John the Baptist was not Kosher?

[DaveBj]

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There are no manuscripts of the Gospels of Matthew and Mark in Hebrew, so I am at a loss as to why you would mention this. Also, as far as I know the Hebrew word does not have another meaning besides “locust” while the Greek word, as I have pointed out, does.

John the Baptist would have regulated his life by the Torah, not by the Gospels of Matthew and Mark, which were not written until long after he had died.

Below is a link, and quote of the dictionary entry of the Lexicon of Medieval Greek Demotic Literature
komvos.edu.gr/dictonlineplsql/simple_search.display_full_lemma?the_lemma_id=878&target_dict=2
ακρίδα (II), ακρίς η. H κορυφή του βλασταριού: ακρίδας ου σιτεύομαι ουδ’ αγαπώ βοτάνας Προδρ. II 103. μτγν. ουσ. ακρίς]
This is the meaning of the word in Matt 3:4 and Mark 1:6 as understood by the Orthodox Church in Greece, the Church which reads the text of the New Testament in its original tongue, not in translation. If you believe you know the Greek language better than the people who live and breath the language of the Gospels then I don’t know if there is much more I can say to you

John

I am not really interested on medieval Greek demotic literature. I am interested in the koine Greek as used in the New Testament. I don’t claim to “know the Greek language better than the people who live and breathe” it, but I do claim to resort to people who are acknowledged experts in the field.

I can’t help it if you have a problem with John’s eating grasshoppers, but that doesn’t change the fact that they were kosher, and that he more than likely did eat them.

DaveBj

 

[faithofall]

I was John the Baptist! Watch what you say my child!

 

[Diddy_Gong]

^ Guess who’s back…back again…Johnny’s back…tell a friend!