• teft@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    You forgot my favorite parable, The Cleansing of the Temple:

    And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers’ money, and overthrew the tables; And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father’s house a house of merchandise. John 2:15-16

    Jesus whipping money lenders will always make me chuckle.

  • OldWoodFrame@lemm.ee
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    9 months ago

    The historical Jesus was not a child refugee. He was from Nazareth, period. The stories of the family traveling to Bethlehem are not in the oldest gospel (Mark) and almost certainly got added in to explain why the messiah was not from Bethlehem when prophecy said he would be, the same home town as King David.