Why did Jesus say 'don't'?
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Mary maybe didn't want to let Him go.  Or He didn't want to be kept at the tomb.  He needed to go so the Holy Spirit could come.  Thomas needed encouragement in his faith.  That is the only difference I see.
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jesus said neither do i condem thee, go and sin no more..\nmaybe blaming is not the best solution
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Jesus never said that and they verse you are thinking of is \n\nGen 38:9 And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother's wife, that he spilled [it] on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother.\n\nread the whole chapter
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It doesn't, and where it says it, concerning worshiping Jesus, the proper use of the word would mean to prostrate. \nIt's a misapplied word to encourage Jesus worship. \nAn act Jesus disapproves of.\n\nJoh 20:17  Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.
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Jesus Christ said Himself that if we LOVE Him, we WILL DO as He commands. If you don't want to go to church and be baptized, then you have to ask yourself, "do I really love Him?" \n He did not only command us to be baptized, but He got baptized Himself. So there: walk in His footsteps. How else can you live for Him than by obeying Him??
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He went without fighting.  That's not quite the same thing.  Willingly implies that he wanted to go.  He didn't.  He prayed for God to stop.  He prayed that it wouldn't end that way.  But he knew that it was ultimately God's will, not his.  So he agreed, and yes, he did have the choice to follow God or not.  He chose to follow God.  That doesn't mean that he went willingly.  There's a slight distinction.\n\n**EDIT**\nI don't think that it was God's divine plan to have to kill Jesus.  The prophecies that I'm familiar with say nothing of Jesus dying.  They say that a branch of Jesse's tree will sprout and bring great joy, restore God's people, and show people the light.  That's why they were expecting a Political Messiah, a military leader to free them.  Isaiah also says that the One will rejoice in obeying God.  He fulfilled his destiny according to the prophecies.  He showed people the light, he obeyed God.  That is what led to his ultimate cruxifiction...obedience, not willingness.\n\nAnd Jesus was afraid in the Garden, he begs God to stop it, to take the cup away.  In my Bible, that is opened right now in Matthew 26:39 Jesus says "Let this cup of suffering be taken away from me.  Yet I want your will, not mine."\n\nIf he was willing, it would have also been his will.
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I've always wondered that. Christ says quite blatantly what he thinks of it, but christians go along with the original.. hmm
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no it's not a commandment he would have stated it was had he wanted it to be followed and  I have not seen "thee that washes thine hand will be thrusted unto the depths of" well you get the point honestly do you really think that's the message in this chapter?  let me put it here for everyone to see\n\n\n\n1 THEN came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying,\n\n2 Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.\n\n3 But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?\n\n4 For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.\n\n5 But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;\n\n6 And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.\n\n7 Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,\n\n8 This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.\n\n9 But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.\n\n10 ¶ And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand:\n\n11 Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.\n\n12 Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying?\n\n13 But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.\n\n14 Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.\n\n15 Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable.\n\n16 And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding?\n\n17 Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?\n\n18 But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.\n\n19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:\n\n20 These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.\n\n21 ¶ Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.\n\n22 And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.\n\n23 But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.\n\n24 But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.\n\n25 Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.\n\n26 But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast it to dogs.\n\n27 And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.\n\n28 Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.\n\n29 And Jesus departed from thence, and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee; and went up into a mountain, and sat down there.\n\n30 And great multitudes came unto him, having with them those that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down at Jesus’ feet; and he healed them:\n\n31 Insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and the blind to see: and they glorified the God of Israel.\n\n32 ¶ Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat
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Jesus addressed this idea in John 8:\nThe teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought in a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before the group and said to Jesus, "Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery. In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say?" ... When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, "If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her." Again he stooped down and wrote on the ground. At this, those who heard began to go away one at a time, the older ones first, until only Jesus was left, with the woman still standing there. Jesus straightened up and asked her, "Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?" "No one, sir," she said. "Then neither do I condemn you," Jesus declared. "Go now and leave your life of sin."\nI think the passage speaks for itself.
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What would Jesus say?
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The Bible has changed quite a bit over time and by different people.  It would be easy to switch one or two words around and get a completely different meaning.\nI would suggest you try looking at different Bibles and see the differences.  Maybe an older version might not have had that in it.\nThat line sounds to me like Jesus was justifying the Crusade, which I highly doubt he would have.
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Jesus stayed out of politics.  so it is hard to  transfer what he taught in that day to present times, politically speaking.\n\nExample; Because he saved the woman caught in the act of adultery, does that mean he would be against ALL death penalty cases?\n\nAnd, if you noticed, while he saved her, he didn't back down on saying she was wrong. ("Go & sin no more.") I can imagine liberals screaming, "Who are you telling her what to do with her own body!"\n\nHe obviously wanted the poor to be taken care of, but does that mean he would have wanted the government to be in charge of it? And 50% of the rich man's income being confiscated to pay for it? That sounds more like Robin Hood than Jesus Christ!\n\nHe said you have to pay your taxes, but would he have voted for a politician who advocated fixing things by higher taxes?\n\nHe taught obedience to the government, but does that mean he wanted a big government?\n\nI can't imagine Jesus being anything but disgusted by mid to late- term abortions, but the Bible is not specific on the subject. The issue of "when life begins" would have to be answered, first.\n\nBut as far as issues like trade unions and strong regulation of business, strong environmental regulations, animal rights & gun control, it's hard to say, exactly. \n \nBTW - The mythology of Mary Magdalene is that she was a REFORMED prostitute.  But there isn't actually anything in the Bible to support the notion she ever was a prostitute.\n\nNOW, as to why ANYONE would fork over money to the likes of Bennie Hin is beyond me!\n\nP.S.  You can always count on KooKoo Bananas to spit out the hatred, can't you?
