Did Paul Accept the Teachings of Jesus?
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Many people do not realize just how infrequently Paul mentions the sayings of Jesus himself. And scholars can't agree why he doesn't quote Jesus more. Did Paul not know what Jesus taught? How could he not know? Did he think it wasn't important? Wasn't relevant? Was ... misleading? Moreover, if we compare what Jesus taught with what Paul taught -- are we even dealing with the same religion? These are some of most important issues confronting a historical understanding of the New Testament and early Christianity.
In this episode, Megan asks Bart:
--Do we know where Paul would have got information about Jesus from?
-In any of the writings we have, does Paul refer to specific teachings, or talk about what Jesus said in any detail?
-When we manage to line up, thematically, what Jesus and Paul say, how far do they agree, and how often are there divergences of opinion?
-Did Jesus and Paul share a similar mission to the gentiles?
-There's a difference in gentiles converting
-Rather than viewing Paul as breaking with Jesus’ teachings, would it be more realistic to understand his thought as a logical continuation? Jesus anticipated the end of the world and tried to prepare people for it. Paul carried on this mission, preparing the Gentiles for the kingdom of God, and identifying Jesus as the first of many bodily resurrections.
-Is it fair to say that they’re teaching the same basic story, but their characters have some variation?
-Is it that Paul isn’t a direct continuation of Jesus, they’re both just teaching within the same religious worldview?
Don't know how many other people are like this, but I'm an atheist Brit with zero connection to any form of religion or religious studies but I bloody love these podcasts.
They validate your ideas❤
@@crede9427 Exactly 😂
@@GabrielEddy his correct beliefs
Religion as an object of academic study is truly fascinating because religion is this weird mess filled with anthropological nuances. It is always interesting to dissect weird critters, and religion fits the bill to a T.
You live this because this people are atheists that have no clue regarding what religion is about.
See how they talk like if they new what happened 2000 years ago just so their worldview makes sense.
I love how Megan can start talking, stumble on what she's trying to say, and then pick it back up, and pull it off with grace. I would have just lost my train of thought. She's the perfect person to do these interviews.
Yes, I too love how she starts talking.
Yeah, she's intelligent for sure.
Five children AND a scholar with a bunch of students. Takes some grace!
5 kids oh wow I thought she had 2@@jmatrixrenegade1971
The two of them really do make an excellent show.
It’s amazing when you look at scripture outside orthodox Christian thinking. My my whole life of Christian indoctrination still molds my interpretation of scripture. My mind still tries to harmonize the teaching of Jesus and Paul. When I hear someone mention the times Jesus said you must keep the commandments, my mind immediately goes to “He’s trying to teach us we can’t be good enough to go to heaven, because we can’t keep the commandments.”
Chapter 1 Romans Paul Hated The Jews,
18For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
19Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.
20For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
21Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
22Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
23And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
24Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:
25Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
26For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
27And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.
28And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
29Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
30Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
31Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:
32Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.
You could check out "Biblical Unitarians" if you'd like. Sir Anthony Buzzard was interviewed on "MythVision" actually. They take a very historical and scholarly approach to Biblical Hermeneutics.
And, if I may, when Jesus says keep the commands, I think Paul would agree. As Ehrman also says, I think, Paul *did* think behavior mattered AND mattered toward salvation, just not specific mosaic "Jewish" behavior (circumcision, Food laws, Holy days, etc). But Paul would have never dreamed of saying "don't murder" doesn't matter because "we can't' keep laws or something.
Also, for the record, and rather interesting, Jesus in the synoptics never mentions the Sabbath when saying "keep the commandments" (he will list the others though). And when mentioning the Sabbath says he is in control of it and what he deems acceptable on it becomes permissable, therefore we can work on it with no antagonism from God.
(Though, I do understand Jesus saying, "Pray your flight not be on the Sabbath" can feel like a point of contension)
@@youngknowledgeseeker Dude the Bible is bullshit. I know it now that I allow myself to objectively look at it.
But if you need it to be “true” to be happy, go for it my man. Whatever twisting and justification it takes for you to be happy. I’d rather be grounded in reality.
Jesus came to clarify the commandments, and to correct the previous false understanding of sacrifice and rules of behavior. It's the state of mind in which Jesus says the kingdom of heaven exists, not some list of rules. Seek this 'within' aka meditation.
👍🏼 good job
I'm an alum of UNC-Chapel Hill (1993), and I would have loved to have sat in one of Ehrman's classes. My favorite professor was Cecil Wooten (Classics, Latin), but had I encountered Ehrman, he might have won that title. Thank you for maintaining a TH-cam channel, Dr Ehrman... I'm very much enjoying it!
I wish Megan would do an Audio book, her voice is so relaxing
I agree with that.
If you want to experience whiplash, listen to Megan, then listen to Krystal Ball.😣😬
Excellent, as always! Thanks to both of you...enjoy your holidays!
How many pairs of glasses do you own Megan? Every week seems to show a new pair! 😂
This week's glass are not the best.
I used to live in ancient Rome shortly after Christianity hit town, and there was this knock on my door and these two guys were there, each one with a scroll in his hand, and the older guy said, "Would you like to be saved?" and I said, "Saved from what?" And he went into this incomprehensible business about dying and rising and the end of the world and Jerusalem, and he kept a straight face all the time, so it wasn't my neighbors playing a joke on April Fool's, and when I said I wasn't interested, they both turned around, took off their sandals, shook off the dust right in my face and walked away.
They did leave a scroll behind but I can't read Latin, never mind Greek, so I tossed it in the fire where I was cooking up a nice pasta sauce, and I hope that's the end of it! 😖
@@Emptybladderdoomed to be funny
assume no tomatoes in your pasta sauce ....
@@moodyonroody5313 What the f...?!!! Are you from Jerusalem too? What the hell is a "tomato"? I make my sauce like all my pagan neighbors - cream, cheese, butter, garlic. We call it "Alfred" or "Albert" - I forget, but it's some dead gladiator or emperor. Anyway, as we say here down by the Appian Way, "bonum appetitum"!
The Bible and its sources are a fascinating study. It is worth it for the mental stimulation. First of all, the book has to be thoroughly read and studied.
Use to?
You are still in Rome.
