WHAT EXACTLY WAS IT THAT HE SAID? part1



To understand what is said, it is necessary to get down to the meaning of the words that are used.
The words of the New Testament are, English which was most likely translated from Latin,
which was likely translated from Greek
which was likely translated from Aramaic.
So, what did Christ actually say when he said, ?woe unto you??
Is it too big a stretch to accept it could equate with ?damn you??

Let?s see.
Woe noun
1.) A state of physical or mental suffering: affliction, agony, anguish, distress, hurt, misery, pain, torment, torture, wound, wretchedness. See happy 2.) A state of prolonged anguish and privation: misery, suffering, wretchedness. See happy 3.) A cause of suffering or harm: affliction, bane, curse, evil, ill, plague, scourge.
And now the definition for curse:
Verb 1.) To invoke evil or injury upon: anathematize, damn, imprecate. Informal: cuss. Archaic: execrate, maledict.

Jesus was cussing! Oh! It's just too much an't it?
Well now Let?s just see how well "damn you" fits
A correct translation of Matthew 23 from the original Aramaic, in context ...
23. Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples, "The scholars and Pharisees occupy the chair of Moses. This means you're supposed to observe and follow everything they tell you. But don't do what they do; after all, they're all talk and no action. They invent heavy burdens and lay them on folks' shoulders, but they themselves won't lift a finger to move them. Everything they do, they do for show. So they widen their phylacteries and enlarge their tassels. They love the best couches at banquets and prominent seats in synagogues and respectful greetings in marketplaces, and they like to be called 'Rabbi' by everyone. But you are not to be called 'Rabbi'; after all, you only have one teacher, and all of you belong to the same family. And don't call anyone on earth 'father,' since you have only one Father, and he is in heaven. You are not to be called 'instructors,' because you have only one instructor, the Anointed. Now whoever is greater than you will be your slave. Those who promote themselves will be demoted and those who demote themselves will be promoted.

"You scholars and Pharisees, you impostors! Damn you! You slam the door of Heaven's domain in people's faces. You yourselves don't enter, and you block the way of those trying to enter.
"You scholars and Pharisees, you impostors! Damn you! You scour land and sea to make one convert, and when you do, you make that person more of a child of Hell than you are.

"Damn you, you blind guides who claim: 'When you swear by the temple, it doesn't matter, but when you swear by the treasure in the temple, it is binding.' You blind fools, which is greater, the treasure or the temple that makes the gold sacred? You go on: 'When you swear by the altar, it doesn't matter, but when you swear by the offering that lies on the altar, it is binding.' You sightless souls, which is greater, the offering or the altar that makes the offering sacred? So when you swear by the altar, you swear by the altar and everything on it. And anyone who swears by the temple, swears by the temple and the one who makes it home, and anyone who swears by heaven swears by the throne of God and the one who occupies it.

"You scholars and Pharisees, you impostors! Damn you! You pay tithes on mint and dill and cumin too, but ignore the really important matters of the Law, such as justice and mercy and trust. You should have attended to the last, without ignoring the first. You blind leaders! You strain out a gnat and gulp down a camel.
"You scholars and Pharisees, you impostors! Damn you! You wash the outside of cups and plates, but inside they are full of greed and dissipation. You blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and then the outside will be clean too.

"You scholars and Pharisees, you impostors! Damn you! You are like whitewashed tombs: on the outside they look beautiful, but inside they are full of dead bones and every kind of decay. So you too look like decent people on the outside, but on the inside you are doing nothing but posturing and subverting the Law.

"You scholars and Pharisees, you impostors! Damn you! You erect tombs to the prophets and decorate the graves of the righteous and claim: 'If we had lived in the days of our ancestors, we wouldn't have joined them in spilling the prophets' blood. So, you witness against yourselves: You are descendants of those who murdered the prophets, and you're the spitting image of your ancestors. You serpents! You spawn of Satan! How are you going to escape Hell's judgment? Look, that is why I send you prophets and sages and scholars. Some you're going to kill and crucify, and some you're going to beat in your synagogues and hound from city to city. As a result there will be on your heads all the innocent blood that has been shed on the earth, from the blood of innocent Abel to the blood of Zechariah, son of Baruch, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar. I swear to you, all these things are going to rain down on this generation.

And my question to you, what nation was ?dam you? pronounced upon?
And there is more, -lots more! I challenge you to find
anywhere,
any place
?ANYTHING-................... nice ..............................that Christ had to say regarding the official nation of Israel!
Included below are previous dissertations on this theme. Please excuse my like of consistent formatting.

WDJS ......................What Did Jesus Say

Yes! What did Jesus say? We call ourselves Christians and identify ourselves as followers of Christ, but few, far and away too few, know and understand what Jesus did say!
Oh! We may know what the preacher said or perhaps the Sunday School Teacher said but, is what they have to say really that important? Do they have the keys to heaven and hell? Can they resurrect your dead body from the grave?
What did Jesus say?
He said the guy from Samaria was the good guy! He said if you were hurt, lying in the ditch beside the road and some Jews came by that they would cross over and pass you by, on the other side of the road! He said the guy from Samaria would be the one to stop and help you.
KJV LUKE 10:30..34
?And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.
And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked on him, and passed by on the other side. But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him, And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.?
Who did Jesus choose to be the bad guys? Who did he choose for the good guy? Why did he tell it this way? Why? Why?
Remember WDJS

WDJS

Ah Yes!
What Did Jesus Say?
Jesus said if you had a good vine yard, well kept and in good shape but, put a bunch of Jews in charge of it, you would never get so much as a cluster of grapes!
Not to mention a glass of juice. Nothing, that's what you'd get, N-O-T-H-I-N-G.
He said if you sent someone to see about it, the Jews would throw rocks at him and beat 'em up.
He said if you sent your own son, they'd kill him!

And you thought they killed Jesus for no reason?

Remember What Jesus Did Say!

"And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country.
And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard.
And they caught him, and beat him, and sent him away empty.
And again he sent unto them another servant; and at him they cast stones, and wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully handled.
And again he sent another; and him they killed, and many others; beating some, and killing some.
Having yet therefore one son, his wellbeloved, he sent him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son.
But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours.

And they took him, and killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard.
What shall therefore the lord of the vineyard do? he will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others.
And have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner:
This was the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?
And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people: for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them:"
Mark Chapter 12 KJV