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To: FatherofFive
With all due respect, you simply do not know what you are talking about.

'First-born' is a term in Jewish tradition. The first-born is the first male born. The first-born has status of principal heir and successor of his father as head of the family. It does not refer to the order of birth of children, only male children. If I was Jewish, the fifth child, with four older sisters, I would still be the first-born.

Luke was a Gentile...He wasn't repeating Jewish tradition...He is telling a story from a Gentile point of view...As here for example:

Luk_1:9 According to the custom of the priest's office, his lot was to burn incense when he went into the temple of the Lord.

When something was a custom or a tradition, Luke mentioned it...Luke, as a Gentile called Jesus the firstborn because he knew that Jesus had younger brothers and sisters...

116 posted on 04/14/2014 3:04:33 PM PDT by Iscool (Ya mess with me, you mess with the WHOLE trailer park...)
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To: Iscool; FatherofFive

I probably shouldn’t stick my nose in at this point, but if assume Luke was Greek, shouldn’t we also assume he was familiar with the Greek traditions relative to primogeniture?


119 posted on 04/14/2014 3:23:46 PM PDT by Mr. Lucky
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To: Iscool
When something was a custom or a tradition, Luke mentioned it...Luke, as a Gentile called Jesus the firstborn because he knew that Jesus had younger brothers and sisters...

You are just making that up. Show me that in Scripture.

125 posted on 04/14/2014 3:39:19 PM PDT by FatherofFive (Islam is evil and must be eradicated)
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