In his book "St Paul and Epicurus", Norman DeWitt makes many arguments saying that Paul (or whoever was writing claiming to be Paul) had studied under the Epicureans and was, in part, reacting against Epicureanism in his writings. He argues that many of the ways in which early Christian communities were organized and many of their practices were drawn from ancient Epicurean communities, including communion, confession, the tradition of writing epistles, the systematized dichotomy of vices - virtues, and many other details.
What was always strange to me is Paul wrote so much theology embedded in his gospel and claimed he received it from Jesus but never says how that happened and never quotes Jesus or says, “…then Jesus told me…”
Um, he does do this a few times though. His 2 Cor. revelations claims to quote Jesus directly. Elsewhere he writes distinguishing where he says Jesus directly commands something and when he himself commands something. He does that in 1 Cor. about marriage for example.
@@drlegendre I’m aware but I was referring to how often he would say “my gospel” in his writings
@@AnabolicUnitarian do you know specifically where?
Strange perhaps, but nevertheless pretty typical.
@@jonnyw82 E.g. Rom 16:25 "Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel..."
9:07 1. Preexistence and Divine Nature:
• Paul emphasizes the preexistence and divine nature of Jesus, portraying him as the Son of God (Colossians 1:15-17, Philippians 2:5-11).
2. Incarnation:
• While Paul doesn’t delve into the details of Jesus’ birth, he acknowledges the incarnation, stating that Jesus took on human form (Philippians 2:7-8, Galatians 4:4-5).
3. Teachings and Authority:
• Paul refers to Jesus’ teachings, emphasizing the authority of Jesus as a source of guidance for Christian communities (1 Corinthians 7:10, 9:14).
4. Last Supper and Eucharist:
• Paul provides an early Christian tradition related to the Last Supper, emphasizing the significance of Jesus’ sacrifice and the institution of the Eucharist (1 Corinthians 11:23-26).
5. Suffering and Death:
• A central theme in Paul’s letters is the redemptive power of Jesus’ suffering and death on the cross (Romans 3:24-25, 5:8, 8:32; 1 Corinthians 15:3; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Galatians 3:13; Ephesians 1:7).
6. Resurrection:
• Paul emphasizes the resurrection of Jesus as a central tenet of Christian faith, highlighting its significance for believers’ hope and salvation (1 Corinthians 15:12-22).
I love these podcasts, Megan and Bart are so interesting to listen to.
This is the fundamental difference between the teaching of Jesus and Paul;
Jesus: you must change your life and do these positive actions in order to be saved.
Paul: All you need to do is identify with my group. You don’t have to change in any way.
One is much easier than the other and flourished. The other is very difficult and is rarely found anywhere.
That’s a pretty big misrepresentation of Paul. He expected converts to change - or be changed - radically.
Jesus said what you should do, Paul says what you shouldn't do. Paraphrased, of course. Muricans are not christians they are paulinians.
@@RB-tc3tw If the only relevant thing to do is believe in one thing, then it's not a misrepresentation.
@@juanausensi499 First, “You don’t have to change in any way” is not an accurate description of Paul’s teaching. Second, “believe in one thing” is not an accurate summary of the Pauline notion of what it means to have faith in Christ.
@@RB-tc3tw Let's test that. Who is saved, according to Paul?
Paul was strenuously dichotomizing between “old” and “new” covenants, interpreting Jesus’ death (and resurrection) as necessarily fulfilling the “old” and thereby inaugurating the “new” despite Jesus having never made such a distinction between an “old” and a “new” covenant. This distinction was invented by Paul, hence his being credited with forming a new religion so radically divergent from Jesus’ teachings, and him being labeled an apostate from the Law i.e. from the “old” covenant/testament.
While I am a Deist now, after 40+ years as a Southern Evangelical, the following is basically how more conservative Christians would respond.
Luke 22:20: “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.”
Moses & the Law = Old Covenant.
Jesus & the Gospel = the New Covenant.
Contrasted in the NT: John 1:17; 3:13-15; 5:46; 6:32, 51; 8:28; 12:32; 17:1-8.
Jesus’ apostles were understood to be messengers who expounded & expanded upon the basic message & foundation of Jesus - as Jesus, working through the Holy Spirit, allegedly led them to do so, as Jesus said he would do.
Prior to the Cross, the Old Covenant was still in effect, therefore, Jesus spoke in these terms, often discussing obedience to the law with his Jewish brethren who were still under the law.
After Jesus’ death & resurrection, the New Covenant good news was proclaimed as the fulfillment predicted in the Old Testament. Peter’s sermon in Acts 2:14ff. is one elucidation of this.
@@rickowen4410 _Acts_ was written around 100 CE and is not intended as literal history. Whoever wrote _Luke_ was clearly a Pauline acolyte pushing the agenda I mentioned above.
Hmmm, not quite true. You wouldnt explain teachings like 'the good shepherd' without intimating the end of the old and starting of the new. Or why Jesus would give new laws if he was contuing the old covenant. The last supper mentions blood of the new covenant they were to enter into. Paul & Peter necessarily had to expand on the message as chief apostles.
@@TheChekas John 10:16 intimates gathering Gentile believers with Jewish believers under the New Covenant.
@@rickowen4410 absolutely. He has sheep in the old kraal already (Jews) which he takes outside first before he mixes them into one fold with the new (gentiles) kept in the new pen. That’s old covenant of the law & works annulled, and new covenant of grace & faith established.
Great topic for discussion, guys! Thanks for this upload.
I was surprised to see a new post on a Sunday, but I quickly realized that this episode had been previously posted, and it's okay.
I just had an advert trying to hawk the book of Enoch in the middle of a serious discussion about Saul.
(TH-cam recently blocked all ad-blockers).
Fundamentalists would probably argue that the passages where the man asks “what must I do to receive eternal life” all end with “and come follow me.” That the selling and giving to the poor are secondary, the main thing is to “follow Jesus.”
Personally I don’t agree. I think the latter is secondary. But it’s not as if the selling and giving are all that is quoted to be necessary for salvation.
There is one other means by which Jesus says the forgiveness of sins may be obtained:: by forgiving others. It’s in the Lord’s Prayer, and in many other places.
