Josephus – Bible Q

Did Jesus read “Yahweh” out loud in the synagogue at Nazareth?

Answered by BibleQ . September 29, 2022 - 6:24 pm

Answer : The answer to this question is clearly no, since the passage (in Luke 4:18 ) records Jesus reading “Lord”, in accordance with Jewish custom from the Maccabean period onward and then states “all spoke well of him” (v22). So evidently Jesus did nothing in his reading of Isaiah to upset the synagogue. The […]

What could the Pharisees not do without the approval of the Roman government?

Answered by BibleQ . May 31, 2013 - 11:45 pm

During the Greek and Roman period the supreme religious body of the Jews was the Great Sanhedrin in Jerusalem. It was the final authority on religious matters, but also seemed to have had political and judicial power. When the Romans deposed Archelaus, Judaea became a Roman province under the authority of a Roman governor (of […]

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