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Yep! It's happening! Not only cuz I was lead to it, but because it wasn't the same story I ever recall hearing. I was lead to read both Matthew and Mark. While similar, there are some slight variations. Different tales, some almost exact, leading up to the death of Christ. But even the story of his death was slightly different. Obviously, people need to go other places. After all, Jesus would send out his followers to other places to help spread the good word and work. I also wanna make mention depending on feelings, IDK bout y'all, but I can get upset to a point where I can miss up to a whole paragraph of words spoken to me, it might have also had a part in the variants. I suppose that this would probably be more along the lines of personal thoughts/wants some q&a time, but honestly, I'm not sure. All I know for a fact is I read it, wrote it, now I'm sharing with you all.
If you look in the book of Mark, It's the story we've all been told, he was betrayed, was picked for death over Barabbas, beaten to please the crowd, put on the cross and rose again. The only thing I don't recall being mentioned was his trial among the Jewish leaders, they had people lining up to lie about Jesus to find something to kill him for, and how they began the beatings right then and there before sending him to pilate after they found 'evidence' for reason to kill him. They slapped him, punched him, and spit on him after they blindfolded him. saying 'If you're the real Son of God, who hit you' but he just sat there silently.
Matthew, on the other hand, is tells it a little differently. Starting at Matthew 26:57-68, like in Mark, Jesus was brought before the leaders, people told lies. The 'evidence' mentioned earlier were two people (I assume the ones from the temple in John 2:19) told the council ' This man said HE would destroy the temple and rebuild it in 3 days'. Now, in John 2:19, that's not what he said. He said, "destroy the temple and I will rebuild it in 3 days". He didn't say *I* will destroy the temple, also, it goes on there stating he wasn't actually talking about the temple itself, but HIMself, not that they knew that part or cared to understand. But those twisting of words, are part of what 'did him in'. The icing on the cake, so to speak, was when they asked him if he was truly the Son of God. In which, his reply, 'Yes, i tell you, in the future, you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of God. And the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven'. Here they took it as an insult to God himself and then proceeded to blindfold and beat him.
In Matthew 27:3-5, unlike mark, this chapter states Judas actually felt like a horrible person(which he should feel that way) and tried to give the money back stating 'I sinned. I handed over to you an innocent man'. The priests of the temple refused it, saying, pretty much, they don't accept 'blood money' and that it was his problem to deal with. Judas threw the money at them, then left, and hung himself.
Little ways down, we get into the part where the people choose a prisoner to free by order of pilate. Matthew 27: 15-25, Pilate, as we all know, pinned Jesus up against Barabbas. A well know, extremely horrible person. Here's the difference here between this book and Mark. In Matthew it says, Pilate's own wife had a dream and warned pilate not to 'mess with that man' for he did nothing wrong(v.19). But the *priests* were telling everyone in the crowd to pick Barabbas to go free. As we know they did, Pilate asked 'why?' only to be answered with 'kill him on the cross'. Pilate then WASHED his hands, and said 'I will not be guilty of this man's death!' and the crowd replied 'we will take responsibility. You can blame us AND our children".
We know the painful yet joyful events thereafter, but here's something in Matthew that wasn't said in Mark. Matthew 27:62-64, that the priests and the Pharisees ordered guards to stand watch over his tomb for 3 full days. They thought the followers would steal Jesus' body and lay claim that Jesus had risen. My thoughts essentially on this is them pretty much saying, 'ok, well after 3 days, if he's still in there then we were in fact right and would no longer have anything to worry about if they made a mistake or not', despite what had happened and was seen as Jesus gave his last breath. We know of course that he had risen after 3 days and went to see his followers and then ascend to heaven. But, over in Matthew 28:11-15, After Jesus had risen, those guards who were guarding the tomb went told the Pharisees that Jesus had in fact risen as he said he would. The Pharisees PAID these guards to keep their mouth shut and to tell everyone that Jesus' body was just stolen, which it seems even now is still believed.
That's all for today, I'm now being called to 'investigate' baptisms. So expect to hear something soon! Thanks for reading and if you have anything to add, any questions, or if there was something else I may have missed please feel free to drop a comment. I would love to talk with you guys :) have blessed day.
