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There's an interesting "tension" (to me) between the Synoptics and John, if I may expand the Arguments a bit. The "Cleansing of the Temple" is found in all 4 Gospels. The event occurs towards the end of the Synoptics (so to speak) but at the beginning of John. Some have suggested...

If you compute the Dates of the Passover and Feast for 4 BCE you will find that: John 19: 31 (RSV, in part, emph. added): [31] Since it was the day of Preparation, in order to prevent the bodies from remaining on the cross on the sabbath ( for that sabbath was a high day... ) Bilgah is on Duty for t...

Acts mentioned Lydda (Lod). Josephus mentioned Lydda. Not much. 1. Alfred North Whitehead, "Nature Alive": "For the peculiarity of a reason is that the intellectual development of its consequences suggests consequences beyond the topics already observed. The extension of observation ...

i think Acts was wtitten as History I agree, although we may disagree as to the nature of that History. I believe Acts is written around the 12th Legion and Mucianus. For example: Acts 9: 33 - 35 (RSV): [33] There he found a man named Aene'as, who had been bedridden for eight years and was paralyze...

Mucianus: https://books.google.com/books?id=AvcGAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA1118&lpg=PA1118&dq=dictionary+of+roman+names+mucianus&source=bl&ots=8h0aLwx_ei&sig=GhDCXHtpbaKnnf4u60ragMz2tFk&hl=en&sa=X&ei=fwiUUpfqD4XJkAeLmYGICw#v=onepage&q=dictionary%20of%20roman%20names%20muci...

Alright SG. I just had Cataract surgery and I'll go 'til my eyes get buggy and then - You're on your own. 1. I do not know why you think who was on duty in 4 BC in this context is so key. First, the OP here is "Paul". I've written a book on it all and you're welcome to read it. Second, the...

SG -- Why do you persist with this? I've been Posting on this for many, many years. I've tried to engage you in an exchange, asking you, for example, to verify who was on Duty for Mishmarot Service at the 4 BCE Passover and Feast and you refused to even try. Why interact now? I don't need snark. Tel...

The character "Paul" is based on Mucianus, Procurator of Syria. Mucianus loved Titus, who convinced him to commit to Vespasian. This was the "Vision on the Road to Damascus". Tacitus, Histories , Book 2: "Vespasian was an energetic soldier; he could march at the head of his ...

Some Background -- The Empty Tomb is found in all four Gospels but since... JESUS! ..., this must be seen as evidence for "Oral Tradition" since there are contradictions in the descriptions of the four versions. Joe Atwill's Caesar's Messiah ( https://www.amazon.com/Caesars-Messiah-Conspir...

http://www.michaelturton.com/Mark/GMark01.html NOTES 14: Now after John was arrested, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of God, v14, "Jesus came into Galilee" without any hint that Jesus is returning (v9) is often seen as a continuity error. Indeed, some have seen in this the r...