The idea that Jesus had no interests in non-Jews flies in the face of Mark 6:15: "And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature."
What about Mathew 10:15?
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Matt 10:15 seems pretty irrelevant: "Truly I tell you, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town."
@@robinstevenson6690 Jesus’s own words are irrelevant?
@27:00 Prof Ehrman says ‘… Nothing about believing in Jesus’.
For Paul, believing in Jesus obviously entails faithship according to Jesus’ pattern.
In Matthew 19.21, Jesus said this to the same young man he had told to give up his posessions that enslaved him:
“…and come, follow me”.
Prof. Ehrman omitted ‘.. and come follow me’ from the words of Jesus.
Why did he omit that?
Paul stressed: ‘Imitate me as I imitate Christ’ - Paul gave up everything he had his pride in and which kept him enslaved - in order that he should be shaped according to Jesus’ pattern.
Paul wrote this to his most mature converts:
“And so, my dear friends, just as you have always obeyed, not only when I was with you but even more now that I am absent, continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling. For it is God who is producing in you both the desire and the ability to do what pleases him. Do everything without complaining or arguing so that you may be blameless and innocent, God’s children without any faults among a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine like stars in the world as you hold firmly to the word of life. Then I will be proud when the Messiah returns that I did not run in vain or work hard in vain.” (Phil 2.12-16 ISV)
Paul definitely got the message wrong by concluding all we need is to worship Jesus like a God. This was all made up and assumed in some letters and totally missed the point that Jesus never said he was the only son of God - but that we ALL are.
Unlikely to be have been Paul's idea, but the reaction of the disciples struggling to cope with their Messiah's death - "there must have been some purpose, some meaning behind it, right?"
@@jeffmacdonald9863 I disagree. IMO it doesn't matter who came up with the idea, but Paul perpetuated this false belief that just believing Jesus is 'the christ' is all we need. The disciples knew the truth through the psychedelic wine Jesus made many times for his disciples, and that he will 'return again', and to 'do this in remembrance of me'. The disciples absolutely knew that Jesus (and all of us) don't truly die when we die.
Paul has always struck me as the third wave of Christianity and it is only by luck we see his wrestling with the facts be was observing - that non-jews could and were as good people and christians but not jews and not "needing" circumcision and not needing to become full blown converts to the Jewish faith. For some reason, he"saw" that, and it appears to have been different from the views of Peter, et al.
Maybe he just saw an opportunity to be a religious leader.
Paul’s makes more sense in a way. Perhaps he is the “divine one.” Though we say Jesus, it’s all about “thorn in his flesh,” Paul.
Paul is the _first_ wave. Second wave is inventing a terrestrial Jesus to mouth Paul's opinions (with strategic alterations). Third wave is walking said Jesus around Judea saying them. Fourth is executing everybody who says different, and burning every last scrap of whatever they wrote.
You are forgetting ROMANS CHAPTER 1, Paul HATED The Jews, Paul WANTED The Jews exterminated!!!! PAUL WAS A ANTISEMITE~~~~
18For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
19Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.
20For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
21Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
22Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
23And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
24Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:
25Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
26For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
27And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.
28And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
29Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
30Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
31Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:
32Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.
The big difference between the teachings of Paul and Jesus was Easter. If you believe that Jesus died for our sins, then it would be strange for the route to salvation available before and after Jesus’ death not to have changed. I don’t have a problem with this in the way that Bart does.
How could Jesus have preached that the route to salvation was through his death and resurrection, when it hadn’t happened?
Easter changed everything for both Jesus and Paul.
Paul doesn’t discuss the route to salvation before Jesus’ death and Jesus doesn’t discuss the route to salvation after his death.
Is this an episode from earlier this year that’s just been uploaded today? The times and other things mentioned sound like it’s from April or so 😅
Begins 2:35.
Wish you would have posted this sooner. Oh, well, thanks anyway.someone else can make use of it.
@@jeffryphillipsburns It's a reup anway, you could have spared yourself the whole thing :)
Pretty much every episode starts around the 2:30 to 3:00 area just as a heads up for anyone who plans on listening to more of the episodes
@@thescoobymike There have been a few around the 4:00 mark too. It's good not to have to search so much.
@@TheSoteriologist facts
No, Paul always refers to "my gospel".
He made up the principles of Christianity on his own, though he did not intend to create a new religion. He thought the end of the world was imminent.
The gospels are all, ultimately, cribbed from Paul anyway. Mark just turns Paul's personal opinions into straight-up Jesus quotes, so it is meaningless to ask if Paul "accepts" it: he made it up himself. (Of course the later gospels mix things up a bit.)
Many new religions think that the end of the world is imminent .. and they are right!... The world has ended for many of them. Yet life goes on...
Another excellent episode, and I have to say that dropping the long third party transition/intro/outro parts made a great improvement.
What does “outro” stand for? Outroduction?
@@jeffryphillipsburns It's coined from intro. Pretty well-established term over the last 50+ years in music and video.
Am I crazy or is this a reupload?
I was thinking the same thing
Yes, if you look episode 31 is from 4 months ago. No explanation for why it is reappearing today.
@@Robert_L_Peters I literally watched this episode one or two days ago. I was so confused 😭
Yep. It is a (strange) repeat
You're not crazy.
Excellent discussion!!!
I love this series. Much respect for Bart and Megan! Regarding what Bart says (at 31:50) "that there would be no reason for him to have to die"...I would ask if he was killed because he attacked the Pharisees for their hypocrisy on the very matter Bart referred to, and due to his popularity, he was a huge treat to their power.
Speaking as a Christian, this is the highlight of my week. Been waiting for this episode for a long time!
Speaking as a left-handed person, this seems to me essentially a rehashing of something already repeatedly addressed in this series, maybe slightly fleshed out in this episode, but only slightly.
@@jeffryphillipsburns I'm left handed too!
@@squatch1992 Congratulations! I’m Christian too (though this no more to do with my religious beliefs than my left-handedness)-as far as I can tell, that is..
@@jeffryphillipsburns Hmm I suppose that would depend on whether you obey the commandments… err, fulfill the sacraments… err, say the prayer… lol
@@squatch1992 I am also left-handed, and this video is worth watching again in the Mirror Universe where I seem to be about half the time anyway.
