Monsignor Pope Ping to OSV column.
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I CANNOT BELIEVE YOU HAVE WRITTEN THIS.
I have been saying all along that context is the key to properly understanding Scripture, yet we see Roman Catholics taking so many verses out of context.
I have had several Roman Catholics ask why context is such a big deal.
I am glad to see the msgr possibly understands the importance of context.
I offer this excerpt from gotquestions.org on the importance of context.
Question: "Why is it important to study the Bible in context? What is wrong with taking verses out of context?"
Answer: It's important to study Bible passages and stories within their context. Taking verses out of context leads to all kinds of error and misunderstanding. Understanding context begins with four principles: literal meaning (what it says), historical setting (the events of the story, to whom is it addressed, and how it was understood at that time), grammar (the immediate sentence and paragraph within which a word or phrase is found) and synthesis (comparing it with other parts of Scripture for a fuller meaning). Context is crucial to biblical exegesis in that it is one of its most important fundamentals. After we account for the literal, historical, and grammatical nature of a passage, we must then focus on the outline and structure of the book, then the chapter, then the paragraph. All of these things refer to "context." To illustrate, it is like looking at Google Maps and zooming in on one house.
More at the link.
https://www.gotquestions.org/context-Bible.html
A correction needs to be made to the question.
Jesus is not telling His disciples He will not go to Jerusalem. He is telling His brothers this.
1After these things Jesus was walking in Galilee, for He was unwilling to walk in Judea because the Jews were seeking to kill Him. 2Now the feast of the Jews, the Feast of Booths, was near.
3Therefore His brothers said to Him, “Leave here and go into Judea, so that Your disciples also may see Your works which You are doing.
4“For no one does anything in secret when he himself seeks to be known publicly. If You do these things, show Yourself to the world.”
5For not even His brothers were believing in Him.
John 7:1-5 NASB
In this passage we see Jesus does indeed have brothers. These are not the disciples as evidenced by the passage.
We also see His brothers, not His disciples, were not believing in Him at this point in His ministry.
Salvation, I feel I'll be quoting your statement back to you for years! 😂