To: Resettozero
Maybe Mary was merely a typical greatly-blessed mom after all and didn't understand His meaning fully.
Actually, His words indicated that Mary KNEW already about His passion. In fact, she did know. Simeon the prophet told her at the Temple when Jesus was circumcised. And it wasn't an illiterate era. Jesus and other males read from the Torah in the synagogue. So, she could read from Isaiah or have read to her from Isaiah just as easily as anyone else.
His disciples didn't understand, but Mary had been told "a sword will pierce your heart, too." Luke 2: "34 Then Simeon blessed them and said to Mary, his mother: "This child is destined to cause the falling and rising of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be spoken against, 35 so that the thoughts of many hearts will be revealed. And a sword will pierce your own soul too.""
Wonder why the 'too'? Who else would be pierced?
2,876 posted on
12/22/2014 6:23:21 PM PST by
xzins
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To: xzins
Actually, His words indicated that Mary KNEW already about His passion. In fact, she did know.
But her's was a very-informed HUMAN understanding. (She still needed a Savior to finish His work.)
Perhaps Mary, as blessed as she was to be chosen to give birth to Jesus, didn't have perfect spiritual understanding of Him at that time. Jesus' disciples sure didn't!
To: xzins
And a sword will pierce your own soul too."" Wonder why the 'too'? Who else would be pierced?
Well, Her Son, for One.
To: xzins
2,948 posted on
12/23/2014 3:57:21 AM PST by
Elsie
( Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: xzins
His disciples didn't understand, but Mary had been told "a sword will pierce your heart, too." Luke 2: "34 Then Simeon blessed them and said to Mary, his mother: "This child is destined to cause the falling and rising of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be spoken against, 35 so that the thoughts of many hearts will be revealed. And a sword will pierce your own soul too."" Well...
Who's gonna be the winner of THIS translation fight??
Heart or Soul???
2,950 posted on
12/23/2014 4:03:19 AM PST by
Elsie
( Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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