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| PHARISEES� ENDNOTES OF SCHOLARLY SOURCES {Where Document name is cited first, it is Quoted} |
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| [1]������ THE BIBLE, EXODUS 20:8-11 - Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.� Six days you shall labor...but the seventh...you shall not do any work....for in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth...but he rested on the seventh day. | |||||||||||||||||||
| [2]������ THE BIBLE, MATTHEW 15:1-3, 12-14 - After that, Pharisees and religion scholars came to Jesus criticizing, "Why do your disciples play fast and loose with the rules?"� But Jesus put it right back on them.� "Why do you use your rules to play fast and loose with God's commands?"....Later his disciples came and told him, "Did you know how upset the Pharisees were when they heard what you said?"� Jesus shrugged it off...."Forget them.� They are blind men leading blind men." | |||||||||||||||||||
| [3]������ THE BIBLE, JOHN 5:1 - Soon another Feast came around and Jesus was back in Jerusalem. | |||||||||||||||||||
| [4]������ THE BIBLE, JOHN 5:2 - Near the Sheep Gate in Jerusalem there was a pool, in Hebrew called Bethesda, with five alcoves. | |||||||||||||||||||
| [5]������ Some ancient manuscripts read Bethzetha instead of Bethesda.� Bethzetha was a district north of the second wall.� | |||||||||||||||||||
| [6]������ THE INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BIBLE ENCYCLOPEDIA, Jerusalem:� The Natural Springs, pp. 1597-1598. - This spring is intermittent, the water rising rapidly and gushing forth with considerable force several times in the 24 hours....This intermittent condition of springs is not uncommon in Palestine....Such a phenomenon is naturally attributed to supernatural agency by the ignorant - in this case, among the modern fellahin to a dragon - and natives...visit the source, even today...for healing. | |||||||||||||||||||
| [7]������ THE BIBLE, JOHN 5:5 - One man had been an invalid there for thirty-eight years. | |||||||||||||||||||
| [8]������ The remains of pillars here reflect the "porches" of John 5:2.� Archaeologists Pere L. H. Vincent and N. van der Vliet agree that this area north of the second wall called Bethzatha is the Pool of Bethesda.� | |||||||||||||||||||
| [9]������ THE BIBLE, JOHN 5:3 - Hundreds of sick people ~ blind, crippled, paralyzed ~ were in these alcoves. | |||||||||||||||||||
| [10]����� THE BIBLE, JOHN 5:7 - The sick man said, "Sir, when the water is stirred, I don't have anybody to put me in the pool.� By the time I get there, somebody else is already in." | |||||||||||||||||||
| [12]����� THE INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BIBLE ENCYCLOPEDIA, Jerusalem:� The Natural Springs - ....called Ain Sitti Miriam....Gihon....The approach to the spring is down two flights of steps, an upper of 16 leading to a small level platform, covered by a kodern arch, and a lower, narrower flight of 14 steps, which ends at the mount of a small cave. | |||||||||||||||||||
| [13]����� THE BIBLE, JOHN 5:6 - When Jesus saw him stretched out by the pool and knew how long he had been there, he said, "Do you want to get well?" | |||||||||||||||||||
| [14]����� THE BIBLE, JOHN 5:7 - The sick man said, "Sir, when the water is stirred, I don't have anybody to put me in the pool.� By the time I get there, somebody else is already in." | |||||||||||||||||||
| [15]����� THE BIBLE, JOHN 5:8 - Jesus said, "Get up, take your bedroll, start walking." | |||||||||||||||||||
| [16]����� THE BIBLE, HEBREWS 1:5; 2:5 - Did God ever say to an angel, "You're my Son; today I celebrate you?" Or, "I'm his Father, he's my Son"?� When he presents his honored Son to the world, he says, "All angels must worship him." | |||||||||||||||||||
