The image of Satan floating among the high priests is haunting and lingers in the mind; and one notes that he did not go near the Roman guards but stayed amongst the Jews.
To keep them stirred up. Again, Catholic tradition states that Satan was the one behind all of this. He thought that killing the Son of God would eliminate God's power - and he was quite wrong. So Mel was following that, because he is a Catholic. Expecting him to stick 100% to the Bible is basically expecting him to be a Jack Chick type fundie - Catholics rely on church tradition and teachings too.
Perhaps. But public officials are rarely visibly involved with the execution of dissidents, in case the dissident becomes a martyr, as commonly happens. Caiaphas would have been ANYWHERE in Jerusalem but Golgotha that day.
Why do you think that? He was one of the ones that wanted Jesus dead. Why wouldn't he be there to mock Jesus?
Maybe. In Jewish tradition they are "the sons of God" (b'ny Elohim) some of whom had children with the "daughters of men" and I don't recall seeing a reference to female angels anywhere.
There's some question whether or not those are angels, however. I don't believe angels are called Sons of God elsewhere in the Bible.
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Date: 2004-03-08 10:55 am (UTC)To keep them stirred up. Again, Catholic tradition states that Satan was the one behind all of this. He thought that killing the Son of God would eliminate God's power - and he was quite wrong. So Mel was following that, because he is a Catholic. Expecting him to stick 100% to the Bible is basically expecting him to be a Jack Chick type fundie - Catholics rely on church tradition and teachings too.
Perhaps. But public officials are rarely visibly involved with the execution of dissidents, in case the dissident becomes a martyr, as commonly happens. Caiaphas would have been ANYWHERE in Jerusalem but Golgotha that day.
Why do you think that? He was one of the ones that wanted Jesus dead. Why wouldn't he be there to mock Jesus?
Maybe. In Jewish tradition they are "the sons of God" (b'ny Elohim) some of whom had children with the
"daughters of men" and I don't recall seeing a reference to female angels anywhere.
There's some question whether or not those are angels, however. I don't believe angels are called Sons of God elsewhere in the Bible.