Mara bar serapion biography of mahatma

It was just after his death that their kingdom was abolished.”

(On the Significance of A.D.70)
“God justly avenged these three wise men: the Athenians died of hunger; the Samians were covered by the sea; the Jews, without a homeland have been dispersed among the nations. This passage has been interpreted by some as referring to Jesus of Nazareth, who is mentioned in few non-Christian sources prior to the 2nd century.^[6]

Reference to a "wise king" executed by the Jews

Writing from prison to encourage his son to pursue wisdom, the author explains that when the wise are oppressed, not only does their wisdom triumph in the end, but God also punishes their oppressors:

What else can we say, when the wise are forcibly dragged off by tyrants, their wisdom is captured by insults, and their minds are oppressed and without defense?

Nor did the wise King die for good; He lived on in the teaching which He had given.’

This writer can scarcely have been a Christian, or he would have said that Christ lived on by being raised from the dead. What did the Jews gain from executing their wise King? It was just after that that their kingdom was abolished.

What advantage did the Jews gain from executing their wise king? Anyone who claims to be a king opposes Caesar."

See also

References

1. ^ ^abThe Cradle, the Cross, and the Crown: An Introduction to the New Testament by Andreas J. Köstenberger, L.

   Scott Kellum 2009 ISBN 9780805443653 page 110

2. ^Jesus outside the New Testament: an introduction to the ancient evidence by Robert E. Van Voorst 2000 ISBN 0802843689 page 53
3. ^Jesus and His Contemporaries: Comparative Studies by Craig A. Evans 2001 ISBN 9780391041189 page 41
4. ^Catherine M. Chin (July 2006).

   Proponents further argue that the traditional date of Jesus' crucifixion, presumed to have occurred in the year 30 or 33, precedes the destruction of the Jewish temple in year 70 during the first Jewish-Roman War, followed by the Jewish diaspora in the several decades following. Apart from him, no certain reference is made to Christianity in any extant non-Christian Gentile writing of the first century.

   It was just after that their Kingdom was abolished. As judgment, plague and famine came upon them. Hugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies9 (2). "Rhetorical Practice in the Chreia Elaboration of Mara bar Serapion". God justly avenged these three wise men: the Athenians died of hunger; the Samians were overwhelmed by the sea and the Jews, desolate and driven from their own kingdom, live in complete dispersion.

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   (1) This is one of the two short pieces referred to in the text, whose text is found in the Spicilegium Syriacum of the late Dr.

   Cureton.^[1] (2) A finely educated individual from Samosata who wrote in good Edessan language, reflecting the ethical stand-point of Stoicism.^[2]