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To: Pyro7480
John 7

Jesus Goes to the Feast of Tabernacles

1After this, Jesus went around in Galilee, purposely staying away from Judea because the Jews there were waiting to take his life. 2But when the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles was near, 3Jesus' brothers said to him, "You ought to leave here and go to Judea, so that your disciples may see the miracles you do. 4No one who wants to become a public figure acts in secret. Since you are doing these things, show yourself to the world." 5For even his own brothers did not believe in him.

6Therefore Jesus told them, "The right time for me has not yet come; for you any time is right. 7The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify that what it does is evil. 8You go to the Feast. I am not yet[a] going up to this Feast, because for me the right time has not yet come." 9Having said this, he stayed in Galilee.

10However, after his brothers had left for the Feast, he went also, not publicly, but in secret.....

15 posted on 02/24/2010 12:06:48 PM PST by rface
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To: rface

Is the important thing here whether Mary had children, or even whether Mary died a Virgin?

Isn’t the important thing here that somehow Mary gets to be “Queen” for all eternity, a position of power and authority that has no biblical reference?


17 posted on 02/24/2010 12:13:27 PM PST by CharlesWayneCT
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