Subject: Idiom? |
Bible Note: Hi Tamara, Could I add my 2cents in here? In the Mishna Tractate Pesahim there is comment on Galilean "tradition" to the observance of Passover; it's called seudah maphashket which actually means "last supper." The Galilean firstborn sons would eat this pseudo (spell?) Passover meal the first hour of Passover (the one in question would be Weds night 5-7pm ish). If this is what took place then work the days amd the math and everything works out exactly as recorded in the gospels, right down to the fact that the next day the 15th (or 7ish on Thur evening) is the beginning of Matza and that is also considered a "festival sabbath" (Lev. 23:5-7) with many of the same do's and don't's as the 7th day sabbath, (such as handling a corpse, so that alone should give us pause to think, if they buried Him on Fri it was still considered a sabbath????). Just as the Galileans had their traditions, so did the Judean and Samaritan Jews, and probably each group knew of the others' traditions and that might be why it is not mentioned in detail in the gospels, cos they were Galilean Jews writing to mostly other Jews about a Galilean Jew. I, myself, don't know if this is the way it was or not, (I don't subscribe 100 percent to it but I don't throw it off as not a possibility, either). It is food for some thought. You think? Cheri |