Matthew 05:43-48
They [the Essenes] do nothing but according to the injunctions oftheir curators; only these two things are done among them ateveryone's own free-will, which are to assist those that want it, and to show mercy; for they are permitted of their own accord to affordsuccor to such as deserve it, when they stand in need of it, and to bestow food on those that are in distress. (Josephus - War 2.8.6 134)
A complete set of cross references for Josephus and the New Testament is in The Comprehensive New Testament: http://www.cornerstonepublications.org/prod01.htm
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Matthew 05:33-37 The Essene Connection?
Matthew 05:33-37
Whatever they [Essenes] say also is firmer than an oath; but swearing is avoided by them, and they esteem it worse than perjury for theysay that he who cannot be believed without [swearing by] God isalready condemned. (Josephus - War 2.8.6 135)
A complete set of cross references for Josephus and the New Testament is in The Comprehensive New Testament: http://www.cornerstonepublications.org/prod01.htm
Whatever they [Essenes] say also is firmer than an oath; but swearing is avoided by them, and they esteem it worse than perjury for theysay that he who cannot be believed without [swearing by] God isalready condemned. (Josephus - War 2.8.6 135)
A complete set of cross references for Josephus and the New Testament is in The Comprehensive New Testament: http://www.cornerstonepublications.org/prod01.htm
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Mark 06:08-11 The Essene Connection?
The description of the actions of the apostles in Mark 06:08-11 parallels the description of the Essenes below:
And they [Esseni] traverse their native land, and on each occasion that they go on a journey they carry nothing except arms. And they have also in their cities a president, who expends the moneys collected for this purpose in procuring clothing and food for them. And their robe and its shape are modest. And they do not own two cloaks, or a double set of shoes; and when those that are in present use become antiquated, then they adopt others. And they neither buy nor sell anything at all; but whatever any one has he gives to him that has not, and that which one has not he receives. (Hippolytus - Refutation of all Heresies Book IX.15)
A complete set of cross references for The Early Church Fathers and the New Testament is in The Comprehensive New Testament: http://www.cornerstonepublications.org/prod01.htm
And they [Esseni] traverse their native land, and on each occasion that they go on a journey they carry nothing except arms. And they have also in their cities a president, who expends the moneys collected for this purpose in procuring clothing and food for them. And their robe and its shape are modest. And they do not own two cloaks, or a double set of shoes; and when those that are in present use become antiquated, then they adopt others. And they neither buy nor sell anything at all; but whatever any one has he gives to him that has not, and that which one has not he receives. (Hippolytus - Refutation of all Heresies Book IX.15)
A complete set of cross references for The Early Church Fathers and the New Testament is in The Comprehensive New Testament: http://www.cornerstonepublications.org/prod01.htm
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