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Matthew -- Errors 57-63
# 57
Matthew 5: (KJV)
33 “Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old
time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord
thine oaths:But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for
it is God's throne:”
Contradicted by Deuteronomy 6:13 (JPS)
“Thou shalt fear HaShem thy G-d; and Him shalt thou serve, and
by His name shalt thou swear.”
#58
Matthew 5: (KJV)
38 “Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and
a tooth for a tooth:
But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite
thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. And if any man will
sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also.”
Contradicted by Deuteronomy 19:18 (JPS)
“and the magistrates shall make a thorough investigation. If the
man who testified is a false witness, if he has testified falsely against
his fellow, you shall do to him as he schemed to do to his fellow. Thus
you will sweep out evil from your midst; others will hear and be afraid,
and such evil things will not again be done in your midst. Nor must you
show pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand,
foot for foot.”
#59
Matthew 6: (KJV)
1 “Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of
them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.”
Contradicted by Matthew 5: (KJV)
16 “Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your
good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.”
#60
Matthew 8: (KJV)
1 “When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed
him.
And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou
wilt, thou canst make me clean. And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched
him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
And Jesus saith unto him, See thou tell no man; but go thy way, shew thyself
to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony
unto them.”
Regarding a mountain near Jerusalem (shew thyself to the priest) I think
“Matthew” is making a mountain out of a mohel. Anyway, Jesus
tells the man not to tell anyone in order to keep the healing secret but
someone has forgotten about the “great multitude” which was
following Jesus in the previous connected sentence.
#61
Matthew 8: (KJV)
16 “When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were
possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and
healed all that were sick: That it might be fulfilled which was spoken
by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare
our sicknesses.”
Here’s the quote from Isaiah Chapter 53: (JPS)
4 “Surely our diseases he did bear, and our pains he carried;
whereas we did esteem him stricken, smitten of G-d, and afflicted.”
“Matthew’s” quote of Isaiah 53:4 doesn’t agree with
the Masoretic text and doesn’t even agree with Christian translations
of 53:4. Isaiah 53:4 states that the subject would bear the diseases while
the story by Matthew only says that Jesus made other people’s diseases
go away.
#62
Matthew 8: (KJV)
21 “And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me
first to go and bury my father. But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and
let the dead bury their dead.”
Deuteronomy 5: (JPS)
16 “Honour thy father and thy mother”
The Tanakh has several verses indicating that lack of a timely burial
is an insult so Jesus has contradicted one of the ten commandments here.
#63
Matthew 8: (KJV)
26 “And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little
faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was
a great calm. But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this,
that even the winds and the sea obey him! And when he was come to the
other side into the country of the Gergesenes,”
The text implies that Jesus has just reached the other side of the lake
and Gergesenes was on the eastern coast of the Sea of Galilee. The problem
is that Gergesenes is almost certainly not the name of the city originally
identified here by the author of “Matthew”. Mark (who Matthew
and Luke both probably copied from) and Luke both identify the city as
Gerasa which was 33 miles from the Sea Of Galilee. Matthew, knowing that
Gerasa was too far away, likely changed the name of the town to Gadara
which was six miles from the lake. Matthew 8:28 of the Sinaiticus and
Vaticanus say the town was Gadara. Origen was the first Church Father
who recognized that neither Gerasa or Gadara was next to the lake. Let’s
see how our friendly Christian translators have handled this:
New International Version (NIV)
When he arrived at the other side in the region of the Gadarenes,
New American Standard Bible (NASB)
When He came to the other side into the country of the Gadarenes,
Revised Standard Version (RSV)
And when he came to the other side, to the country of the Gadarenes
NIV formatted (NT only) (NIV-IBS)
When he arrived at the other side in the region of the Gadarenes
Darby Translation (DARBY)
And there met him, when he came to the other side, to the country of
the Gergesenes
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
And he having come to the other side, to the region of the Gergesenes,
Worldwide English (NT only) (WE)
Jesus came to the other side of the sea, to the country of the Gadarene
people.
New King James Version (NKJV)
When He had come to the other side, to the country of the Gergesenes,
The Church of the Middle Ages changed Matthew 8:28 to “Gergesenes”
from “Gadara” recognizing that Gadara was not on the lake. A
majority of modern Christian Bible translations now recognize that “Matthew”
probably originally used “Gadara” in 8:28 indicating that the
author was not overly familiar with the geography of Israel.
Star Of David Wars
A short, short time ago, 99-06-17 08:21:08 EST to be exact. In a galaxy
very, very near (actually our galaxy I think). There is a Jewdie Knight
named Luke Skyworker, leader of the Rebellion, who fights to unite the
galaxy under one religion. His adversary is the evil emperor who believes
that "All possess
alike liberty of conscience and immunities of citizenship. For happily
the government of the Empire, which gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution
no assistance, requires only that they who live under its protection should
demean themselves as good citizens." Our story starts out in a small
deli on the lower east side. Their prices are a little high, not too high,
just a little high, their food is ok, it's not
great, what do I know?
Be with us next week when Luke meets the spiritual leader of the Rebellion,
Yodayahwahwho?, and learns about the "Verse".