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Name: David G
Reference: Matt 11:5
Quote: For as the story goes, you make the blind recover their sight, the lame walk, and you cleanse lepers, and cast out unclean spirits and demons, and you cure those who are tortured by long disease and you raise dead men - p89
Date: Thursday, November 09, 2006
Time: 08:39:14
The list in the quote from the letter of Abgar to Jesus bears a lot of resemblance to the passage on Matthew where Jesus sends word to John the Baptist in prison of the things he is doing as proof that he is the one to come. Abgar says at the start of this quote 'For, as the story goes'. Perhaps the story he heard was from Matthew's Gospel
Name: Gary
Reference: John 5.18
Quote: p.93 "...I have such belief in him as to have wished to take force and destory the Jews who crucified him..."
Date: Thursday, November 09, 2006
Time: 07:44:11
The tone taken in this passage refects a negitive attitude towards the Jews that seems parallel to how they are portrayed and treated throughout the Johannine Gospel--sighted verse being an example.
Name: Eric G
Reference: John 15:5-7
Quote: Now regarding your request that I come to you, I must first complete all that I was sent to do here, and once that is completed, must be taken up to the One who sent me. When I have been taken up, I will send one of my disciples to heal your suffering and bring life to you and yours
Date: Wednesday, November 08, 2006
Time: 22:18:19
Although John offers that Jesus is talking about the Holy Spirit after Jesus' ascention, there are strong similarities that Jesus would send Abgar an advocate (here Thaddeus) to make things whole once he finished his eartlhy mission.
Name: Sue Kaplan
Reference: John 6:36/ John 20:29
Quote: pg 89 "...those who have seen me will not believe on me, and those who have not see me will believe and live
Date: Wednesday, November 08, 2006
Time: 19:17:34
This seems to be very close to these 2 passages from John. Abgar believed though he had never seen Jesus. And yet those who had seen and heard Jesus were skeptical and did not believe
Name: Kathy
Reference: John 17:1-5
Quote: page 91 "I must first complete here all for which I was sent, and after thus completing it be taken up to him who sent me...."
Date: Wednesday, November 08, 2006
Time: 17:08:39
Both passages speak to the larger mission of Jesus, the sense that he was sent by another, and that he will again be in the presence of the One who sent him.
Name: Steve
Reference: Matthew 28:18-20 (The Great Commission) "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."
Quote: "So Thaddaeus began in the power of God to heal every disease and weakness so that all marveled." (And then later in the passage:) "And Thaddaeus said: 'I will now be silent, but since I was sent to preach the word, summon for me tomorrow and assembly of all your citizens, and I will preach before them, and sow in them the word of life...' and so on.
Date: Wednesday, November 08, 2006
Time: 16:26:26
Even though the Great Commission doesn't specifically instruct healing, much of what Thaddaeus is doing here sounds like a carrying-out of the spirit of the Great Commission that Jesus gives his disciples at the end of Matthew.
Name: Deb
Reference: 2 Kings 5:6, 10 6. "He brought the letter to the king of Israel, which read, 'When this letter reaches you, know that I have sent to you my servant Naaman, that you may cure him of his leprosy.' 10. Elisha sent a messenger to him..."
Quote: Eusebius 1:13 "Thus, when King Abgar [V}, the celebrated ruler of peoples beyond the Euphrates, was suffering terribly from an incurable illness and often heard the name of Jesus and his miracles, he sent him a request, via letter carrier, pleading for relief from his disease. Jesus did not consent to his request at the time but favored him with a personal letter, promising to send one of his disciples to cure the disease and bring salvation to him and his relatives."
Date: Wednesday, November 08, 2006
Time: 15:59:10
I probably should be applogizing by now for all of my Old Testament connections, but I can't help recognizing the similarities! Naaman was very reluctant to take the word of a servant and wanted the prophet himself to deliver his healing, but in the story from Eusebius, King Agbar was willing to accept Jesus's response and his disciple.
Name: Michael Kasevich
Reference: 1 Corinthians 4:17 "For this reason I am sending to you Timothy, my son whom I love, who is faithful in the Lord. He will remind you of my way of life in Christ Jesus, which agrees with what I teach everywhere in every church."
Quote: Page 91 "I will send to you one of my disciples to heal your suffering..."
Date: Tuesday, November 07, 2006
Time: 21:21:35
In the letter of reply, Jesus sounds like Paul addressing the Corinthians. Or does Paul sound like Jesus?
Name: Judy
Reference: John 20:29 "Jesus said to him "Have you beleived because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet beleive>"
Quote: page 89 reply from Jesus to Abgar: "Blessed art thou who didst beleive in me not having seen me, for it is written concerning me that those who have seen me will not beleive on me, and those who have not seen me will beleive and live."
Date: Tuesday, November 07, 2006
Time: 17:48:07
The first line in John is Jesus' rebuff to Thomas for needing to see in order to beleive. The fist line to Abgar is praise for Abgar beliving when he had not seen as Thomas was unable to do. The continuation of Jesus' response is a twist of Thonas. Thomas did beleive after seeing. To Abgar Jesus say even those who have seen will not beleive.
Name: Ann Y.
Reference: John 4:46-54, John 20:26-31, Matt. 15:21-28
Quote: "Are you of a truth a disciple of Jesus, the Son of God, who said to me,' I will send you one of my disciples who will heal you and give you life'?" Thaddaeus said, 'Since you have had great faith n him sho sent me, I was sent to you for this reason. And again if you believe in him, the request of you heart shall be to you as you believe."
Date: Sunday, November 05, 2006
Time: 15:45:34
These discussions between Thaddaeus and King Agbar concern Agbar's faith and faith in general which results in healing. The passages above give as examples a healing of a daughter, a son, and the story of doubting Thomas. Here the healing is done by the 'Apostle' Thaddaeus who says " Since you have had great faith in him who sent me, I was sent to you for this reason [healing]."
Name: Kathy
Reference: James 3; Hebrews 10:19-25; Mark 14:32-42
Quote: page 11 line 12: "whoever lies down and goes to sleep in the session of the Many, thirty day [punishment]. " for example
Date: Thursday, November 02, 2006
Time: 12:10:09
Though this section on pages 10 & 11 had a flavor of James, particularly his admonitions about controlling the tongue, which are wonderful rules for community living, I did find the judgements and punishments levied to be harsh and somewhat contrary to the sense in Hebrews 10:25 of "encouraging one another." Also, how would the Essenes have punished those disciples in the garden of Gethsemane who fell asleep when Jesus had expressly asked them to keep awake?