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steve53
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Political correctness was implied in your response, Tim.
You were careful to use quotes that just pinned antagonism towards Jesus on the high priesthood, while ignoring many more that pin the animosity towards Jesus as arising from the Jews themselves.
The Jews didn’t need a lot of prompting from the priesthood and aristocracy when Jesus revealed his Eucharist ceremony. It was thought to be occult in nature and cannibalistic. In fact, Jesus lost a lot of followers when he first revealed it.
Even though we KNOW it is symbolic today, it was still pretty weird even back in those times. And Jesus didn’t say “Eat, this bread SYMBOLIZES my body” but “Eat, this bread IS my body.” So the confusion was understandable.
Slightly OT, this aspect has largely been downplayed when “scholars” look back at the Christian persecutions. The Jesus Seminarians and others stick to the belief that the anger of Romans stemmed from the Christians worshiping Jesus instead of Augustus(!). No contemporary sources support this.
Certainly, the High Priest’s made sure that the Roman higher-ups were aware of this disgusting group of Jewish occultists, which the author Hagan goes into. The ex-High Priest Ismael was even a part of Nero’s salon in Rome in the mid 60s A.D.
You were careful to use quotes that just pinned antagonism towards Jesus on the high priesthood, while ignoring many more that pin the animosity towards Jesus as arising from the Jews themselves.
The Jews didn’t need a lot of prompting from the priesthood and aristocracy when Jesus revealed his Eucharist ceremony. It was thought to be occult in nature and cannibalistic. In fact, Jesus lost a lot of followers when he first revealed it.
Even though we KNOW it is symbolic today, it was still pretty weird even back in those times. And Jesus didn’t say “Eat, this bread SYMBOLIZES my body” but “Eat, this bread IS my body.” So the confusion was understandable.
Slightly OT, this aspect has largely been downplayed when “scholars” look back at the Christian persecutions. The Jesus Seminarians and others stick to the belief that the anger of Romans stemmed from the Christians worshiping Jesus instead of Augustus(!). No contemporary sources support this.
Certainly, the High Priest’s made sure that the Roman higher-ups were aware of this disgusting group of Jewish occultists, which the author Hagan goes into. The ex-High Priest Ismael was even a part of Nero’s salon in Rome in the mid 60s A.D.