible man, should wish to uphold him on any terms whatever; for, whether willingly or unwillingly, all the same, you admit that he was fastened to the cross.

The blessed Andrew said: This is what I said, if now you apprehend, that great is the mystery of the cross, which, if you wish, as is likely, to hear, attend to me.

Ægeates said: A mystery it cannot be called, but a punishment.

The blessed Andrew said: This punishment is the mystery of man's restoration. If you will listen with any attention, you will prove it.

Ægeates said: I indeed will hear patiently; but you, unless you submissively obey me, shall receive the mystery of the cross in yourself.

The blessed Andrew answered: If I had been afraid of the tree of the cross, I should not have proclaimed the glory of the cross.

Ægeates said: Your speech is foolish, because you proclaim that the cross is not a punishment, and through your foolhardiness you are not afraid of the punishment of death.

=== not foolishness but faith ===

The holy Andrew said: It is not through foolhardiness, but through faith, that I am not afraid of the punishment of death; for the death of sins is hard. And on this account I wish you to hear the mystery of the cross, in order that you perhaps, acknowledging it, may believe, and believing, may come somehow or other to the renewing of your soul.

Ægeates said: That which is shown to have perished is for renewing. Do you mean that my soul has perished, that you make me come to the renewing of it through the faith, I know not what, of which you have spoken?

The blessed Andrew answered: This it is which I desired time to learn, which also I shall teach and make manifest, that though the souls of men are destroyed, they shall be renewed through the mystery of the cross. For the first man through the tree of transgression brought in death; and it was necessary for the human race, that through the suffering of the tree, death, which had come into the world, should be driven out. And since the first man, who brought death into the world through the transgression of the tree, had been produced from the spotless earth, it was necessary that the Son of God should be begotten a perfect man from the spotless virgin, that He should restore eternal life, which men had lost through Adam, and should cut off the tree of carnal appetite through the tree of the cross. Hanging upon the cross, He stretched out His blameless hands for the hands which had been incontinently stretched out; for the most sweet food of the forbidden tree He received gall for food; and taking our mortality upon Himself, He made a gift of His immortality to us.

=== lead away those who believe ===

Ægeates said: With these words you shall be able to lead away those who shall believe in you; but unless you have come to grant me this, that you offer sacrifices to the almighty gods, I shall order you, after having been scourged, to be fastened to that very cross which you commend.

The blessed Andrew said: To God Almighty, who alone is true, I bring sacrifice day by day; not the smoke of incense, nor the flesh of bellowing bulls, nor the blood of goats, but sacrificing a spotless lamb day by day on the altar of the cross; and though all the people of the faithful partake of His body and drink His blood, the Lamb that has been sacrificed remains after this entire and alive. Truly, therefore, is He sacrificed, and truly is His body eaten by the people, and His blood is likewise drunk; nevertheless, as I have said, He remains entire, and spotless, and alive.

Ægeates said: How can this be?

The blessed Andrew said: If you would know, take the form of a disciple, that you may learn what you are inquiring after.

Ægeates said: I will exact of you through tortures the gift of this knowledge.

=== folly of tortures ===

The blessed Andrew declared: I wonder that you, being an intelligent man, should fall into the folly of thinking that you may be able to persuade me, through your tortures, to disclose to you the sacred things of God. You have heard the mystery of the cross, you have heard the mystery of the sacrifice. If you believe in Christ the Son of God, who was crucified, I shall altogether disclose to you in what manner the Lamb that has been slain may live, after having been sacrificed and eaten, remaining in His kingdom entire and spotless.

Ægeates said: And by what means does the lamb remain in his kingdom after he has been slain and eaten by all the people, as you have said?

The blessed Andrew said: If you believe with all your heart, you shall be able to learn: but if you believe not, you shall not by any means attain to the idea of such truth.

=== Ægeates, enraged ===

Then Ægeates, enraged, ordered him to be shut up in prison, where, when he was shut up, a multitude of the people came together to him from almost all the province, so that they wished to kill Ægeates, and by breaking down the doors of the prison to set free the blessed Andrew the apostle.

