works based salvation

[Dorothy Mae]

Matthew 1:18, "She will give birth to a son and you will name him Jesus, because he will save his people [the Jews] from their sins. This immediately follows Jesus' genealogy tracing His Jewish ancestry.

Matthew 2:1-2 "After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, in the time of King Herod, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem saying, “Where is the one who is born king of the Jews?

Matthew 2:6 "And you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are in no way least among the rulers of Judah, for out of you will come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel"

I am not going to go through the entire New Testament to prove that Jesus and all his followers prior to Paul were all Jews. Even after Paul made his journeys many of those who followed Jesus were Jews.

You cannot, with any justification, attack Jesus' own people. If you attack the Jews you are attacking Him.

Does it make you feel good to falsely charge me with evil????

 

[pescador]

Does it make you feel good to falsely charge me with evil????

"For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned." Matthew 12:37

What you have written is there for all to see.

"The Jews in Jesus’ day read Hebrew thoroughly and didn’t understand it, most of them. They didn’t even recognize the Messiah!!!"

"They didn’t know the Messiah when he stood before them point blank. Pretty big miss. If they don’t understand the Messiah when present, what do they know?"

"Why did they say he wasn’t their king to Pilot? Why did they deliver him up and insist he be crucified?? Why is this so difficult to accept? His own didn’t receive him, do you deny it?"

 

[pescador]

As I have said previously, everyone who accepted Jesus as the Messiah prior to Paul's voyages were Jews. All of them!

How did Jesus refer to the Gentiles? Mark 7:27 “First let the children eat all they want,” he told her, “for it is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.”

I will no longer continue this discussion. Your attitude toward Jesus' people is between you and Him.

 

[Dorothy Mae]

As I have said previously, everyone who accepted Jesus as the Messiah prior to Paul's voyages were Jews. All of them!

Cornelius was not a Jew. You are wrong.

How did Jesus refer to the Gentiles? Mark 7:27 “First let the children eat all they want,” he told her, “for it is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.”

I will no longer continue this discussion. Your attitude toward Jesus' people is between you and Him.

Since you don’t understand me but desire to malign, it’s good you leave.

 

[packermann]

Unless they can read Hebrew!

The Jews at the time of Jesus did not speak Hebrew. They spoke Aramaic.

 

[pescador]

The Jews at the time of Jesus did not speak Hebrew. They spoke Aramaic.

Aramaic was the common lingua franca of Palestine and surrounding regions when Jesus was alive, but Hebrew was spoken by devout Jews. What do you think was read (and understood) in the synagogues and the temple?

When Jesus read the Scriptures aloud, he read Hebrew and the congregation understood it.

 

[Dorothy Mae]

The Jews at the time of Jesus did not speak Hebrew. They spoke Aramaic.

Bilingual was much more common is human history than it is in Anglo-American culture.

 

[pescador]

Bilingual was much more common is human history than it is in Anglo-American culture.

And your proof of this is?

 

[Dorothy Mae]

And your proof of this is?

Jesus and the disciples spoke Aramaic. They understood Hebrew writing which means they could speak it. They wrote letters in Greek. And they could talk
to the Romans which means latin was known to them at least some of them. Being bilingual is still more common outside of the anglo-american culture.