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To: wardaddy; DesertRhino; The KG9 Kid; Twotone

The Sanhedrin is not one person, and thus should be in no list on any subject dealing with individual persons.


129 posted on 04/06/2019 4:50:16 PM PDT by YogicCowboy ("I am not entirely on anyone's side, because no one is entirely on mine." - J. R. R. Tolkien)
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To: YogicCowboy; Pelham

He should have in any event noted Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathea dissented and urgently argued against what they were insisting upon Pilate

Arimathea I think paid for Jesus tomb....he’d originally bought it for himself..

Both he and Nicodemus feature prominently in early Christian lore especially in Catholic , Orhtodox and mainline Protestant sects

Joseph even testified to Caiphas that Jesus had arisen from Joesphs tomb he’d allowed for Jesus burial

Nicodemus and Joseph defended Jesus at risk to themselves and indeed Joseph was imprisoned for sometime before being freed by sympathizers

Both also paid for the herbs and spices and essence oils and helped prepare Jesus body for burial

Some scholars think Joseph traveled as far as Britannia proselytizing...some scholars disagree

Anyhow that is two Pharisees of the Sanhedrin who should have been spared the authors condemnation especially since Jesus himself forgave them for their transgressions ceding they were simply carrying out providence

This is from memory someone can and will correct me I’m sure...I’m no holy roller but my butt was on the pew most Sunday mornings and Wednesday nights in the 60s and 70s and even now I attend a fair amount....wifey is kinda adamant at times


145 posted on 04/07/2019 12:01:30 AM PDT by wardaddy (When only the best Santa will do...call Joe Biden)
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To: YogicCowboy

Not to mention especially when the author summons up magical invention and cultural lore, assigning it to be factual history.

“Someone from the Bible should make this list” was where I started rolling my eyes. He didn’t disappoint. If he’d instead said “Someone from religion-craft should make this list”, I’d expected Martin Luther or Marcion, Augustine, Ambrose, Chrystosom and Constantine.


149 posted on 04/07/2019 9:55:57 AM PDT by The KG9 Kid
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