tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363362.post992409344436101787..comments2024-03-14T08:15:15.207-07:00Comments on CADRE Comments: Nine Things You Didn't Know About Christianity, and Some Are True!: Part IIBKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01967809861892681780noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363362.post-40456573273079768022007-03-29T12:31:00.000-07:002007-03-29T12:31:00.000-07:00I agree wholeheartedly with Jason's comments.I agree wholeheartedly with Jason's comments.BKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01967809861892681780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363362.post-71227659773438020592007-03-29T11:59:00.000-07:002007-03-29T11:59:00.000-07:00Incidentally, it's interesting that the Final Denu...Incidentally, it's interesting that the Final Denunciation (reported in today's King of Stories entry, btw {g}) is very close in character to the sort of denunciations JohnBapt used to give, even down to finishing out with "you sons of vipers, how will _you_ be escaping the judgment of Gehenna!?" One key difference though: Jesus acts explicitly as though _he_ (or He rather {g}) is the Authority Jason Pratthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01602238179676591394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363362.post-56622738669036267012007-03-29T06:04:00.000-07:002007-03-29T06:04:00.000-07:00That's certainly possible. GosJohn, taken by itsel...That's certainly possible. GosJohn, taken by itself, doesn't require that John ever have seen Jesus before that point; although the baptism of Jesus is easily alluded to in the second part of verse 31: "in order that He might be revealed to Israel, I came baptising in water." After which JtB reportedly testifies to having seen the sort of thing the Synoptics indicate happened at Jesus' baptism.<Jason Pratthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01602238179676591394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363362.post-14953136769502976792007-03-28T19:01:00.000-07:002007-03-28T19:01:00.000-07:00Does John 1:31 indicate that while Mary and Elizab...Does John 1:31 indicate that while Mary and Elizabeth knew one another, their children John and Jesus never met?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com