Not a problem.... hope you have a great day.That's a very reasonable explanation. Thank you, Ken.
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Not a problem.... hope you have a great day.That's a very reasonable explanation. Thank you, Ken.
What about Judas hanging himself vs falling headlong in the field and his guts bursting out?Both...
If one is wanting answers, all you have to do is google and you will see many views... here is one:
"In many languages today there is the equivalent of the English word "acquire." In Russian "priobrel" means acquire - in contrast "buy" in Russian would be kupit. In Azerbaijani language for "buy" we use a word "almaq" which has many meanings like buy, take, gain.
This word acquire in the original Greek does not necessarily mean that someone put down real money on the counter and got something in exchange for it. To make the long story short, the Scriptures show that the Priests bought it, and so Judas gained or acquired it.
Now what was Judas doing on that land?
He was angry with what happened, he understood how he was fooled by the Pharisees, and could not believe his foolishness. It happens to all of us. In the heat of our passions, envy or some other feelings we do something stupid, and then like in the Azeri saying -- let the earth swallow me -- feelings rush in. With that perspective, a very human reaction, Judas wanted to do two things on the land: 1. to kill himself; 2. to also disgrace the place Pharisees gave him, in an attempt to disgrace Pharisees too."
another view:
"In essence, the priests bought the field on behalf of Judas.
This is just like when my mother would give me money to go to the store to buy some groceries; we both bought the groceries - I did the physical act and she did through providing the financial resource (and, back in the day of single income families, so did my Dad in earning the income to begin with)."
If one is bent on taking everything "literally", then one would obviously agree that it is a contradiction. But is everything in the Bible literal? no
All the prophecies were or will be fulfilled but not in a way that everyone will agree on.I'm losing your point. God wanted to make specific prophecies to show His power when they were fulfilled BUT He didn't want them completely fulfilled because then that would destroy faith which is more important to Him than fulfilling prophecy?????
It is believed he hung himself and before he died, the branch he hung himself on broke and fell headlong in the field and his guts burst out.What about Judas hanging himself vs falling headlong in the field and his guts bursting out?
Then please answer this one question for me, 1213
And [Judas] cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself. —Matthew 27:5
Now [Judas] purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out. —Acts 1:18
Did the Pharisees purchase the field per Matthew or did Judas purchase the field per Luke/Acts?
It's an acceptable apologetic since there are no ancient Greek linguists in here. I don't buy it and neither do millions of others, but.......If we look at the more accurate translation, it says “…this man obtained a field with the reward…” Acts 1:18. Judas didn’t purchase it, because he was dead. And because the money was not priests, they used it for to buy a field for Judas and that way Judas obtained it. No contradiction there.
Maybe, but the Bible's track record is pretty poor at this point with not a single prophecy fulfilled yet.All the prophecies were or will be fulfilled but not in a way that everyone will agree on.
But God does not need everyone as a believer in the Messiah, or even anyone, as God has no needs.
The theme of the four Gospels is also errant, erroneous and corrupted by (sinful) Paul , his associates and the Pauline-Church, I understand, please. Right?That’s correct, but the 4 Gospels record the major themes.
What “theme” are you needing to discredit?The theme of the four Gospels is also errant, erroneous and corrupted by (sinful) Paul , his associates and the Pauline-Church, I understand, please. Right?
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It is enough to state the four Gospels has nothing to do with the truthful teachings of innocent Jesus s/o Mary and the man-made anonymous gospels are against the teachings of Jesus s/o Mary who was born a Jew and when he naturally died as is said at the old age of 120 he was a prophet/messenger unto the Jew, and he never a Pauline-Christian, no never no, please. Right?What “theme” are you needing to discredit?
It is enough to state the four Gospels has nothing to do with the truthful teachings of innocent Jesus s/o Mary and the man-made anonymous gospels are against the teachings of Jesus s/o Mary who was born a Jew and when he naturally died as is said at the old age of 120 he was a prophet/messenger unto the Jew, and he never a Pauline-Christian, no never no, please. Right?
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I didn't say it is in the (errant) 4 Gospels, please. Right?Where did you get the Gospel that Jesus died of natural causes at 120? Show us YOUR inerrant source?
Salvation by grace through faith in Jesus, I presume. Not many people know that Paul didn't even write that. It's from EphesiansWhat “theme” are you needing to discredit?
Can you provide the source of your claim?I didn't say it is in the (errant) 4 Gospels, please. Right?
Just Google <Jesus died a natural death>, please. Right?
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Salvation by grace through faith in Jesus, I presume. Not many people know that Paul didn't even write that. It's from Ephesians
Ephesians 2:8-9
New International Version
8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9 not by works, so that no one can boast.
Ephesians is pseudepigrapha--which is just a $5 word for "forgery". Think of it--the cornerstone of the Christian faith, this verse--was written by a complete stranger who attached Paul's name to the epistle. This stranger could have been a bum on the street with a penchant for writing religious diatribe for all we know. This is what I mean about the Christian faith being a very dubious house of cards built in an area prone to hurricanes.
The letters to the Ephesians and Colossians, thought to have been written between 80 and 90, were not written by Paul. There is no suggestion of the personal Paul in either of them. The style, the vocabulary, and the rhetoric are different from the authentic Paulines. They were written in Paul’s name after his death probably by scribes loyal to the school that survived him. They are included among the Pauline letters because by the time the church started drawing up lists of literature acceptable for public reading in the third and fourth centuries, Ephesians and Colossians were already a part of the "letters of Paul."
-----Mack, Burton L., Who Wrote The New Testament, 1995 Page 183
Didn't one Google <Jesus died a natural death>*, the sources are also there, please?Can you provide the source of your claim?
The only way to discredit them is to point out there's no recorded history of them.I think he is talking about discrediting the divinity of Christ and the resurrection and ascension.
The only thing I see is something from Islam which began 600 years after Jesus. That's not a credible source.Didn't one Google <Jesus died a natural death>*, the sources are also there, please?
Right?
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*Jesus Christ died a natural death | Islam Ahmadiyya - Al Islam
The only way to discredit them is to point out there's no recorded history of them.