If Paul's writings precede the gospels, and Paul quotes Jesus at the last supper, then how do we know the 3 synoptic gospels weren't quoting Paul?
***QUESTION?*** ... If anyone can answer:
In John 5:31, Jesus stated that if he gave testimony of himself, he should not be listened to. BUT... the spirit bore witness to Jesus by the miracles Jesus performed - hence, there was witness that Jesus was of God.
Based on the above... Paul had no witness to prove what he claimed Jesus told him on the road to Damascus. How do we know that Paul did not make it up? How is one to know, in the absence of a "witness" that Paul was not lying?
John was written 100 to 110 years after crucifixion... I don't know how that would have passed down the line if Jesus said it 🤔💭
Is it possible that the “teachings of Jesus” that are consistent with Paul were actually reverse engineered based on Paul’s writings? As in, Jesus did not actually say these things but the writers put it into his mouth to make it consistent with Paul?
It's not even reverse engineering. It's simply a progression. There is a lot of evidence that the author of Mark was aware of at least some of Paul's writings and included this in the first gospel. I haven't seen the reverse (that Paul was aware of the gospels) argued successfully. I think it's likely that neither Paul nor the gospel authors actually had much reliable information about Jesus.
@@travis1240 i said “reverse engineering” because the stories in the Gospels are supposed to take place before Paul ever entered the scene. Therefore they’re placing future sayings or ideas into the past and projecting them on to Jesus, who came earlier than Paul. Thus explaining my use of the term “reverse”.
@@thescoobymikeyeah I understand. Much/most of the Bible describes events far in the past from the perspective of the authors, when the authors had little or no information about the events in question - this is why so little aligns with the historical record. Paul is one of the few writing contemporaneously, and a few of his books are probably even written by a guy named "Paul". So I tend to see it as just stories and not some sort of engineered past.
@@travis1240 well I don’t wanna get lost in semantics, so regardless of our preferred terms I agree with you. The contents of books in the Bible tell us a lot more about the time period in which they were written rather than the time period in which the stories take place.
I don't see it. It's quite possible Jesus didn't say many of those things, but I don't see how you'd get to most of them if you were just trying to come up with stuff that matched Paul's writings.
I have only been listening to you for a short time now, my question is, if Paul presecuted early christians, and then converted only a few years after Jesus death, then Jewish christians must have grow quickly?
@bartehrman Can you provide some historical insight on ownership/cohabitation of the land of Israel?
@ged9925 - Certainly a timely request.
Is this a re-upload? There's a lot of banter and anecdotes that sound very familiar
Yes it is. I remember it too. based on what Megan says at the beginning and what Bart says at the end, the video is 4 months old. The episode before it is called Is "Paul the Founder of Christianity?" and the following is "Is the Gospel of John a Forgery?" (interview with Hugo Mendez).Too bad they are not numbered. :(
I have come to the conclusion that Matthew 28:20 "...teaching them all to obey everything I have commanded you..." totally breaks the dispensationalist reliance on the ressurection as the dividing line between Jesus's message and Paul's regarding observance of the law vs. salvation by grace through faith. I am personally coming to believe that 1 and 2 Cor. shows Paul was mostly a grifter who had very little idea of what Jesus actually taught and 1 & 2 Peter and especially James were the psuedoepigraphical response of the Jerusalem christians to Paul's complete revision of the Jesus cult's salvation message.
I think there is both continuity, and an understandable discontinuity.
Jesus lived and taught substantially in a Jewish context. He would tell his disciples that to enter the kingdom, one needs to repent from sin and live faithfully to God and doing good to others. But in Jesus' context, this was naturally expressed by following the Torah.
Paul may well have started the same way. But Paul faced something that Jesus didn't. He was sent by Jesus to the gentiles. He experienced gentiles coming to faith in God, repenting, and starting to do good to others in response to the message of Jesus without first becoming Jews or knowing the Torah. That forced him to rethink what entering the kingdom of God was about.
1 Timothy 1:4 mentions a reference to what might be the Gospels, even though today most serious and unbiased scholars consider this pastoral letter to be a forgery.
@jayjaral - In other places, Dr Ehrman has said that that only 6 of the letters are written by the same person. The others are written by others. (There is no concrete evidence that Paul wrote any of them.)
Thank you ,you are an honest man
Why the re-upload?
Keep it up wth the good job Prof. I guess still many peoples around the globe that worship the wrong god..
Regarding lack of any written sources of the teachings or biography of Jesus available to Paul, in "The Historical Figure of Jesus," Sanders suggests (if I recall correctly) that there were pericopes (is what I recall him referring to them as--small snippets of individual writings) that were passed around in communities of followers. Is that a suggestion that has fallen out of favor in academic circles?
There was never so much as a hint of evidence for pericopes. Real historians only talk about what there is evidence for, not random speculation. Most of what "new testament scholars" (who are not historians) talk about is exactly such random speculation. Since the early Church assiduously destroyed every document from the time except Paul's letters and a couple of others, everything not directly referring to those is random speculation. "Oral traditions", most of all.
@@user-om2os5yr6i Why do you think the early Church destroyed every document from the time? Why do you think they had such documents to start with?
At the very least, intentionally destroying such documents wasn't necessary. Simply not bothering to copy manuscripts deemed less important would likely lead to their loss as the centuries passed.
@@jeffmacdonald9863 Because later Church heavies boast openly about torching anything they can find that differs from their official opinions. Founding documents would be among the most important to preserve and copy unless they suggested inconvenient facts such as that Jesus never preached, but was only ever seen in visions. You wouldn't need a creed insisting Jesus _"really did"_ this and _"really did"_ that unless there were sects saying he didn't.
@@user-om2os5yr6i Yeah, they boast about it. They boast about the heresies they squash. They never boast about squashing a heresy that claimed there never was a physical Jesus on Earth. That suggests that wasn't a sect that was actually around.
You're inventing documents there isn't any reason to think existed in order to blame the Church for destroying them.
