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Synoptic GospelsThursday, Jan 10, 2019

Synoptic Gospels

Compassion for the Crowds

In those days, two of the disciples of John the Immerser arrived to tell Yeshua about their master’s death. When Rabbi Yeshua heard the news, He offered John’s disciples no trite condolences about their teacher being in a better place or the mysterious ways of God’s will.

In those days, two of the disciples of John the Immerser arrived to tell Yeshua about their master’s death. When Rabbi Yeshua heard the news, He offered John’s disciples no trite condolences about their teacher being in a better place or the mysterious ways of God’s will.

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To the Lost Sheep of Israel

Who were the lost sheep of Israel? They were the sinners, tax-collectors, harlots, and backslidden among the Jewish people—the “secular Jews” of the day who had abandoned Torah and the religion of their fathers. For Yeshua “did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

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Caiaphas, deeds of Yeshua, Lazarus, miracles, miracles of Yeshua, resurrection, resurrection of Lazarus, Sadducees, sanhedrin, seven signs

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