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Wm777
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Do we know the name of the person who slapped Jesus in John 18:22?
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poche
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I heard a story that relatively soon after he was assumed body and soul into Hell.
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c1949
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And when he had thus spoken, one of the officers which stood by struck Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying, Answerest thou the high priest so?
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c1949
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How would we know?
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Anrakyr
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There is an old myth about him called the wandering Jew. After slapping Jesus he heard a voice in his mind roar how dare he strike God as he was the first to do so.
He fled the trial if you could call it that. Since that day he has wondered the earth. Unable to grow old or die, living with his guilt.
The wandering Jew is said to be allowed to die on the day of judgement.
Not that this myth is real I just think it’s really cool. This guy actually features in a number of shows and movies as the evil Mastermind trying to end the world. Sometimes as the old wise man who tells the hero how to win and laments he’s seen it all before.
He fled the trial if you could call it that. Since that day he has wondered the earth. Unable to grow old or die, living with his guilt.
The wandering Jew is said to be allowed to die on the day of judgement.
Not that this myth is real I just think it’s really cool. This guy actually features in a number of shows and movies as the evil Mastermind trying to end the world. Sometimes as the old wise man who tells the hero how to win and laments he’s seen it all before.
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Wm777
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I dont know what it’s called, but probably the same way we know the name of Dismas and Gesmas, Malchus, Longinus and others.Wm777:
How would we know?
Actually, Malchus comes straight from the Gospels, so he might not be the same as the others, but somehow names get attributed to biblical figures through records or artifacts passed down though time.
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Mintaka
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If you are looking for the name of the Wandering Jew of folklore, his name is Ahasuerus, usually, but there are other variants.
I have never heard of him being associated with one guy who slapped Jesus. Jesus got slapped by a lot of people. The point of talking about That One Guy is that he was getting on Jesus for “showing disrespect” to the high priest, when really Jesus was speaking the literal truth, AND was the eternal High Priest, AND was king, prophet, Messiah, and God Himself. Sort of a dark humor moment.
Also, remember that a fair number of these minor Gospel characters are people we know about because they became Christian afterward, and were available to evangelists as eyewitnesses. They are not named to spare them embarrassment, as well as to keep the narrative flow moving. Of course, John was there at some of this stuff, but he knew a lot of these folks through his priestly connections. So it could be either way with this guy.
I have never heard of him being associated with one guy who slapped Jesus. Jesus got slapped by a lot of people. The point of talking about That One Guy is that he was getting on Jesus for “showing disrespect” to the high priest, when really Jesus was speaking the literal truth, AND was the eternal High Priest, AND was king, prophet, Messiah, and God Himself. Sort of a dark humor moment.
Also, remember that a fair number of these minor Gospel characters are people we know about because they became Christian afterward, and were available to evangelists as eyewitnesses. They are not named to spare them embarrassment, as well as to keep the narrative flow moving. Of course, John was there at some of this stuff, but he knew a lot of these folks through his priestly connections. So it could be either way with this guy.
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