@@jeffmacdonald9863 It is objective fact that whatever was written down in the early Church is lost to us, where it would have been preserved if anyone in later centuries had wanted to preserve it and could do without getting burnt. The odds that nothing was written down at the time except what we have now is nil. The reasonable inference is that early writings were among what later came to be considered heretical. It is _not_ reasonable to infer that nobody at the time cared what the apostles wrote. That Mark had practically nothing to work with except Paul's letters suggests that the torching came very early. Nobody writing second-century shows any hint of knowing anything about what apostles thought, outside what we have in Paul, 1 Peter, and the like. Boasts about burning heresy and heresiarchs are meant to warn others away from currently active heresy; there is no need to mention heresies long since wholly suppressed, and utterly compelling reasons not to.
This is a re-upload?
It seems so given they were talking about things they’ve already done this summer and then about the course that was released earlier this summer.
Although I Too Have Problems With Paul Portrayed In False Church Doctrines.
Yeshua Did Say "You Believe In God Believe Also In Me."
So Yeshua Did Command A Belief In Him.
His other commands were to love. Paul encouraged love, too, but many churches who discourage love, quote paul, to contradict what Jesus said.
This frustrates me, no end.
@@lisasommerlad1337 - Agreed. And Not Everything Written Of The Bible Is The Inerrant Infallible Word Of God Is "Scripture". As Church Religions Proclaim. Paul Is A Good Example Of This Himself. The Only Time Yeshua And His Disciples Spoke Of Scripture Is When They Were Referring To What The Prophets Of God Said. Even The Apostle Peter Attested To This. With His Letter When He Was Stirring Their Minds To Remember What The Prophets Of God Said. Saying That "IN All Paul's Letters" He Speaks Of "These Things" Too. Not That Paul Was Writing Scripture Himself With All His Letters. - 2Pet.3:1-16 The Catholics Leaders Had Professed Peter As Their Patriarch Of Faith To Succession. So The Protestants Not To Be Out Done Reserved Paul As Their Patriarch Of Succession. As So The Protestant Pastors Of Paul Put Him On A Pedestal Of Their Own Accent Over Others As Well.
I have a question for Dr.Bart
I have always wanted to know. Why is it that mark, matthew, luke and john regardless if they narrated the gospels for scribes to copy or them writing it down their narration themselves or their specific communities writing the narrations themselves why is it that there is nothing regarding the exegesis of the gospels by the authors of the gospels themselves? May i know what evidences we have?
Part of the answer is that there is no evidence the gospels were written by the apostles themselves. They started as verbal stories and eventually written down from a story telling point of view - all by anonymous authors. Many other books of the bible were discarded and not included as well.
@@eulldog thank you bro.
There is no hint of evidence gospels "started as verbal stories", and plenty against. Mark is visibly cribbed from Paul's letters, with such embellishments as putting Paul's opinions in Jesus's mouth, and the other gospels crib from Mark, with their own embellishments.
@@user-om2os5yr6i yes, there is lots of evidence that the gospels started out as verbal stories because they were circulating around many decades sourced through many christian sects, all before the first gospels were written down in the form we know. All of the main gospels were embellished and molded to fit the form of the winning christian sect.
@@user-om2os5yr6i do you say that because the letters of paul are the earliest evidence available?
*Paul talked with Cephas and James?*
He wrote that he did, but the account sounds very suspect to me.
We shouldn’t say they talked, but that Paul claims they talked.
He had reason to want people to believe they talked - so Paul would have “street creds”. It would serve as a comeback to a claim that Paul’s knowledge was inferior to Cephas’ and James’ because those two knew Jesus personally.
27:39 ''Paul says believe in death and resurrection of Jesus''---------------------I slightly presume that Paul also meant and be true to Jesus teachings (Not only death & resurrection and discard his teachings??????)
Though this may be a repeat upload, I missed 1st time & glad for this. I see two gospels most definitely. I’ve wondered that if Paul was necessary why Jesus did not inform his disciples of Paul to come. Jesus should be all that’s needed!!!
That's exactly what Paul got wrong IMO. Paul basically said "all that matters is Jesus (and worshipping him)", which is wrong compared to what Jesus said/did. Jesus never intended to be worshipped as God, and always indicated that we are ALL sons of the Father - not just himself. He repeatedly said to seek this truth within, like a child, to enter this 'heaven'.
My opinion is that Jesus never said he was the "son of god", or any of that self-aggrandizing stuff he's associated with now. He was just an apocalyptic preacher who got crucified by the romans for insurrection. He didn't write anything down (or ask that anyone else write anything down) because he thought the world was going to end so soon that it didn't matter. He certainly had no idea that his movement would live well past his death and that several decades later someone would come and usurp his message with a completely different one. At the same time, without Paul, Christianity would have died out a very long time ago.
@@travis1240 I disagree with part of what you said. Jesus was certainly a participant in the Eleusinian mysteries and didn't think the world would end or anything. He for sure didn't try to start a religion about himself, but he was trying to an ultimate truth when he constantly indicated that we are ALL sons of God (not just himself). Aka we are all immortal but experiencing physical death, and that we should not worry about death.
His message is universal and would have continued regardless of Paul. We are seeing this true message continue today with the resurgence of psychedelics.
@@travis1240 There is no evidence that a Jesus ever said anything at all. What Mark claims Jesus said is largely just rephrases of what Paul identifies as his own personal opinions.
@@eulldog Jesus was an Apocalyptic preacher believing the world was soon to end, and you claim he didn't think the world would end...
Is this a reupload?
I know I’m not losing my mind, right?
“Capt’n I’ah can’t do it! I can’not fix the warp core by merging it with this infernal alien contraption”!
Summary of my experience welding “The Triumph of Christianity”, Ehrman with “Creating Christ” , Valliant.
I have a new theory that any literature can be created by first copying Mark and editing that until you get what you want. At least then every book would have the same outline. 😇
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@jillengland3277
Paul has always struck me as the third wave of Christianity and it is only by luck we see his wrestling with the facts be was observing 29Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
30Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
31Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:
32Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.
18For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
19Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.
20For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
21Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
22Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
23And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
24Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:
25Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
26For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
27And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.
28And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
29Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
30Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
31Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:
32Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.
30:00 So there are modern Christians who believe that God sent his only begotten son to earth to die for the sins of man, knowing he was going to be crucified, and didn't tell him, didn't warn him, just let it be a surprise. And these modern Christians think this God is benevolent and loving?
It would seem so...
