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| PHARISEE & PROSTITUTE� ENDNOTES OF SCHOLARLY SOURCES {Where Document name is cited first, it is Quoted} |
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| [1]������������������� FLAVIUS JOSEPHUS, ANTIQUITIES OF THE JEWS, BK. 8, 10:6 - ...what punishment that thought this man deserved....So, the Pharisees made answer that he deserved stripes and bonds....Pharisees have delivered to the people a great many observances...which are not written in the laws of Moses. | ||||||||||||||||
| [2]������������������� THE BIBLE, MATTHEW 5:17-20 - "Don't suppose for a minute that I have come to demolish the Scriptures ~ either God's Law [of Moses] or the Prophets.� I'm not here to demolish but to complete....Take it seriously....Unless you do far better than the Pharisees in the matters of right living, you won't know the first thing about entering the kingdom." | ||||||||||||||||
| [3]������������������� THE BIBLE, MATTHEW 6:5, 7 [NIV] - "And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men....And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans." | ||||||||||||||||
| [4]������������������� THE BIBLE, MATTHEW 7:21-23 [NIV] - "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.� Many will say to me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?'� Then I will tell them plainly, 'I never knew you.� Away from me, you evildoers!'" | ||||||||||||||||
| [5]������������������� SEE ALSO VOLUME 4, FOLK HERO, "Cosmic Chaos" | ||||||||||||||||
| [6]������������������� All statements of Jesus not from the Bible are added sparingly for continuity and are in italics. | ||||||||||||||||
| [7]������������������� THE BIBLE, MATTHEW 23:2-9 - "The religion scholars and Pharisees...They love to sit at the head table at church dinners, basking in the most prominent positions, preening in the radiance of public flattery, receiving honorary degrees, and getting called 'Doctor' and 'Reverend.'� Don't let people do that to you, put you on a pedestal like that....No one else should carry the title of 'Father'; you have only one Father, and he's in heaven." | ||||||||||||||||
| [8]������������������� THE BIBLE, LUKE 7:36a - One of the Pharisees asked him over for a meal. | ||||||||||||||||
| [9]������������������� THE BIBLE, JUDGES 5:10; 10:3-4; I Kings 1:33-34 - You who ride on white donkeys, sitting on your saddle blankets....[Judge Jair] had thirty sons who rode thirty donkeys...."Set Solomon my son on my [David's] own mule and....blow the trumpet and shout, 'Long live King Solomon.' " | ||||||||||||||||
| [10]����������������� THE BIBLE, MATTHEW 5:3 [NIV] - "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." | ||||||||||||||||
| [11]����������������� THE BIBLE, MATTHEW 5:3 [NIV] - "Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted." | ||||||||||||||||
| [12]����������������� THE BIBLE, MATTHEW 5:5 [NIV] - "Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth." | ||||||||||||||||
| [13]����������������� THE BIBLE, MATTHEW 5:6 [NIV] - "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled." | ||||||||||||||||
| [14]����������������� THE BIBLE, MATTHEW 5:7-9 [NIV] - "Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.� Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.� Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God." | ||||||||||||||||
| [15]����������������� THE BIBLE, MATTHEW 5:11 [NIV] - "Blessed are you when people insult you, persecuted you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me....for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you." | ||||||||||||||||
| [16]����������������� This woman, who could afford to have a precious alabaster jar with expensive perfume, would have lived in luxury in other ways also. | ||||||||||||||||
| [17]����������������� THE BIBLE, MATTHEW 5:12a [NIV] - "Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven." | ||||||||||||||||
| [18]����������������� Alabaster is a white stone out of which perfume bottles were commonly made in Bible times, and are still used as ornamental jars, boxes or statuettes today. | ||||||||||||||||
| [19]����������������� THE BIBLE, LUKE 7:36b - He went to the Pharisee's house and sat down at the dinner table. | ||||||||||||||||
| [20]����������������� RABBI SOLOMON GANZFRIED, CODE OF JEWISH LAW, vol. 2, pg. 6-7 - It is, therefore, our duty to learn the various benedictions and say the one that is appropriate to the kind of food....The pause between the saying of the benediction and the consumption of the food should not be longer than it takes to say Shalom aleha, rabbi umori.� Even when masticating the first mouthful of food, we must not pause until we have swallowed it.� If after uttering the benediction, we make an interruption before eating by speaking of something which does not concern the meal, we must repeat the benediction. | ||||||||||||||||
| [21]����������������� The fact that the prostitute was allowed into Simon's house, and then knew exactly where they were eating indicates that she knew Simon's house well. | ||||||||||||||||
| [22]����������������� THE BIBLE, LUKE 7:37 - Just then a woman of the village, the town harlot, having learned that Jesus was a guest in the home of the Pharisee, came with a bottle of very expensive perfume. | ||||||||||||||||
| [23]����������������� THE BIBLE, LUKE 7:38 - ...and stood at his feet, weeping, raining tears on his feet.� Letting down her hair, she dried his feet, kissed them, and anointed them with the perfume. | ||||||||||||||||
| [24]����������������� THE BIBLE, LUKE 7:39 - When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, "if this man was the prophet we thought he was, he would have known what kind of woman this is who is falling all over him." | ||||||||||||||||
| [25]����������������� THE BIBLE, LUKE 7:40 - Jesus said to him, "Simon, I have something to tell you."� "Oh?� Tell me." | ||||||||||||||||
| [26]����������������� A denari was worth about 50cents US currency. | ||||||||||||||||
| [27]����������������� THE BIBLE, LUKE 7:41-42 - "Two men were in debt to a banker.� One owed five hundred silver pieces, the other fifty.� Neither of them could pay up, and so the banker cancelled both debts.� Which of the two would be more grateful?" | ||||||||||||||||
| [28]����������������� THE BIBLE, LUKE 7:43 - Simon answered, "I suppose the one who was forgiven the most."� "That's right," said Jesus. | ||||||||||||||||
| [29]����������������� THE BIBLE, LUKE 7:44b - Then turning to the woman, but speaking to Simon, he said, "Do you see this woman?" | ||||||||||||||||
| [30]����������������� THE BIBLE, LUKE 7:44b-46 - "I came to your home; you provided no water for my feet, but she rained tears on my feet and dried them with her hair.� You gave me no greeting, but from the time I arrived she hasn't quit kissing my feet.� You provided nothing for freshening up, but she has soothed my feet with perfume.� Impressive, isn't it?" | ||||||||||||||||
| [31]����������������� THE BIBLE, LUKE 7:47 - "She was forgiven many, many sins, and so she is very, very grateful.� If the forgiveness is minimal, the gratitude is minimal." | ||||||||||||||||
| [32]����������������� THE BIBLE, LUKE 7:48 - Then he spoke to her:� "I forgive your sins." | ||||||||||||||||
| [33]����������������� THE BIBLE, LUKE 7:49 - That set the dinner guests talking behind his back:� "Who does he think he is, forgiving sins!" | ||||||||||||||||
| [34]����������������� THE BIBLE, LUKE 7:50 - He ignored them and said to the women, "Your faith has saved you.� Go in peace." | ||||||||||||||||