Ingledsva said:
Yep. I get a kick out of what people believe - from tradition - rather than looking closely at what the Bible says.
For instance we get this idea of a gentle, loving, teacher.
The Bible actually tells us that he was rabble rousing at the Synagogues, and had to duck and run several times. He used a whip on people in two recorded verses. They packed short close fighting swords. And at least two of his disciples have names relating to known guerrilla groups of that time.
Obviously you haven't actually studied your Bible.
John 2:15 And when
he had made a scourge of small cords, he
drove them all out of the temple,
and the sheep, and the oxen;
and poured out the changers' money,
and overthrew the tables;
The Bible records him doing this two different times.
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Luk 6:15 Matthew and Thomas, James the
son of Alphaeus, and Simon called
Zelotes,
Luk 6:16 And Judas
the brother of James, and Judas
Iscariotes, which also was the traitor.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zealotry_in_Jewish_history
"Britannica Online defines
"zealot" as a "member of a Jewish sect noted for its uncompromising opposition to pagan Rome and the polytheism it professed";
[1] and identifies zealots as revolutionaries against the Romans"
" Josephus characterizes names a few leaders of different zealot movements, but he also identifies "Zealots Proper". The New Encyclopedia of Judaism names the zealots of note, including "…
the Sicarii (knife wielders) under Judah of Galilee, Judah’s son Menahem and descendent Eleazar ben Jair… (Who was the commander at Masada)"
[5] The "Zealots Proper" occupied Jerusalem and consisted of Eleazar ben Simeon and other priests. Josephus also mentions John of Giscala and Simeon bar Giora...."
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Luk 22:36 Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take
it,and likewise
his scrip: and
he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one.
That word for - sword - is machaira. A machaira is a short sword for in-close fighting. It is used 29 times in the NT verses concerning Jesus and his disciples.
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A couple of the Ducking from the temples verses -
Joh 8:59 Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.
Mar 11:18 And the scribes and chief priests heard it, and sought how they might destroy him: for they feared him, because all the people was astonished at his doctrine.
Mar 11:19 And when evening/darkness was come, he departed out of the city.
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