So some ancient and modern Christians believe that God and Jesus are the same entity, both omniscient and omnipotent, meaning Jesus would have known he was going to be crucified on Good Friday in Jerusalem as early as his infancy? So, being omniscient, Jesus knew about his eventual sacrifice the entire time he was preaching. Hence, no reason for Jesus to not take his crucifixion into account when wording what he was preaching.
He was not omniscient. (Mark 13:32)
He was not omnipotent. (Mark 6:5)
If you analyze it, there is no reason for the drama to take place at all
He emptied himself, remember? While on earth he was human (and oh ya he was god too)..... Get it?
@@hollykirby8542 - No. I don't buy it. "Son of man" = he was one of us.
I think we were lied to. There have never been a condemnation! They sold us that idea, to sell us the salvation!
is this a reupload?
What teaching is Mr. Ehrman referring to?
27:35
Dr. Ehrman puts his finger on the central point, the crucial difference.
After the dialogue with the rich young man, Jesus talked about how hard it would be for those with riches to enter heaven. He compared it to a camel going through the eye of a needle, although some scholars said the actual word was a rope, not a camel.
What is often lost in these types of conversation is that Jesus was speaking to his own people, the Jewish people. This is especially obvious in Matthew 25. When he says whenever you do this to the least of these my brothers and sisters you do it to me he’s referring to the Jewish people.
“All the nations will be gathered before him.”
Rev 2:9, 3:9
@@David_Brinkerhoff93 completely irrelevant to the original comment.
Why does Prof Ehrman not seem to know about Sepphoris, a major Roman city an hour's walk from Nazareth?
Is Paul's un-knowledge of the teachings of Jesus more unrealistic than the writer(s) of the Gospels that must have had front row tickets and dictaphones to get Jesus on record verbatim? There must also had been a lot of door knocking involved to interview the grandkids of the witnesses who saw the Great Jesus Magical Mystery Tour when it was in town all those decades before the reviews finally came out.
Little bit sus how Paul preached "thou must pay thy preacher." Was his Mrs seeking a divorce?
I can to the conckusion that Paul knew next to nothing about the live of Jesus, over 40 years ago. I also found Jesus' simple commanments for etanal life counter to Paul's salvation perscribtion, Also it was evidend that both belief the end of the age was at hand.
All these lead to be functional atheist.
Hi.
You're an honest and reasonable individual. At least your honest search for the truth and your open heart and mind brought you to realize that the teachings of Paul are the opposite of the teachings of Jesus.
It's unfortunate that it led you to Atheism BUT it's still okay. You got the first part right. You identified one falsehood. The core teachings against each other.
Think!
Jesus w-ar-ne-d about the Fer-oc-1ous w0lv3s in she-ep's clo-thi-ng.
Paul is the answer.
He, and those false teachers in his footsteps derailed the whole message of Jesus.
However, the fundamental message of Jesus was revived when God sent His FINAL Prophet to call people back to the straight path.
*Do YOU realize that the ONLY people on the face of the earth who practice and uphold and preach and defend the doctrine and honor of Jesus OF THE BIBLE are the Muslim* ?????
It's an amazing situation really. On each and every fundamental doctrine, Christianity (overwhelming) is AGAINST Jesus of their very own scriptures BUT the Muslim is calling the Christians to go by what Jesus precticed and preached. 🤗
👉 Jesus gave the Trinity-DESTROYING testimony that THE FATHER (SINGLE PERSON) IS THE ONLY TRUE GOD but the Christians (overwhelming) testify that the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit (The Trinity) is the true God.
👉 John 4:21-22
Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, *WORSHIP THE FATHER* .
Ye worship ye know not what: *WE* know what *WE WORSHIP* : for salvation is of the Jews.
Have another look:
*WE WORSHIP*
(The J-E-W nation INCLUDING ME - Jesus)
👉 “And this is life eternal, that they might know *YOU THE ONLY TRUE GOD* , and Jesus Christ, whom *YOU* have sent.”
John 17:3
👉 John 20:17: “Jesus saith unto her, ...I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and TO MY GOD, AND YOUR GOD.”
Have another look!
".... *TO MY GOD and YOUR GOD* "
ME and YOU 👉 *WE*
*WE WORSHIP*
THE ONLY TRUE GOD - THE FATHER who is THE GOD OF ME (Jesus) and YOU 👉 *OUR GOD*
👉 And Jesus answered him, THE FIRST OF ALL the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord *OUR GOD* is one Lord
Mark 12:29
👉 Jesus teaches: “Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and *HIM ONLY* shalt thou serve” Luke 4:8. Notice the words: “HIM ONLY.” Jesus did not say “US only,” or “Him and I only.” How could he possibly i it more clear than that? Jesus told to worship ONLY THE FATHER - who is THE GOD of Jesus too.
👉 NEVER preached about Original Sin
👉 NEVER preached that for salvation, people needed to believe that Jesus died (will die) for their sins
👉 NEVER preached that the wages of sins is death
👉 PREACHED that for the forgiveness - NO payment needed, NO sacrifice of Jesus, NO Jesus paid for us
👉 PREACHED that just turn away in sincere repentance and the Merciful God forgives
👉 PREACHED adherence to the comprehensive Law Code as the path to salvation
👉 PREACHED that for certain transgression (like mur-der) on the Law Code, CAPITAL punishment - PUTTING the transgressors to DE ATH - needed to be administered
👉 PREACHED that his followers SHALL IN NO WAY ENTER THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN if they do not keep the comprehensive Law Code even better and moreso than the Scribes and the Pharisees
👉 DID NOT eat p.i.g
👉 FASTED and PREACHED FASTING
👉 Greeted with the phrase "peace be with you"
👉 Jesus was CIRCUMCISED. AN EVERLASTING COVENANT IN FLESH for the believers till the end of times
👉 PREACHED that his followers follow the comprehensive Law Code which the Scribes and the Pharisees tell people to follow - that includes oblution / washing of the hands and feet before worship or entering a place of worship
Of course the term the Father in the Jewish context. NOT that God has a Son.
Hi.
You're an honest and reasonable individual. You can connect the dots.
Jesus w-ar-ne-d about the Fer-oc-1ous w0lv3s in she-ep's.
👉 Paul is the answer.
