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Joshua N. Tilton and David N. Bivin, “Narrow Gate,” The Life of Yeshua: A Suggested Reconstruction (Jerusalem Perspective, 2024) [https://www.jerusalemperspective.com/28352/].
(Matt. 7:13-14; Luke 13:22-24)
(Huck 40, 165; Aland 72, 211; Crook 55, 248)[1]
Updated: 24 October 2024
וַיֹּאמֶר לָהֶם בַּקְּשׁוּ לִיכָּנֵס לַשַּׁעַר הַצַּר שֶׁרָחָב שַׁעַר הָאֲבַדּוֹן וּמְרוּבִּים הַנִּכְנָסִים לוֹ מַה צַּר שַׁעַר הַחַיִּים וּמְמוּעָטִים הַנִּכְנָסִים לוֹ
Yeshua urged them, “Try to enter the narrow gate! For wide is the Gate of Avadon, and those who enter it are many. How narrow is the Gate of Life, and those who enter it are few.”[2]
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Conclusion
In Narrow Gate Jesus encouraged his listeners to enter the Gate of Life, which guards the Garden of Eden and protects the Tree of Life. Entry is an option for everyone, but not to be won by the faint of heart.
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- [1] For abbreviations and bibliographical references, see “Introduction to ‘The Life of Yeshua: A Suggested Reconstruction.’”
- [2] This translation is a dynamic rendition of our reconstruction of the conjectured Hebrew source that stands behind the Greek of the Synoptic Gospels. It is not a translation of the Greek text of a canonical source.
Comments 1
In each of the photos of the gates of the Old City of Jerusalem (except for the Golden Gate, which is completely in shadow) the careful observer will notice the presence of the same person. That individual is the musician Dan Cloutier, whose song “The Good Judge” is featured in this JP article: https://www.jerusalemperspective.com/11694/.