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Mark -- Errors 238-244
#238
Mark 14: (KJV)
12 “And the first day of unleavened bread, when they killed the
passover, his disciples said unto him, Where wilt thou that we go and
prepare that thou mayest eat the passover?”
According to the Tanakh the eating of the Passover came before the Feast
Of Unleavened Bread. Leviticus 23:(JPS)
5 “In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at dusk,
is HaShem'S passover. 6 And on the fifteenth day of the same month is
the feast of unleavened bread unto HaShem”
So the proper response from Jesus should have been “yesterday, and
don’t ask me any more questions”.
#239
Mark 14: (KJV)
20 “And he answered and said unto them, It is one of the twelve,
that dippeth with me in the dish.”
According to the Mishnah, M. Pes. 10.3, there was no custom of a common
dish for dipping before 70 CE. Ooops.
#240
Mark 14: (KJV)
22 “And he said unto them, This is my blood of the new testament,
which is shed for many.”
Compare to Matthew 26: (KJV)
28 “For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for
many for the remission of sins.”
Matthew’s addition of “for the remission of sins” reflects
a later Christian theology than “Mark’s” also known as
“Paganism”.
#241
Mark 14: (KJV)
33 “And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began
to be sore amazed, and to be very heavy;”
Compare to Matthew 26: (KJV)
37 “And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and
began to be sorrowful and very heavy.”
Mark’s “sore amazed” above has the meaning in Greek of
being greatly distressed and implies an internal struggle. Matthew’s
“sorrowful” above tones down the internal struggle as the author
of Matthew always wants to present Jesus as completely in charge.
#242
Mark 14: (KJV)
58 “We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made
with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands.59
But neither so did their witness agree together.”
Compare to Matthew 26: (KJV)
60 But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found
they none. At the last came two false witnesses, 61 And said, This fellow
said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three
days. 62 And the high priest arose, and said unto him, Answerest thou
nothing? what is it which these witness against thee?
Strangely, “Mark” gives a quote which is attributed to two witnesses
and then concludes that these witnesses did not agree. “Matthew”
realized this so he drops Mark’s conclusion that they did not agree.
Ironically, the Christian Bible using the same required standard of agreement
between witnesses, gives the same type of “false” testimony
because of the lack of agreement between the Gospel witnesses that the
witnesses gave against Jesus at the trial.
#243
Mark 14: (KJV)
60 “And the high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus,
saying, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against
thee? 61But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the high priest
asked him, and said unto him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?62
And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the right
hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.63 Then the high priest
rent his clothes, and saith, What need we any further witnesses?64 Ye
have heard the blasphemy: what think ye? And they all condemned him to
be guilty of death.”
The entire “trial” scene is bizarre. According to the Talmud
the Sanhedrin was prohibited from convening at night or on the eve of
holidays. The “conspirators” initially plan on avoiding dealing
with Jesus on Passover and end up dealing with Jesus on Passover. “Mark”
can’t think of any good reason why Judas would betray Jesus. In a
time of severely limited means of communication and transportation the
entire Sanhedrin assembles in a few hours except for the Pharisees, who
are suddenly no where to be found, even though they were the primary enemies
of Jesus before the “trial”. The Priests, who will have their
busiest time of the year during Passover, make the trial no problem. The
perfectly legitimate charge against Jesus that he created a disturbance
in the Temple is never made while a charge of blasphemy against God is
made even though Jesus never used the word “God”. So “the
Jews” whose biggest crime according to the Christian Bible is that
they are legalistic don’t do anything legalistic during the most
important legalistic event of the Christian Bible.
#244
Mark 14: (KJV)
62 “And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see the Son of man sitting
on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.”
False prophecy.