Wow! another petty insulter gets his jollys by pilng on- way to go ‘brother’
Did you not read anything I wrote-? I also note you ignored the ‘lie’ Jesus apparently told about the mustard seed too- Why didn’t He correct Himself then? Or do you dent He told the people something that wasn’t true then? (I’m sure you’ll have an ‘explanation’ to dismiss that analogy as well)
[[What a disgusting twisted mind your religion has left you with.]]
Well I guess the minds of all the major bible scholars are ‘disgusting and twisted’ too then in your world-
[[without having ALL the facts relevant to making such an astonishing statement.]]
Lol- I have been presenting one fact after another- I note you haven’t bothered addressing ANY of them- more fun to just rip into someone huh?
---Since the Jews were very familiar with the mustard seed, Jesus referred to what they could understand and appreciate. In their world, where they lived, planted, and harvested, they understood that the mustard seed was the smallest of the seeds they normally planted. And still, it could germinate, take root, and flourish, eventually becoming an eight- to 10-foot tall shrub (Lane, 1974, p. 171).
Similar to how we might say to someone, “everyone knows that two plus two is four,” Jesus told His Palestinian peers that the mustard seed is “the least of all the seeds.” Do most people on Earth likely know that two plus two is four? Yes. But millions of infants are ignorant of this mathematical fact, as are many mentally-ill individuals. Thus, the term “everyone” would be used in a limited sense. Likewise, when Jesus spoke of the mustard seed, He was speaking hyperbolically in a limited sense. The mustard seed “was the smallest usually sown in Jewish fields” (McGarvey, 1875, p. 121, emp. added).
Mustard Seed Mistake or Misunderstanding?
by Eric Lyons, M.Min.
I would add this one as well:
---Please note that Jesus was not comparing the mustard seed to all other seeds in the world, but to seeds that a local, Palestinian farmer might have “sowed in his field,” i.e., a key qualifying phrase in verse 31. And it’s absolutely true that the black mustard seed (Brassica nigra = Sinapis nigra) was the smallest seed ever sown by a first-century farmer in that part of the world.It’s also true, as many modern-day encyclopedias will tell you, that the black mustard seed in Israel will typically grow to heights of 3.7 meters, or 12 (twelve) feet—plenty large enough to hold a bird nest.
[snip]The context of Matthew 13 makes it quite clear that Jesus was addressing a local lay audience, not an international conference of botanists. It seems that no reasonable person would therefore insist for very long that this text provides a viable basis for questioning either Jesus or the Bible, when it comes to getting the facts straight—scientifically, historically, or technically.
Is the mustard seed the smallest of seeds?
Cordially,