Increasingly, I notice that many Orthodox Christians are as far from knowing the real history of Christ as hippos are from ballet. Not everyone knows, for example, that Jesus was circumcised and prayed in synagogues, that in the Qur'an the savior is known as the prophet Isa, who was a faithful servant of Allah, and one of the disciples went to the cross instead. Not many are aware of the fact that the first Gospel was written several decades after the death of Christ, and by no means by the apostles.
Here are the dates:
- 28-30 AD - Jesus preaches
- 30-33 - Jesus is executed
- 70-72 - Gospel of Mark
- 90-100 gospel according to Luke and Matthew
- 100 - 120 - Gospel of John
Christ's disciples were poor, illiterate peasants who spoke and preached in the Aramaic language. And the manuscripts are in good Greek. On the territory of the Kingdom of Judea, it was owned only by people from the nobility, and high-ranking priests.
Curly tanned Jews. Such was Jesus, the descendant of David.
However, I will not argue that information was transferred to the papyrus from the oral stories of early Christians. But even here there were cardinal differences. In the Gospel of Mark, which is written first, for example, there is nothing about the resurrection of Jesus: they crucified, placed in a tomb, after a few days the body disappeared. All…
Jesus was executed not for his faith, but because he incited the people to rebel against the Roman Empire. (* Revolution in Judea * Hayam Maccabi).
Another interesting legend is the eternal virginity of the Virgin. Do you really think that Joseph didn't "pick the berry"? Let's say Jesus really wasn't the son of a carpenter. Here, by the way, there are different versions. For example, among the Palestinian Jews in the II century there were rumors that he was born from a vicious relationship between Mary and a Roman legionnaire, and she was urgently given to Joseph in order to avoid an unnecessary scandal. ("True Word" by the Roman philosopher Celsus 177-179 AD).
Both Joseph and Mary, according to the Bible, are descendants of David. This means relatives.
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The fact that Mary regularly performed her conjugal duty can be judged from the same texts of the New Testament. Matthew gives us a hint (well, or the one who wrote for him)
And then we learn that the marriage between the carpenter and the Virgin was very fruitful. The same Matthew described the incident when Jesus visited the synagogue of his native Nazareth to preach. Local Jews who knew Joseph's family well were surprised at the talents of the Messiah.
The word “brother”, which the author of the text used in Greek, does not mean “fellow-in-arms in the faith,” but a close blood relative. Not a cousin. (R. Aslan “Jesus: Biography of a Fanatic) Plus there are two or even more sisters. That is, at least 6 more children besides Christ. And yes, it’s true: one of the brothers was named Judas. And he was one of the 12 apostles under the name Judas Thaddeus.
Thaddeus did not betray Jesus.
Now part of his relics are kept in the Vatican, and the grave is located in Armenia. In Orthodoxy, the day of his memory is celebrated on June 19.
At first there were 12 apostles. Then they got 70 more.
Also, Jesus' apostle was his brother James, who, after the death of the Savior, did much more for Christianity than Christ himself. But that's another story…