Yep! It's happening! Not only cuz I was lead to it, but because it wasn't the same story I ever recall hearing. I was lead to read both Matthew and Mark. While similar, there are some slight variations. Different tales, some almost exact, leading up to the death of Christ. But even the story of his death was slightly different. Obviously, people need to go other places. After all, Jesus would send out his followers to other places to help spread the good word and work. I also wanna make mention depending on feelings, IDK bout y'all, but I can get upset to a point where I can miss up to a whole paragraph of words spoken to me, it might have also had a part in the variants. I suppose that this would probably be more along the lines of personal thoughts/wants some q&a time, but honestly, I'm not sure. All I know for a fact is I read it, wrote it, now I'm sharing with you all.
If you look in the book of Mark, It's the story we've all been told, he was betrayed, was picked for death over Barabbas, beaten to please the crowd, put on the cross and rose again. The only thing I don't recall being mentioned was his trial among the Jewish leaders, they had people lining up to lie about Jesus to find something to kill him for, and how they began the beatings right then and there before sending him to pilate after they found 'evidence' for reason to kill him. They slapped him, punched him, and spit on him after they blindfolded him. saying 'If you're the real Son of God, who hit you' but he just sat there silently.
Matthew, on the other hand, is tells it a little differently. Starting at Matthew 26:57-68, like in Mark, Jesus was brought before the leaders, people told lies. The 'evidence' mentioned earlier were two people (I assume the ones from the temple in John 2:19) told the council ' This man said HE would destroy the temple and rebuild it in 3 days'. Now, in John 2:19, that's not what he said. He said, "destroy the temple and I will rebuild it in 3 days". He didn't say *I* will destroy the temple, also, it goes on there stating he wasn't actually talking about the temple itself, but HIMself, not that they knew that part or cared to understand. But those twisting of words, are part of what 'did him in'. The icing on the cake, so to speak, was when they asked him if he was truly the Son of God. In which, his reply, 'Yes, i tell you, in the future, you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of God. And the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven'. Here they took it as an insult to God himself and then proceeded to blindfold and beat him.
In Matthew 27:3-5, unlike mark, this chapter states Judas actually felt like a horrible person(which he should feel that way) and tried to give the money back stating 'I sinned. I handed over to you an innocent man'. The priests of the temple refused it, saying, pretty much, they don't accept 'blood money' and that it was his problem to deal with. Judas threw the money at them, then left, and hung himself.
Little ways down, we get into the part where the people choose a prisoner to free by order of pilate. Matthew 27: 15-25, Pilate, as we all know, pinned Jesus up against Barabbas. A well know, extremely horrible person. Here's the difference here between this book and Mark. In Matthew it says, Pilate's own wife had a dream and warned pilate not to 'mess with that man' for he did nothing wrong(v.19). But the *priests* were telling everyone in the crowd to pick Barabbas to go free. As we know they did, Pilate asked 'why?' only to be answered with 'kill him on the cross'. Pilate then WASHED his hands, and said 'I will not be guilty of this man's death!' and the crowd replied 'we will take responsibility. You can blame us AND our children".
We know the painful yet joyful events thereafter, but here's something in Matthew that wasn't said in Mark. Matthew 27:62-64, that the priests and the Pharisees ordered guards to stand watch over his tomb for 3 full days. They thought the followers would steal Jesus' body and lay claim that Jesus had risen. My thoughts essentially on this is them pretty much saying, 'ok, well after 3 days, if he's still in there then we were in fact right and would no longer have anything to worry about if they made a mistake or not', despite what had happened and was seen as Jesus gave his last breath. We know of course that he had risen after 3 days and went to see his followers and then ascend to heaven. But, over in Matthew 28:11-15, After Jesus had risen, those guards who were guarding the tomb went told the Pharisees that Jesus had in fact risen as he said he would. The Pharisees PAID these guards to keep their mouth shut and to tell everyone that Jesus' body was just stolen, which it seems even now is still believed.
That's all for today, I'm now being called to 'investigate' baptisms. So expect to hear something soon! Thanks for reading and if you have anything to add, any questions, or if there was something else I may have missed please feel free to drop a comment. I would love to talk with you guys :) have blessed day.
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