Them the blessed Andrew admonished in these words, saying: Do not stir up the peace of our Lord Jesus Christ into seditious and devilish uproar. For my Lord, when He was betrayed, endured it with all patience; He did not strive, He did not cry out, nor in the streets did any one hear Him crying out. Matthew 12:19 Therefore do ye also keep silence, quietness, and peace; and hinder not my martyrdom, but rather get yourselves also ready beforehand as athletes to the Lord, in order that you may overcome threatenings by a soul that has no fear of man, and that you may get the better of injuries through the endurance of the body. For this temporary fall is not to be feared; but that should be feared which has no end. The fear of men, then, is like smoke which, while it is raised and gathered together, disappears. And those torments ought to be feared which never have an end. For these torments, which happen to be somewhat light, any one can bear; but if they are heavy, they soon destroy life. But those torments are everlasting, where there are daily weepings, and mournings, and lamentations, and never-ending torture, to which the proconsul Ægeates is not afraid to go. Be therefore rather prepared for this, that through temporary afflictions ye may attain to everlasting rest, and may flourish for ever, and reign with Christ. 2 Corinthians 4:17

The holy Apostle Andrew having admonished the people with these and such like words through the whole night, when the light of day dawned, Ægeates having sent for him, ordered the blessed Andrew to be brought to him; and having sat down upon the tribunal, he said: I have thought that you, by your reflection during the night, hast turned away your thoughts from folly, and given up your commendation of Christ that you might be able to be with us, and not throw away the pleasures of life; for it is folly to come for any purpose to the suffering of the cross, and to give oneself up to most shameful punishments and burnings.

=== throw away the worship of idols ===

The holy Andrew answered: I shall be able to have joy with you, if you will believe in Christ, and throw away the worship of idols; for Christ has sent me to this province, in which I have acquired for Christ a people not the smallest.

Ægeates said: For this reason I compel you to make a libation, that these people who have been deceived by you may forsake the vanity of your teaching, and may themselves offer grateful libations to the gods; for not even one city has remained in Achaia in which their temples have not been forsaken and deserted. And now, through you, let them be again restored to the worship of the images, in order that the gods also, who have been enraged against you, being pleased by this, may bring it about that you may return to their friendship and ours. But if not, you await varied tortures, on account of the vengeance of the gods; and after these, fastened to the tree of the cross which you commend, you shall die.

=== remain shameless ===

The holy Andrew said: Listen, O son of death and chaff made ready for eternal burnings, Matthew 3:12 to me, the servant of God and apostle of Jesus Christ. Until now I have conversed with you kindly about the perfection of the faith, in order that you, receiving the exposition of the truth, being made perfect as its vindicator, might despise vain idols, and worship God, who is in the heavens; but since you remain in the same shamelessness at last, and think me to be afraid because of your threats, bring against me whatever may seem to you greater in the way of tortures. For the more shall I be well pleasing to my King, the more I shall endure in tortures for the confession of His name.

Then the proconsul Ægeates, being enraged, ordered the apostle of Christ to be afflicted by tortures. Being stretched out, therefore, by seven times three soldiers, and beaten with violence, he was lifted up and brought before the impious Ægeates. And he spoke to him thus: Listen to me, Andrew, and withdraw your thoughts from the outpouring of your blood; but if you will not hearken to me, I shall cause you to perish on the tree of the cross.

=== I am a slave of the cross ===

The holy Andrew said: I am a slave of the cross of Christ, and I ought rather to pray to attain to the trophy of the cross than to be afraid; but for you is laid up eternal torment, which, however, you may escape after you have tested my endurance, if you will believe in my Christ. For I am afflicted about your destruction, and I am not disturbed about my own suffering. For my suffering takes up a space of one day, or two at most; but your torment for endless ages shall never come to a close. Wherefore henceforward cease from adding to your miseries, and lighting up everlasting fire for yourself.

=== fastened to the cross ===

Ægeates then being enraged, ordered the blessed Andrew to be fastened to the cross. And he having left them all, goes up to the cross, and says to it with a clear voice: Rejoice, O cross, which has been consecrated by the body of Christ, and adorned by His limbs as if with pearls. Assuredly before my Lord went up on you, you had much earthly fear; but now invested with heavenly longing, you are fitted up according to my prayer. For I know, from those who believe, how many graces you have in Him, how many gifts prepared beforehand. Free from care, then, and with joy, I come to you, that you also exulting may receive me, the disciple of Him that was hanged upon you; because you have been always faithful to me, and I have desired to embrace you. O good cross, which hast received comeliness and beauty from the limbs of the Lord; O much longed for, and earnestly desired, and fervently sought after, and already prepared beforehand for my soul longing for you, take me away from men, and restore me to my Master, in order that through you He may accept me who through you has redeemed me.

And having thus spoken, the blessed Andrew, standing on the ground, and looking earnestly upon the cross, stripped himself and gave his clothes to the executioners, having urged the brethren that the executioners should come and do what had been commanded them; for they were standing at some distance. And they having come up, lifted him on the cross; and having stretched his body across with ropes, they only bound his feet, but did not sever his joints, having received this order from the proconsul: for he wished him to be in distress while hanging, and in the night-time, as he was suspended, to be eaten up alive by dogs.

