How would Romans know?

[Penumbra]

Except that your quote is actually John 19:24.

As to the passage itself it is important to note that the KJV does not use quotation marks so while it may appear at first glance that the soldiers are saying that they are fulfilling prophecy, actually they're not.

Peter

^There's the correct answer.

The author of John noted in hindsight that the soldiers in his story were fulfilling a prophecy, not that the soldiers in his story knew they were fulfilling a prophecy.

 

[Amechania]

That must have been one fabulous chiton, basically a potato sack covered in dirt and dried blood. This story is obviously an afterthought.

 

[metis]

There are many who say that the Dead Sea Scrolls were the records of those Jews who accepted and followed Jesus as 'the Teacher of Righteousness'.

There's nothing found in the DSS that would suggest Jesus, if you carefully check it out.

 

[technomage]

There are many who say that the Dead Sea Scrolls were the records of those Jews who accepted and followed Jesus as 'the Teacher of Righteousness'.

The "Teacher of Righteousness" was the founder (or one of the founders) of the Qumran sect, and flourished before the Maccabean Revolt. The Damascus Document clearly shows the date, and gives significant background information for the Teacher and for the Qumran community.

Unless you really want to play into the "Jesus Myth" conjectures, associating the two seems foolish, at best.

 

[Jayhawker Soule]

The "Teacher of Righteousness" was the founder (or one of the founders) of the Qumran sect, and flourished before the Maccabean Revolt. The Damascus Document clearly shows the date, and gives significant background information for the Teacher and for the Qumran community.

Unless you really want to play into the "Jesus Myth" conjectures, associating the two seems foolish, at best.

Good post.