He, and those false teachers in his footsteps derailed the whole message of Jesus.
However, the fundamental message of Jesus was revived when God sent His FINAL Prophet to call people back to the straight path.
*Do YOU realize that the ONLY people on the face of the earth who practice and uphold and preach and defend the doctrine and honor of Jesus OF THE BIBLE are the Muslim* ?????
It's an amazing situation really. On each and every fundamental doctrine, Christianity (overwhelming) is AGAINST Jesus of their very own scriptures BUT the Muslim is calling the Christians to go by what Jesus precticed and preached. 🤗
👉 Jesus gave the Trinity-DESTROYING testimony that THE FATHER (SINGLE PERSON) IS THE ONLY TRUE GOD but the Christians (overwhelming) testify that the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit (The Trinity) is the true God.
👉 John 4:21-22
Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, *WORSHIP THE FATHER* .
Ye worship ye know not what: *WE* know what *WE WORSHIP* : for salvation is of the Jews.
Have another look:
*WE WORSHIP*
(The J-E-W nation INCLUDING ME - Jesus)
👉 “And this is life eternal, that they might know *YOU THE ONLY TRUE GOD* , and Jesus Christ, whom *YOU* have sent.”
John 17:3
👉 John 20:17: “Jesus saith unto her, ...I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and TO MY GOD, AND YOUR GOD.”
Have another look!
".... *TO MY GOD and YOUR GOD* "
ME and YOU 👉 *WE*
*WE WORSHIP*
THE ONLY TRUE GOD - THE FATHER who is THE GOD OF ME (Jesus) and YOU 👉 *OUR GOD*
👉 And Jesus answered him, THE FIRST OF ALL the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord *OUR GOD* is one Lord
Mark 12:29
👉 Jesus teaches: “Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and *HIM ONLY* shalt thou serve” Luke 4:8. Notice the words: “HIM ONLY.” Jesus did not say “US only,” or “Him and I only.” How could he possibly i it more clear than that? Jesus told to worship ONLY THE FATHER - who is THE GOD of Jesus too.
👉 NEVER preached about Original Sin
👉 NEVER preached that for salvation, people needed to believe that Jesus died (will die) for their sins
👉 NEVER preached that the wages of sins is death
👉 PREACHED that for the forgiveness - NO payment needed, NO sacrifice of Jesus, NO Jesus paid for us
👉 PREACHED that just turn away in sincere repentance and the Merciful God forgives
👉 PREACHED adherence to the comprehensive Law Code as the path to salvation
👉 PREACHED that for certain transgression (like mur-der) on the Law Code, CAPITAL punishment - PUTTING the transgressors to DE ATH - needed to be administered
👉 PREACHED that his followers SHALL IN NO WAY ENTER THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN if they do not keep the comprehensive Law Code even better and moreso than the Scribes and the Pharisees
👉 DID NOT eat p.i.g
👉 FASTED and PREACHED FASTING
👉 Greeted with the phrase "peace be with you"
👉 Jesus was CIRCUMCISED. AN EVERLASTING COVENANT IN FLESH for the believers till the end of times
👉 PREACHED that his followers follow the comprehensive Law Code which the Scribes and the Pharisees tell people to follow - that includes oblution / washing of the hands and feet before worship or entering a place of worship
Of course the term the Father in the Jewish context. NOT that God has a Son.
It would have been VERY helpful if the description noted that it was a duplicate/ re-upload of episode 31. Yes, it was very interesting, BUT I wouldn't have spent so much time on it!
In what language would Paul have spoken to James and Peter in Jerusalem? Did Paul command any Aramaic? Would Jesus's disciples have had a smattering of Greek?
Video starts at 2:36.
How could he accept them when he was apparently totally ignorant of them?
Romans 1:18-20 says the unreached by the Gospel know what God wants in their heart. No one really knows what that means though, except by speculation. Would Paul agree with the sheep and the goats parable for those people?
I don’t think Paul ever met Yeshua.
Sad but true.
He never even claimed to meet him in person. As for his "visions", Paul was either aware he was a con man, or maybe he had a stroke or fell off his horse and hit his head.
Some think he developed an insider position to work with Roman government
@@hollykirby8542 Been reading “Creating Christ”, Valliant, which expresses that point of view. Comparing it to “The Triumph of Christianity”, Ehrman.
Although they are sensibly the same topic they do not agree.
Best evidence we have is that nobody did. Certainly nobody from the time so much as hinted they had.
As an Australian atheist listening to Bart for many years I am convinced Paul’s highjacking of Jesus’s apocalyptic teachings and the resultant notion of the trinity is a total perversion of Jesus teachings and surely he and his father must be appalled at the resultant proliferation of the basically evil sects especially that of Peter…….. Roman Catholicism
Bart
What are key teachings in gospels
1.One true God,father of us all
2.jesus,messiah is our lord
3.the Spirit proceeds from God
4.jesus comes from sbove offered himself as a ransom for our sins
5.jesus suffered, crucified,died and rose again from the dead and ascended to hea ven just.
Does that make sense to you? Because to me it just sounds like a waste of time for a loving all-knowing being to even go through, besides Jesus's mother didn't remember nothing about a virgin birth when she came to that house to get Jesus she came with his brothers and sisters...
Does this make sense to you?
Because it doesn't to me. Why would an all loving all-knowing God even have to have a human sacrifice, why would an all-powerful God even need blood? Him in the flesh why would he die how can a God die and if it's so that he follows our laws of physics how the hell did he rise again that's against our laws of physics, unless he was only in a deep medical coma... Yes I've thought about this a lot. I've read the Old testament and believe me I don't see Jesus in there. And then again you can pick out a verse and make it say whatever you want to justify whatever you want to believe I guess 🤷🏼
*Resurrected Jesus didn’t appear* to anyone specifically in the earliest available version of Mark, the first gospel.
And from Mark 16:7, I wouldn’t expect that Jesus would appear first to the disciples or Paul, because the women don’t tell anyone, so Cephas and the gang don’t know to meet Jesus there.
Mark’s Jesus had alluded to Resurrection, but they didn't understand and were afraid to ask 8:31-34,9:30-32, (14:24-5?), and he doesn't mention a physical meeting.
