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1 | Did pharisees understand/epexct baptism | John 1:25 | EdB | 232921 | ||
Here is a quote that I think best explains this situation. However you may also want to do a study on Mikvah which is ritual Baptism in Judaism. 1:25. The reason the Pharisees came to John, that is, to find out who he was, now broadened into criticism. John was calling Jews, including Pharisees, to the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins (Matthew 3:1-9; Mark 1:5; Luke 3:8). This was something new in Israel. The Talmud specified the rite by which Gentiles might become identified with Jews as proselytes. Usually proselytes went into the water and stood while elders recited the Law which would thenceforth be binding on them. They then dipped in the water; males were also circumcised. By this ceremony Gentiles were accepted as belonging to Israel. The Pharisees taught most dogmatically that no prophet after Moses, except the Messiah himself, had a right to introduce any new rite for Israelites. The delegation saw no reason for John to initiate a new system. Why not allow the One he introduced to do that job? John, however, viewed his ministry as one that would prepare the hearts of people to receive the Messiah's message. In mentioning Elijah, the Pharisees showed that they knew the prophecy of Malachi that God would send Elijah before the great Day of the Lord (Malachi 4:5,6). They also knew of "that Prophet" who was foretold by Moses (Deuteronomy 18:15,18). Like the scribes with whom Herod consulted about Messiah's birthplace (Matthew 2:4-6), the Pharisees were intellectually prepared for the coming of the Christ. They were not spiritually perceptive, however. If they had been, they would have known that John, in the spirit and power of Elijah, was preparing the way of the Messiah (Matthew 11:14). Complete Biblical Library Commentary The Complete Biblical Library John. |
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2 | what is the Talmud | John 1:25 | meta | 232922 | ||
Thank you. Your answer is very enlightening. I am not familiar with the Talmud. Is what we refer to as the old testament also viewed by the jewish scholars as inspired or what we refer to as Canon? Is the Talmud viewed as having the same authority? |
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3 | what is the Talmud | John 1:25 | EdB | 232924 | ||
The Talmud meaning instruction, learning", from a root lmd "teach, study") is a central text of mainstream Judaism. It takes the form of a record of rabbinic discussions pertaining to Jewish law, ethics, philosophy, customs and history. The Talmud has two components: the Mishnah the first written compendium of Judaism's Oral Law; and the Gemara (c. 500 CE), an elucidation of the Mishnah and related Tannaitic writings that often ventures onto other subjects and expounds broadly on the Hebrew Bible. The terms Talmud and Gemara are often used interchangeably. The Gemara is the basis for all codes of rabbinic law and is much quoted in other rabbinic literature. The whole Talmud is also traditionally referred to as Shas, a Hebrew abbreviation of shisha sedarim, the "six orders" of the Mishnah. There is also the Torah which is very simply the first 6 books of our Old Testament and Tanakh which again very simply is our Old Testament in a different book order. |
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