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Your description of the two women assumes distinctions that the Gospel texts themselves do not make. Several of the claims—Mary living in Bethany, Mary Magdalene hosting Jesus in “her own house,” Jesus having met the Luke 7 woman previously, or guards preventing entry to Simon’s feast—are not...

1. Opening Thesis The Gospel narratives present three women whose actions, circumstances, and narrative roles overlap in striking ways: The unnamed repentant woman in the house of Simon the Pharisee (Luke 7) Mary, the sister of Martha and Lazarus, in Bethany (Matthew 26; Mark 14; John 11-12)...

Thanks, I appreciate that. And no worries — I didn’t take your comments as dismissive. I know you’re engaging the text seriously. As for Gregory of Nyssa, yes — he’s actually one of the most interesting voices on this topic because he directly addresses the tension between Jewish monotheism and...

I appreciate that, and yes — Jewish monotheism in its classical form isn’t triune. That’s exactly why the earliest Jewish followers of Jesus had to rethink their categories. They remained committed to one God, but they also had to account for the Father who sends, the Son who speaks and acts...

Thanks for the clarification. Since you already understand the Trinitarian framework, my only point was that the New Testament itself distributes the resurrection across Father, Son, and Spirit. For Christians, that isn’t three separate causes but one divine act of the one God who is triune. So...

When Christians say “the Son raised Himself,” we’re not saying Jesus’ human body acted while dead. We’re saying the divine Son — who took on a human nature — continued to act. His humanity was dead; His divinity was not. This distinction is essential in historic Christian theology and avoids...

It’s true that the Father raised Jesus, but Scripture also teaches that the Son and the Holy Spirit were active in the resurrection. "Destroy this temple, and in three days I (the Son) will raise it up..." (John 2:19) "the Father, Who raised Him from the dead..." (Galatians 1:1) "But if the...

There are Christians who assume that because Joseph, Simon, James, and Judas are called Jesus’s adelphoi (“brothers”) in Matthew 13:55 and Mark 6:3, they must have been additional sons of Mary. But once the New Testament’s own data and the earliest Christian testimony are brought back into view...

You’re entitled to your version, but a conclusion without engagement is not a demonstration. You’ve chosen not to address: Luke’s explicit statement about his sources in Luke 1:1-4, Mary’s presence among the apostles in Acts 1:14, John 21:25’s rejection of the “they would have recorded...

Post #304 already shows the contradictions by placing your statements side by side. You are denying that any contradiction exists, so the next step is for you to choose one of the items in post #304 and show how my analysis is wrong by explaining how the statements involved fit together without...

You repeated your claims, but you have not picked a single statement from post #304 and shown how it is not a contradiction. Post #304 is the one that places your statements side by side. Since you said we could go over them one at a time, identify the first item of your choice in post #304...

Post #304 already shows the contradictions by placing your statements side by side. You are denying that any contradiction exists, so the next step is for you to choose one of the items in post #304 and show how my analysis is wrong by explaining how the statements involved fit together without...

I already demonstrated the contradictions in post #304 by placing your statements in sequence and showing where they conflict. Since you are denying that any contradiction exists, the next step is for you to choose one of the items listed there and show how my analysis is wrong by explaining how...

Posts #305-310 repeat your claims, but they do not reconcile any of the contradictions listed in post #304. Post #304 places your statements side by side. Since you are denying that any contradiction exists, the next step is for you to choose one of the items in post #304 and show how my...

Posts #305-310 simply repeat your claims; they do not address the contradictions listed in post #304. Post #304 places your statements side by side and shows where they conflict. Since you are denying that any contradiction exists, the next step is for you to choose one of the items in post #304...

I already demonstrated the contradictions in post #304 by placing your statements in sequence and showing where they conflict. Since you are denying that any contradiction exists, the next step is for you to choose one of the items listed there and show how my analysis is wrong by explaining how...

If there were truly no contradictions, then choosing any one of the items in post #304 and showing how the statements fit together without conflict would be simple. Your refusal to choose even one contradicts your own statement that we can go over them one at a time. If you can do so, then...

If you believe none of your statements contradict one another, then it should be simple to choose any one of the contradictions listed in post #304 and explain how the statements involved fit together without conflict. You said we can go through them one at a time, so identify the first one you...

Post #304 already lists your statements in sequence. Since they are your statements, you need to identify the first one you believe is not a contradiction and explain how the statements involved fit together without conflict. I am not going to choose for you; you said we can go over them one at...

Whether you see them or not, the contradictions are in your own statements. Post #304 lists them clearly. Since you said we can go over them one at a time, identify the first contradiction you believe is not a contradiction and explain how the statements involved fit together without conflict.