=== Why are you smiling ===

And a great multitude of the brethren stood by, nearly twenty thousand; and having beheld the executioners standing off, and that they had done to the blessed one nothing of what those who were hanged up suffer, they thought that they would again hear something from him; for assuredly, as he was hanging, he moved his head smiling. And Stratocles inquired of him: Why are you smiling, Andrew, servant of God? Your laughter makes us mourn and weep, because we are deprived of you. And the blessed Andrew answered him: Shall I not laugh at all, my son Stratocles, at the empty stratagem of Ægeates, through which he thinks to take vengeance upon us? We have nothing to do with him and his plans. He cannot hear; for if he could, he would be aware, having learned it by experience, that a man of Jesus is unpunished.

And having thus spoken, he discoursed to them all in common, for the people ran together enraged at the unjust judgment of Ægeates: You men standing by me, and women, and children, and elders, bond and free, and as many as will hear; I beseech you, forsake all this life, you who have for my sake assembled here; and hasten to take upon you my life, which leads to heavenly things, and once for all despise all temporary things, confirming the purposes of those who believe in Christ. And he exhorted them all, teaching that the sufferings of this transitory life are not worthy to be compared with the future recompense of the eternal life.

=== Andrew says more ===

And the multitude hearing what was said by him, did not stand off from the place, and the blessed Andrew continued the rather to say to them more than he had spoken. And so much was said by him, that a space of three days and nights was taken up, and no one was tired and went away from him. And when also on the fourth day they beheld his nobleness, and the unweariedness of his intellect, and the multitude of his words, and the serviceableness of his exhortations, and the steadfastness of his soul, and the sobriety of his spirit, and the fixedness of his mind, and the perfection of his reason, they were enraged against Ægeates; and all with one accord hastened to the tribunal, and cried out against Ægeates, who was sitting, saying: What is your judgment, O proconsul? You have judged wickedly; your awards are impious. In what has the man done wrong; what evil has he done? The city has been put in an uproar; you grieve us all; do not betray Cæsar's city. Grant willingly to the Achaians a just man; grant willingly to us a God-fearing man; do not put to death a godly man. Four days he has been hanging, and is alive; having eaten nothing, he has filled us all. Take down the man from the cross, and we shall all seek after wisdom; release the man, and to all Achaia will mercy be shown. It is not necessary that he should suffer this, because, though hanging, he does not cease proclaiming the truth.

And when the proconsul refused to listen to them, at first indeed signing with his hand to the crowd to take themselves off, they began to be emboldened against him, being in number about twenty thousand. And the proconsul having beheld that they had somehow become maddened, afraid that something frightful would befall him, rose up from the tribunal and went away with them, having promised to set free the blessed Andrew. And some went on before to tell the apostle the cause for which they came to the place.

=== exulting Andrew to be free ===

While all the crowd, therefore, was exulting that the blessed Andrew was going to be set free, the proconsul having come up, and all the brethren rejoicing along with Maximilla, the blessed Andrew, having heard this, said to the brethren standing by: What is it necessary for me to say to him, when I am departing to the Lord, that will I also say. For what reason have you again come to us, Ægeates? On what account do you, being a stranger to us, come to us? What will you again dare to do, what to contrive? Tell us. Have you come to release us, as having changed your mind? I would not agree with you that you had really changed your mind. Nor would I believe you, saying that you are my friend. Do you, O proconsul, release him that has been bound? By no means. For I have One with whom I shall be for ever; I have One with whom I shall live to countless ages. To Him I go; to Him I hasten, who also having made you known to me, has said to me, Let not that fearful man terrify you; do not think that he will lay hold of you, who art mine: for he is your enemy. Therefore, having known you through him who has turned towards me, I am delivered from you. But if you wish to believe in Christ, there will be opened up for time, as I promised you, a way of access; but if you have come only to release me, I shall not be able after this to be brought down from this cross alive in the body. For I and my kinsmen depart to our own, allowing you to be what you are, and what you do not know about yourself. For already I see my King, already I worship Him, already I stand before Him, where the fellowship of the angels is, where He reigns the only emperor, where there is light without night, where the flowers never fade, where trouble is never known, nor the name of grief heard, where there are cheerfulness and exultation that have no end. O blessed cross! Without the longing for you, no one enters into that place. But I am distressed, Ægeates, about your own miseries, because eternal perdition is ready to receive you. Run then, for your own sake, O pitiable one, while yet you can, lest perchance you should wish then when you can not.

When, therefore, he attempted to come near the tree of the cross, so as to release the blessed Andrew, with all the city applauding him, the holy Andrew said with a loud voice: Do not suffer Andrew, bound upon Your tree, to be released, O Lord; do not give me who am in Your mystery to the shameless devil. O Jesus Christ, let not Your adversary release me, who have been hanged by Your favour; O Father, let this insignificant man no longer humble him who has known Your greatness. The executioners, therefore, putting out their hands, were not able at all to touch him. Others, then, and others endeavoured to release him, and no one at all was able to come near him; for their arms were benumbed.

