Itâs less violent, but Jesus killing a fig tree because it wasnât fig season is also really funny.
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rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone â¨2⊠â¨weeks⊠agoThat verse is funny as fuck, definitely up there with some of the best. Along with killing all of the pigs being raised for food in a village, because they were all apparently possessed by an army of demons
HairEater@thelemmy.club â¨2⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Flagstaff@programming.dev â¨2⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
âKilling?â Even when mocking an opponent, at least be accurate; the demons possessed the pigs who then rushed into water and drowned themselves: biblehub.com/mark/5-13.htm
rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone â¨2⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
I analyzed this verse as part of my Bible 101 course in college. The NIV (preferred by biblical scholars) is that Jesus drove the pigs to their death as a continuation of the Mesopotamian tradition of religious warriors
Flagstaff@programming.dev â¨2⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Sure, but I was just calling out the wording. The pigs were not killed by anything other than the demonsâ actions (and yes, we know He sent them, or allowed them to be sent, in them).
Mulligrubs@lemmy.world â¨2⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
According to Jesus, He should have known the demons would possess the pigs. Heâs God.
AT LEAST BE ACCURATE