| [17]����� THE BIBLE, JOHN 5:9a - The man was healed on the spot. | |||||||||||||||||||
| [18]����� THE BIBLE, JOHN 5:12 - But the healed man didn't know [his identity], for Jesus had slipped away into the crowd. | |||||||||||||||||||
| [19]����� THE BIBLE, 2 CHRONICLES 29:25-28 - He stationed the Levites in the temple of the Lord with cymbals, harps and lyres in the way prescribed [only these three instruments] by David and Gad the king's seer and Nathan the prophet; this was commanded by the Lord through his prophets....As the offering began, singing to the Lord began also, accompanied by trumpets and the instruments.� [Note:� This was an O.T. command.� The Law of Moses and commands regarding worship were nailed to Jesus' cross.] | |||||||||||||||||||
| [20]����� THE BIBLE, JOHN 5:9C, 10 - That day happened to be the Sabbath.� The Jews stopped the healed man and said, "It's the Sabbath.� You can't carry your bedroll around.� It's against the rules." | |||||||||||||||||||
| [21]����� THE BIBLE, JOHN 5:11 - But he told them, "The man who made me well told me to.� He said, 'Take your bedroll and start walking.' " | |||||||||||||||||||
| [22]����� THE BIBLE, JOHN 5:12-13 - They asked, "Who gave you the order to take it up and start walking?" But the healed man didn't know, for Jesus had slipped away into the crowd. | |||||||||||||||||||
| [23]����� THE BIBLE, JOHN 5:14a - A little later Jesus found him in the Temple. | |||||||||||||||||||
| [24]����� JOHN 5:14b, REVELATION 19:9-10 - You look wonderful!� You're well!� Don't return to a sinning life or something worse might happen....Then the Angel said to me....I fell at his feet to worship him, but he wouldn't let me.� "Don't do that," he said.� "I'm a servant just like you." | |||||||||||||||||||
| [25]����� THE BIBLE, JOHN 5:15 - The man went back and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well. | |||||||||||||||||||
| [26]����� THE BIBLE, JOHN 5:16 - That is why the Jews were out to get Jesus - because he did this kind of thing on the Sabbath. | |||||||||||||||||||
| [27]����� THE BIBLE, HEBREWS 4:14, 15; 10:4, 12 [NIV] - We have a great high priest...Jesus the Son of God....without sin....it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins....But when this priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God. | |||||||||||||||||||
| [28]����� THE BIBLE, MARK 2:27-28 - Then Jesus said, "The Sabbath was made to serve us; we weren't made to serve the Sabbath.� The Son of Man is no lackey to the Sabbath.� He's in charge!" | |||||||||||||||||||
| [29]����� THE BIBLE, DEUTERONOMY 23:24-25 - If you enter your neighbor's vineyard, you may eat all the grapes you want, but do not put any in your basket.� If you enter your neighbor's grainfield, you may pick kernels with your hands, but you must not put a sickle to his standing grain. | |||||||||||||||||||
| [30]����� THE BIBLE, MATTHEW 12:1 - One Sabbath, Jesus was strolling with his disciples through a field of ripe grain.� Hungry, the disciples were pulling off the heads of grain and munching on them. | |||||||||||||||||||
| [31]����� THE BIBLE, DEUTERONOMY 26:12 - When you have finished setting aside a tenth of all your produce in the third year, the year of the tithe, you shall give it to the Levite, the alien, the fatherless and the widow, so that they may eat in your towns and be satisfied. | |||||||||||||||||||
| [32]����� THE BIBLE, MATTHEW 12:2 - Some Pharisees reported them to Jesus:� "Your disciples are breaking the Sabbath rules!" | |||||||||||||||||||
| [33]����� THE BIBLE, MATTHEW 12:3-4 - Jesus said, "Really?� Didn't you ever read what David and his companions did when they were hungry, how they entered the sanctuary and ate fresh bread off the altar, bread that no one but priests were allowed to eat?" | |||||||||||||||||||
