Boanerghes = Dioscuri = the two thieves = Archons
Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2019 8:50 am
It seems that the two thieves are evil figures in Mark: they are the false idols raised with the true idol (Jesus). Just as the Egyptian snakes against the snake of Moses.
Assume for a moment that the two thieves are James and John the son of Zebedee: then their being boanerghes makes them connected with atmospheric facts, cosmic forces.
But Paul despised anything in the air (remember the στοιχεία in Galatians, etc) as evil archontic forces. Hence the two thieves are archons. The two thieves who insult Jesus on the cross are the two dioscuri/boanerghes who throw thunders against Jesus.
Assume for a moment that the two thieves are James and John the son of Zebedee: then their being boanerghes makes them connected with atmospheric facts, cosmic forces.
But Paul despised anything in the air (remember the στοιχεία in Galatians, etc) as evil archontic forces. Hence the two thieves are archons. The two thieves who insult Jesus on the cross are the two dioscuri/boanerghes who throw thunders against Jesus.