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Re: scripture references of experiences of others having their C&E made [message #846 is a reply to message #845] Tue, 07 August 2012 07:35 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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I am having a very hard time getting a witness from the Spirit that these two incidents are one and the same. I know the harmony of the gospels in the Bible Dictionary declared these to be the same incident. However, I would like to point out the following discrepancies.

The woman who cries on the feet of Jesus does anoint them with ointment, but there is no mention of an alabaster box or the expense of the ointments.

The two incidents were used to demonstrate difference points of doctrine. I know more than one gospel lesson could be taught from the same incident, but none of the four mention both the cost of the ointment and the forgiveness of sins of the woman.

When Mary anoints His head and/or His feet (there is disagreement between the gospels on this point), the place is declared as Bethany, at the house of Simon the Leper, with Lazarus in attendance. Mary was a relative of his (I forget if he was her brother or cousin). So this would have been a family gathering (assuming Jesus was married to Mary). The other takes place in the house of a pharisee, a much more public gathering. Again, these could have been the same place, but that is stretching.

The 'sinner' seems to be more of a stranger to him by the way the pharisees react and the way Jesus addresses her. Mary, on the other hand, was already known to the Savior, and many argue was Jesus' wife. Would the wife of Jesus be known publicly as a sinner and seek forgiveness in public?

When I add up all these differences between the two tales, I find the only details which are the same are the wiping of his feet with hair and anointing the feet. It stretches logic and credibility to believe all the differences can be overlooked when there were three chances to get one of the details correct, yet none of them do. The following questions arise in my mind when considering these two incidents as truly one:
Was Simon the Leper a pharisee?
Was Mary publicly known as a sinner who would seek public forgiveness?
Did Mary first shed her tears upon the Savior and then wipe them off with her hair before anointing his feet with costly oil?


- Dragon

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