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My position squares with the recorded words of Yeshua as recorded by the Cohen Matthew (the only literate disciple) who recorded it in their native hebrew tongue.
Squirm all you wish, but your flawed contortion of the word will not stand when we stand face to face, and know as we are known. (1Corinthians 13:12)
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Calling Matthew a Cohen when he is recorded as being a Levite shows a rather low level of literacy on your part, It squares with recognizing Matthew as the only literate disciple and then citing Paul.
That said, the quality of the defenders that his New Zealand eminence has attracted speaks to the quality of his position.