| [34]����� THE BIBLE, I SAMUEL 21:3b,6a - "Give me five loaves of bread, or whatever you can find."...So the priest gave him the consecrated bread, since there was no bread there except the bread of the Presence. | |||||||||||||||||||
| [35]����� THE BIBLE, MATTHEW 12:5; NUMBERS 28:9-10 - "And didn't you ever read in God's Law that priests carrying out their Temple duties break Sabbath rules all the time and it's not held against them?...On the Sabbath day, make an offering of two lambs...together with its drink offering and a grain offering...This is the burnt offering for every Sabbath." | |||||||||||||||||||
| [36]����� THE BIBLE, HEBREWS 9:11-12 24 [NIV] - When Christ came as high priest of the good things that are already here, he went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not man-made....He entered the Most Holy Place once for all by his own blood, having obtained eternal redemption....For Christ did not enter a manmade sanctuary that was only a copy of the true one; he entered heaven itself. | |||||||||||||||||||
| [37]����� THE BIBLE, MATTHEW 12:7; HOSEA 6:6 [NIV] - "If you had known what these words mean, 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice,' you would not have condemned the innocent....For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings." | |||||||||||||||||||
| [38]����� THE BIBLE, MATTHEW 12:8 - "The Son of Man is no lackey to the Sabbath; he's in charge." | |||||||||||||||||||
| [39]����� THE BIBLE, MARK 3:2 - The Pharisees had their eyes on Jesus to see if he would heal him, hoping to catch him in a Sabbath infraction. | |||||||||||||||||||
| [40]����� THE BIBLE, MATTHEW 12:9 - When Jesus left the field, he entered their meeting place. | |||||||||||||||||||
| [41]����� THE BIBLE, II CHRONICLES 5:12-13 - All the Levites who were musicians...stood on the east side of the altar [in the Temple], dressed in fine linen and playing cymbals, harps and lyres.� They were accompanied by 120 priests sounding trumpets.� The trumpeters and singers joined in unison, as with one voice, to give praise and thanks to the Lord. | |||||||||||||||||||
| [42]����� THE BIBLE, MATTHEW 12:10a - There was a man there with a crippled hand. | |||||||||||||||||||
| [43]����� THE BIBLE, ACTS 2:22 - "Jesus the Nazarene, a man thoroughly accredited by God to you~- the miracles and wonders and signs that God did through him are common knowledge." | |||||||||||||||||||
| [44]����� THE BIBLE, MARK 3:3 - He said to the man with the crippled hand, "Stand here where we can see you." | |||||||||||||||||||
| [45]����� RABBI SOLOMON GANZFRIED, CODE OF JEWISH LAW, VOL. II, pg. 130-134 - One who is slightly ill and is able to walk about as if he were in good health is forbidden to take any treatment, even if there is no work involved in it.� He should neither rub himself with oil, nor let another one do it, be he even a non-Jew....One who has injured his hand or his foot may apply wine to stop the bleeding, but not vinegar, because vinegar...is akin to medicine. | |||||||||||||||||||
| [46]����� THE BIBLE, MATTHEW 12:10b - They said to Jesus, "Is it legal to heal on the Sabbath?" They were baiting him. | |||||||||||||||||||
| [47]����� THE BIBLE, MARK 3:5 - He looked them in the eye, one after another, angry now, furious at their hard-nosed religion. | |||||||||||||||||||
| [48]����� THE BIBLE, MATTHEW 12:11 - He replied, "Is there a person here who, finding one of your lambs fallen into a ravine, wouldn't, even though it was a Sabbath, pull it out?" | |||||||||||||||||||
| [49]����� THE BIBLE, MATTHEW 12:12 - "Surely kindness to people is as legal as kindness to animals!" | |||||||||||||||||||
| [50]����� THE BIBLE, MATTHEW 12:13 - Then he said to the man, "Hold out your hand."� He held it out and it was healed. | |||||||||||||||||||
| [51]����� THE BIBLE, MATTHEW 12:14 [NIV] - But the Pharisees went out and plotted how they might kill Jesus. | |||||||||||||||||||