tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363362.post3543202440848160946..comments2024-03-14T08:15:15.207-07:00Comments on CADRE Comments: The King of Stories -- Days of Courage and Turmoil and PeaceBKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01967809861892681780noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363362.post-59993172293815239502008-02-06T07:00:00.000-08:002008-02-06T07:00:00.000-08:00.......[third deferred footnote here]Some interest..........[third deferred footnote here]<BR/><BR/>Some interesting contexts of the woman's actions:<BR/><BR/>Women of the time would often collect spices in a gel in a jar or lined box, looking forward to anointing their husband with it before making love on their wedding night. (This may be the ancient origin of the tradition of the 'hope chest'.)<BR/><BR/>Aside from the alabaster jar, normally Jason Pratthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01602238179676591394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363362.post-1878375013794350492008-02-06T06:58:00.000-08:002008-02-06T06:58:00.000-08:00.......[second deferred footnote here]This stateme..........[second deferred footnote here]<BR/><BR/>This statement probably means that people heard Jesus had raised a girl from a coma when everyone thought she was dead; people do not subsequently start pestering Jesus to raise their loved ones from the dead, which seems to be what He is trying to avoid here: it is <I>Jesus</I> Who sets up the 'only asleep' part of the story, as a <I>cover</I> for Jason Pratthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01602238179676591394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363362.post-87501134255844838872008-02-06T06:56:00.000-08:002008-02-06T06:56:00.000-08:00.......[first deferred footnote here]Gennesaret wa..........[first deferred footnote here]<BR/><BR/>Gennesaret was one name for the region of towns near the northwest shore of Galilee Lake; consequently, the lake itself is also sometimes named Gennesaret Lake. The Romans, as the Evangelist will later tell, also gave the lake their own name, after Tiberius. The name Gennesaret came from a fort-town on the lakeshore, destroyed either by the Romans orJason Pratthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01602238179676591394noreply@blogger.com