In Luke 18:18-25 we see a very rich man who is called out for not truly having faith in god because he is unwilling to give up his money as Jesus tells him to. Then in 19:1-10, we see another man who has manly worldly possessions but in his case we see that his faith… Continue reading →
I think that Mark decided to include the ten miracles into a travelogue because they connect Jesus to some of the very important Jewish Prophets. They are incorporated throughout the time of Jesus’ travels because they show his life building up to the point where he is arrested and crucified. This build up, as in… Continue reading →
The Last Super story has several key words or phrases which show that it has been passed from the Jewish community and through the Greek-speaking community. One of these is the word “that”. In Scripting Jesus, L. Michael White teaches us that in Greek oral tradition the word “that” is used before a person directly… Continue reading →
