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Joshua N. Tilton and David N. Bivin, “First and Last,” The Life of Yeshua: A Suggested Reconstruction (Jerusalem Perspective, 2024) [https://www.jerusalemperspective.com/28980/].
Matt. 19:30; 20:16; Mark 10:31; Luke 13:30
(Huck 165, 189, 190; Aland 211, 255, 256;
Crook 252, 295, 297)[1]
וְהֲרֵי יֵשׁ אַחֲרוֹנִים שֶׁיִּהְיוּ רִאשׁוֹנִים וְיֵשׁ רִאשׁוֹנִים שֶׁיִּהְיוּ אַחֲרוֹנִים
“Look! There are those in last place who will be put first. And there are those in first place who will be put last.”[2]
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3. Conjectured Stages of Transmission 5. Comment 8. Conclusion |
Reconstruction
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Conclusion
In First and Last Jesus predicted the upsetting of the injustices inherent in the status quo that would come about as a result of the inbreaking of the Kingdom of Heaven.
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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. ↩