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No he does not, that is why when one of his disciples was walking along the road and someone was reading Scripture and the Lord told him to hurry to catch up with the guy and the Apostle asked the guy what he was reading and the guy told him but, asked the explanation of it the Apostle then explained it. This is to show us that we need his church to interpret it correctly. I mean look at all the varying interpretations here on this site
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Jesus clearly said that he was going to be HANDED OVER, not that he himself would do it.\n\nFor example, in Mark 9:31  he tells his disciples, "The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him. And when he is killed, after three days he will rise."\n\nLater he talks about the one who would betray him, e.g., Mark 14:21  For the Son of Man goes as it is written of him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed!  It would have been better for that man if he had not been born." \n\nIn fact, he announces that it is one of the Twelve eating the Passover meal with him, that would betray him.  (The amount, FWIW is 30 pieces of silver It is Joseph who  was sold for 20 pieces [Genesis 37], so some get them confused; and 40 is a common 'round number' in Scripture.)\n\nIn many of Jesus' announcements he DOES explain that this was all according to what had been prophesied, and that is was the means by which God fufilled his plans.  But he does NOT say that those who acted against him were in any way 'agreeing to help him.'  No, "they meant it for evil"  Compare Acs 2:23 where Peter declares "this Jesus, delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified and killed by the hands of lawless men."\n\n(Other Scriptures include this same idea -- for example, it is by God's plan that the Assyrians attack Israel.  They are 'carrying out God's judgment'.  Only that is not what motivates THEM, and God declares that he will in turn judge these who had attacked Israel for their own ends --see Isaiah 10:5-16, especially vv.6-7 -"Against a godless nation I send him, and against the people of my wrath I command him But he does not so intend, and his heart does not so think; but it is in his heart to destroy....")\n\n---------------------------\n\nHow the "Gospel of Judas" differs:\n\n1) Judas is portrayed as being the ONE disciple who 'really gets it' and to him Jesus reveals a special knowledge hidden from all the others.  (This clearly contradicts the New Testament teaching).\n\n2) Judas hands Jesus over to die so that he can escape his human body, since the body and all the physical world is considered to be evil (a basic Gnostic teaching).  In the Bible --both the Old and New Testaments -- the material world is NOT evil.  Rather it was created good (Genesis 1) and the hope is that it will be fully restored at the resurrection.   In keeping with this the NT Gospels Jesus announces (see above) that he will die and RISE AGAIN.
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Answer is quite long so hope that u will read it. \nU are MISINTERPRETING Jesus' meaning in this passage since a sound rule of exegesis is to interpret scripture in light of scripture. Once this is done, we discover the true meaning of Jesus' words:\n\n"The devil led him to Jerusalem and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. 'If you are the Son of God,' he said, 'throw yourself down from here. For it is written: "He will command his angels concerning you to guard you carefully; they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone."'\nJesus answered, 'It says: "Do not put the Lord your God to the test."'" Luke 4:9-12\n\nIn light of this passage, Jesus was not telling his followers to go around picking up snakes or drinking poison. Christ's point was that no matter what the enemy tries to do in thwarting the efforts of the believers, he will never succeed. This is based solely on the promises of Christ that his authority rests upon all true believers to accomplish his will in our lives:\n\n"'The seventy-two returned with joy and said, 'Lord, even the demons submit to us in your name.' He replied, 'I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you. However, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.'" Luke 10:17-20 \n\nThe Holy Bible proceeds to document how Jesus' promises in Mark 16 were fulfilled in the lives of true believers:\n\n"When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them. Now there were staying in Jerusalem God-fearing Jews from every nation under heaven. When they heard this sound, a crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard them speaking in his own language. Utterly amazed, they asked: 'Are not all these men who are speaking Galileans? Then how is it that each of us hears them in his own native language? Parthians, Medes and Elamites; residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene; visitors from Rome (both Jews and converts to Judaism); Cretans and Arabs-we hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues!' Amazed and perplexed, they asked one another, 'What does this mean?'" Acts 2:1-12\n\n"The apostles performed many miraculous signs and wonders among the people. And all the believers used to meet together in Solomon's Colonnade. No one else dared join them, even though they were highly regarded by the people. Nevertheless, more and more men and women believed in the Lord and were added to their number. As a result, people brought the sick into the streets and laid them on beds and mats so that at least Peter's shadow might fall on some of them as he passed by. Crowds gathered also from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing their sick and those tormented by evil spirits, and all of them were healed." Acts 5:12-16\n\n"God did extraordinary miracles through Paul, so that even handkerchiefs and aprons that had touched him were taken to the sick, and their illnesses were cured and the evil spirits left them. Some Jews who went around driving out evil spirits tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those who were demon-possessed. They would say, 'In the name of Jesus, whom Paul preaches, I command you to come out.' Seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, were doing this. [One day] the evi
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I think Christ meant everything He said.  The fact that we don't listen...now there's the problem.\nWhat if we LISTENED to everything Jesus said?
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1st, none of us were there. 2nd, we are unaware of ppl's sex lives here on earth today,so, why would Jesus discuss what happens behind closed doors. 3rd, there is no reference in the Bible to prove if He did or didn't. He was human and Divine. A tough combination, that's why God chose Jesus and not any of His other children to die for the sins of the world.