Feb 28, 2024
The thirteenth passage of the Sefer Yeshua is based on Mk 2:21, Mt 9:16, Lk 5:36, and Thomas 47:5. The main source of this saying is from Mark (Matthew and Luke both borrow from Mark, and so they both place the saying where Mark places it; and Luke makes quite a few...
Feb 19, 2024
The twelfth passage of the Sefer Yeshua is based on Mt 11:7-15, Lk 7:24-28a (a reed in the wind, a man in fancy clothes, prophet to be sent before the Day of YHVH, prophet like Elijah, no one greater than John); Lk 10:23 (‘those who have ears to hear’). The likely...
Feb 8, 2024
The eleventh passage of the Sefer Yeshua is based on Mt 11:2, Lk 7:20 (John sends his apostles to Yeshua to question him); Mt 11:6, Lk 7:23 (‘fortunate is the one who isn’t scandalised’), Lk 10:23 (‘his eyes see’). The likely source of the words in both Mt and Lk is...
Feb 2, 2024
The tenth passage of the Sefer Yeshua is based on Mk 2:18-20, Mt 9:14-15, Lk 5:33-35, and Th 104:3 (the primary source-passage in the NT gospels is that of Mark). 10. 1People were saying to Yeshua`, ‘The followers of Yochanan and the followers of the Pharisees are...
Jan 25, 2024
The ninth passage of the Sefer Yeshua is based on Thomas 74:1. The midrash about people claiming that Yeshua is the messiah, is loosely based on Mk 8:29, Mt 16:16, and Lk 9:20 (Mark is the primary source of the three). 9. 1People said to Yeshua`, ‘See how the people...
Jan 17, 2024
The eighth passage of the Sefer Yeshua is mainly based on Lk 12:49 and Thomas 16:1. A similar passage can be found in Mt 10:34 (about bringing a sword to the Land). The midrash about being aggrieved at the stubbornness of people’s hearts is partly based on Mk 3:5....
