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According to the gospel account by John, Jesus was asking for clarification from Pilate through a rhetorical question. That is, Jesus was clarifying with Pilate as to whether or not the indictment was second-hand (i.e., is it that others say that I am a King of the Jews?) versus Pilate himself. In other words, was the indictment because Rome saw Jesus as a ...
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Jesus had the legal authority to cleanse the temple not because he was a rabbi but because he claimed to be like Solomon, the "Son of David" and thus the builder of God's house (2 Samuel 7). This is evident from a careful reading of the gospels through the lens of the Hebrew Bible.
In the synoptics the temple cleansing is immediately preceded by Jesus' ...
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Is it not salt that keeps flesh from disintegrating? In the temple salt had been used for the sacrificial meat to prevent if from becoming inacceptable and smelling.
So the salt is good in the eyes of the one talking, when it serves the purpose. For one to be considered salt of the earth would mean: to keep the earth to which he is given in a state ...
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