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He touched the ones that others would despise
He touched the ones that others would despise
by Andrew Pratt
He touched the ones that others would despise, he lifted up the poor to help them rise, he stemmed the hypocrites within their pride and drew the little children to his side. He stopped the ones who'd stone a woman dead, then offered care, forgiving her instead. He called his fri…
Mark The Peoples' Bible Commentary - Did Jesus Really Mean It?
Mark The Peoples' Bible Commentary - Did Jesus Really Mean It?
by BRF - Dick France
Did Jesus Really Mean It? As in 7:17 and in chapter 4 a startling pronouncement is followed by the disciples asking Jesus to explain it. Surely he could not really want to sweep away the whole possibility of divorce (which Moses apparently allowed) at one go? So what did he mean?…
The Women's Bible Commentary - A Textual Interlude: Scribes, Pharisees and Women
The Women's Bible Commentary - A Textual Interlude: Scribes, Pharisees and Women
by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley
A Textual Interlude: Scribes, Pharisees and Women The story traditionally known as “the Woman Taken in Adultery” has a complicated textual history. The passage is missing from the earliest Greek manuscripts of John…
Hymn: To simply bask in ignorance