To: Lexinom
And those who would have pressed the abuse button were the Pharisees, who knew the Lord was right in His judgments. Somehow I can't see Nicodemus or Joseph of Arimathea doing this. We must be careful not to impune all Pharisee as early scribal NT translators did.
To: Invincibly Ignorant
Fair enough, point well taken. Caiaphas and that crowd. The point is the "bad Pharisees" were convicted by the Lord's words against them and not by his "making sport" of them. We, of course, have to be careful about the distiction between condemning belief systems and condemning people because we're not the Lord and therefore can't possibly know what's in someone's heart. I suppose even that point can be debated, but that's fine.
718 posted on
01/24/2004 7:23:04 PM PST by
Lexinom
To: Invincibly Ignorant
Somehow I can't see Nicodemus or Joseph of Arimathea doing this. We must be careful not to impune all Pharisee as early scribal NT translators did.Sort of agree. i do not accept your contention that early scribal NT translators impuned all Pharisees, it is merely that most of the discourses were with Pharisees, it does tend to show an out of balance perspective if the reader is not aware of the history of the times.
For your own consumption however, i submit this little tidbit to you for consideration.
Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples,2) Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat: 3) All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works; for they say, and do not.
Note that it was technically the Saducees who sat in Moses' seat...they controled the priesthood and the government. While the Pharisees are being slapped on the wrist, the REAL insult is to the Saducees. Interesting, no?
770 posted on
01/25/2004 8:11:16 AM PST by
Calvinist_Dark_Lord
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