Subject: Ancient Text found about
Jesus(Coptic)
Date: Wednesday, March 13, 2013
A newly deciphered Egyptian text, dating back almost 1,200
years, tells part of the crucifixion story of Jesus with apocryphal plot
twists, some of which have never been seen before.
Written in the Coptic language, the ancient text tells of
Pontius Pilate, the judge who authorized Jesus' crucifixion, having dinner
with Jesus before his crucifixion and offering to sacrifice his own son in
the place of Jesus. It also explains why Judas used a kiss, specifically, to
betray Jesus — because Jesus had the ability to change shape, according to
the text — and it puts the day of the arrest of Jesus on Tuesday evening
rather than Thursday evening, something that contravenes the Easter timeline.
The discovery of the text doesn't mean these events
happened, but rather that some people living at the time appear to have
believed in them, said Roelof van den Broek, of Utrecht University in the
Netherlands, who published the translation in the book "Pseudo-Cyril of
Jerusalem on the Life and the Passion of Christ"(Brill, 2013).
A researcher has deciphered a 1,200-year-old Coptic text
that tells part of the Passion (the Easter story) with apocryphal plot
twists, some of which have never been seen before
Copies of the text are found in two manuscripts, one in
the Morgan Library and Museum in New York City and the other at the Museum of
the University of Pennsylvania. Most of the translation comes from the New
York text, because the relevant text in the Pennsylvania manuscript is mostly
illegible.
Here, part of the text from the manuscript holding the
newly deciphered Passion story of Jesus. Found in Egypt in 1910 it was
purchased, along with other manuscripts, by J.P. Morgan in 1911
Good stuff, and remember the transfiguration.
The Transfiguration
17 After six days Jesus took with him Peter, James and
John the brother of James, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. 2
There he was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his
clothes became as white as the light. 3 Just then there appeared before them
Moses and Elijah, talking with Jesus.
4 Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be
here. If you wish, I will put up three shelters—one for you, one for Moses
and one for Elijah.”
5 While he was still speaking, a bright cloud covered
them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him
I am well pleased. Listen to him!”
6 When the disciples heard this, they fell facedown to the
ground, terrified. 7 But Jesus came and touched them. “Get up,” he said.
“Don’t be afraid.” 8 When they looked up, they saw no one except Jesus.
9 As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus instructed
them, “Don’t tell anyone what you have seen, until the Son of Man has been
raised from the dead.”
10 The disciples asked him, “Why then do the teachers of
the law say that Elijah must come first?”
11 Jesus replied, “To be sure, Elijah comes and will
restore all things. 12 But I tell you, Elijah has already come, and they did
not recognize him, but have done to him everything they wished. In the same
way the Son of Man is going to suffer at their hands.” 13 Then the disciples
understood that he was talking to them about John the Baptist.
(This is another referrence to Reincarnation
and there's others)
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Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Ancient Text found about Jesus(Coptic)
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"Then the disciples understood that he was talking to them about John the Baptist."
This is certainly NOT talking about reincarnation. Why can't we understand metaphor? Why can't we understand spiritual application? Why don't we read what the Bible says? We have no excuse for being deceived by falsehood.
Read the previous verses. Elijah, who was taken to heaven many years before, returned to visit with Jesus. Elijah and John the Baptist were separate individuals
John would do the same work in his day as Elijah accomplished in his.
What did Gabriel say?
"And he[John the Baptist]shall go before Him in the SPIRIT and POWER of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord." -Luke 1:17
What did John himself say?
"And they asked him, 'What then? Art thou Elias?' And he saith, 'I am not...'" -John 1:21
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