Then the blessed Andrew, having adjured the people, said: I entreat you earnestly, brethren, that I may first make one prayer to my Lord. So then set about releasing me. All the people therefore kept quiet because of the adjuration. Then the blessed Andrew, with a loud cry, said: Do not permit, O Lord, Your servant at this time to be removed from You; for it is time that my body be committed to the earth, and You shall order me to come to You. You who gives eternal life, my Teacher whom I have loved, whom on this cross I confess, whom I know, whom I possess, receive me, O Lord; and as I have confessed You and obeyed You, so now in this word hearken to me; and, before my body come down from the cross, receive me to Yourself, that through my departure there may be access to You of many of my kindred, finding rest for themselves in Your majesty.

When, therefore, he had said this, he became in the sight of all glad and exulting; for an exceeding splendour like lightning coming forth out of heaven shone down upon him, and so encircled him, that in consequence of such brightness mortal eyes could not look upon him at all. And the dazzling light remained about the space of half an hour. And when he had thus spoken and glorified the Lord still more, the light withdrew itself, and he gave up the ghost, and along with the brightness itself he departed to the Lord in giving Him thanks.

=== Death of the most blessed Andrew ===

And after the decease of the most blessed Andrew the apostle, Maximilla being the most powerful of the notable women, and continuing among those who had come, as soon as she learned that the apostle had departed to the Lord, came up and turned her attention to the cross, along with Stratocles, taking no heed at all of those standing by, and with reverence took down the body of the most blessed apostle from the cross. And when it was evening, bestowing upon him the necessary care, she prepared the body for burial with costly spices, and laid it in her own tomb. For she had been parted from Ægeates on account of his brutal disposition and lawless conduct, having chosen for herself a holy and quiet life; and having been united to the love of Christ, she spent her life blessedly along with the brethren.

Ægeates had been very importunate with her, and promised that he would make her mistress of his wealth; but not having been able to persuade her, he was greatly enraged, and was determined to make a public charge against all the people, and to send to Cæsar an accusation against both Maximilla and all the people. And while he was arranging these things in the presence of his officers, at the dead of night he rose up, and unseen by all his people, having been tormented by the devil, he fell down from a great height, and rolling into the midst of the market-place of the city, breathed his last.

And this was reported to his brother Stratocles; and he sent his servants, having told them that they should bury him among those who had died a violent death. But he sought nothing of his substance, saying: Let not my Lord Jesus Christ, in whom I have believed, suffer me to touch anything whatever of the goods of my brother, that the condemnation of him who dared to cut off the apostle of the Lord may not disgrace me.

These things were done in the province of Achaia, in the city of Patras on the day before the kalends of December, where his good deeds are kept in mind even to this day, to the glory and praise of our Lord Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

''Translated by Alexander Walker. From Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. 8. Edited by Alexander Roberts, James Donaldson, and A. Cleveland Coxe. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1886.)
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Agabus

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Agabus was an early follower of [[the way]] from Syria and a prophet. He is remembered as one of the Seventy Disciples who were the chosen Sanhedrin of Christ.

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Acts of the Apostles

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[[Category:Bible books]]

991

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[[Category:Greek]]

Template:Beta

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Mnitsan: /* Beta (Strong's 896-1041) */

==Beta (Strong's 896-1041)==

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931

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929

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Mnitsan:

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Template:Alpha

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Mnitsan: /* Alpha (Strong's 1-895) */

==Alpha (Strong's 1-895)==

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759

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[[Category:Greek]]

Template:Phi

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Mnitsan: /* Phi (Strong's 5314-5462) */

==Phi (Strong's 5314-5462)==

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5456

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Mnitsan:

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[[Category:Greek]]

Template:Nun (Strong's 04994-05428)

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Mnitsan: /* Nun (Strong's 04994-05428) */

==Nun (Strong's 04994-05428)==

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5420

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5351

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Mnitsan:

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Template:Upsilon

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Mnitsan: /* Upsilon (Strong's 5191-5313) */

==Upsilon (Strong's 5191-5313)==

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5205

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Mnitsan:

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[[Category:Greek]]

Template:Pi

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Mnitsan: /* Pi (Strong's 3802-4459) */

==Pi (Strong's 3802-4459)==

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3973

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Mnitsan:

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[[Category:Greek]]

Template:Alpha

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Mnitsan: /* Alpha (Strong's 1-895) */

==Alpha (Strong's 1-895)==

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373

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Mnitsan:

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372

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Mnitsan:

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[[Category:Greek]]