In Mark 24, Isn’t Jesus challenging the common understanding and practice of the Jews - that simply following the law (10 commandments) isn’t alone sufficient for eternal life. He told the rich person that he lacked one thing which prevented him from being able to follow Jesus. The teaching is not specifically about giving to the poor (although in the case of the rich young ruler it was), but rather desiring things of the world in preference to following Jesus. The teaching was so shocking to those following Jesus that they wondered who could be saved Mk 24.26.
It's hard to even compelled how anyone knew anything 2000 years ago. If few people could read and write, you only "know" what you've memorized. It seems wild to quote anyone when you can't read or write.
30:00 Paul has to explain why the death and resurrection of the Messiah was necessary...
It seems to me that ppl could still appreciate the earthly historical Jesus, while acknowledging that Christianity as a religion was based on what happened after Jesus' death. I see no contradiction, in other words, with accepting what historians like Bart says abt what Jesus believed, and what the first Christians believed abt the risen Christ. Perhaps Jesus himself was not fully aware of how God would act after his death. I see no reason why we can't accept both.
Thomas Jefferson had such hard words for Paul
Can you please tell me if this was a teaching of Jesus or not
Did Jesus agree to kill the disobedience kids and he criticized the Pharisees and the Jews for not doing it
Matthew 15:3-4 Jesus replied, "And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition? For God said, 'Honor your father and mother' and ' Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death .'
Mark 7:9-10 And he continued, "You have a fine way of setting aside the commands of God in order to observe your own traditions! For Moses said, 'Honor your father and mother,' and, ' Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death ."
Jesus was pointing to the teaching of the OT as we read in Exodus 21:15, Exodus 21:17, Leviticus 20:9, and Deuteronomy 21:18
Illuminating.
You miss a to understand a crucial part of the NT
Sixty-six books, one theme: "My grace is sufficient for you."
Your understanding of Paul's understanding of salvation seems to be a protestant one. Paul mentions salvation, justification, inheriting God's kingdom. Protestants equate these but I'm not sure that's valid.
Paul wrote "He will repay according to each one’s deeds: to those who by patiently doing good seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life, while for those who are self-seeking and who obey not the truth but injustice, there will be wrath and fury."
And elsewhere, "Do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God?"
This sounds similar to Jesus.
my issue is ...we go by the FACT that all of the prophets and the disciples wrote by the inspiration of God..they were under the spirit of Father..
my concern is ,why didn't Jesus want his disciples to go unto the Gentiles??? all of Jesus red letter words were written and spoken to the israelites and all of the Jews that believed in God the Father....
no where in Fathyers book does he ever say that Jesus will come back in a few yrs to teach someone and make them a disciple Just For The Gentiles....
Jesus plainly said he has two folds to tend to... were they Judah and Jerusalem,or were they the lost sheep of Israel and the Gentiles???
if Paul be fake...then ...there's no hope for Gentiles..plz help me to understand this....yes I'm on the milk and partially on the meat..plz explain if you can
Paul was shown a total new dispensation then what Jesus taught during his earthly ministry. It's not that complicated
Paul was taught by Jesus’ disciples, according to Acts and if Jesus is guiding Paul, according to Acts, then his epistles to the church is going to reflect Jesus’s teachings. From the Book of Genesis love is taught, and Paul said be as I am meaning practicing preservation. That was totally different from what Jesus said and meant
What do Gnostic
Or Apocrypha say about Paul 🙄
There's a faked collection of letters between him and the philosopher Seneca
@@johanericsson2403 I will look for those. At least it will inform what others thought of Paul’s “acts”.
Has it occurred to Mr Ehrman, that Paul spoke to people in far away places, who had never heard of Jesus?...Therefore, why should he be quoting him?...
But is there already a gnostic element in Paul's teachings??? In which case, he wouldn't have cared much about the physical Jesus???
Religions are all about "How can I be resurrected?" not how "How can I be saved?"
One question keeps coming to me: were the 'gentiles' that Paul went to Hellenized jews? These weren't circumcized and were essentially gentile. The way he talks to them seems to indicate they were once under the law and were once part of Israel...
Paul didn't know or wasn't interested?
Or you could say that the gospel writers created a legalistic Jesus. John's gospel seems to convey something similar to Pauls gospel.
Pauls gospel.
29Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
30Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
31Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:
32Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.
This is a Reupload But it is Good
N. T. Wright
What Saint Paul Really Said
That's an interesting way to preach. 🤔
It's almost as if Christians are really Paulites
Evangelicals might be. Catholics are certainly not. For Catholics works are central. Faith without works is dead. Early Protestants did, of course, criticize the Catholic priest caste for its greed and opulent lifestyle in the late Middle Ages and Renaissance. That criticism has entirely reversed itself in the Evangelical subgroup which consists mostly of people with varying degrees of narcissistic/egotistic personality disorder. They want salvation for free and are throwing in some Schadenfreude over everybody else who isn't like them and therefor can not possibly be saved. ;-)
The commandments Jesus gives the man in the gospel of Mark are also, not surprisingly, Mr. T's Commandments.
Does the Pope go to the bathroom in the woods when he is on an extended woodlands camping trip?
What was Paul’s position within Rome and/or the Jewish hierarchy that his job was to persecute Christians within years after the death of Jesus?
He was a corrupt official. People would probably bribe him to get revenge on their neighbors by using the Roman legal system that offered almost no protection against denunciation. All you really had to do was to accuse someone of disloyalty to the Roman state (and its state deities) and a local magistrate judge would easily extract confessions with torture. No male in the household was safe from that treatment. The only people Romans wouldn't torture were women (that's why only women were supposed to be present at the grave). "Christians" were an easy target, of course, despite their silly disclaimers like "Give the Emperor what belongs to the Emperor.".
But then Paul discovered that he could probably make more money by joining and even better, by leading the cult. It seems to have worked OK for him for decades.
The Gospel of Paul is one brief paragraph:
„Jesus died for our sins by crucifixion and was then raised from the dead three days later, according to prophecy. He was seen by many after the resurrection. He was a descendant of David, he was betrayed, he defined a bread and wine ritual for his followers, and the Jews killed him.“
One genealogy (Matthew or Luke) appears not to go back to David. More confusion!