Ask
Jewish people why they reject Jesus, and most will say it's because he falsely declared himself to be the Messiah. In
maintaining this stance they are following the view of twelfth-century Jewish
philosopher and scholar Rabbi Moses Maimonides (known as Rambam) that the true
Messiah must deliver the fruits of the Messianic prophesy before he dies. Nevertheless,
whether or not Jesus declared himself Messiah, or his followers believed he was
the Messiah, shouldn't he be recognized and respected as a dedicated Jew--a
fact lavishly illustrated throughout the Gospels of the New Testament? Given
the history of Jewish "Messiahs," who today are considered false but
still are not rejected as Jews--indeed, some are still honored and revered--how
can Jews' shunning of Jesus be justified?
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The witnesses, laying their coats at the feet of Saul, were the men that would cast the first stones at Stephen in Acts 7. Why did they all lay their coats at Saul’s feet? The Talmud contains a very interesting account of the act of stoning that may provide the answer. “When the trial was over, they take him [the condemned person] out to be stoned. The place of stoning was at a distance from the court, as it is said, ‘Take out the one who has cursed.’ [i] A man stands at the entrance of the court; in his hand is a signaling flag [Hebrew sudarin = sudar , ‘scarf, sweater’]. A horseman was stationed far away but within sight of him. If one [of the judges] says, ‘I have something [more] to say in his favor,’ he [the signaler] waves the sudarin , and the horseman runs and stops them [from stoning him]. Even if [the condemned person] himself says, ‘I have something to say in my favor,’ they bring him back, even four of five times, only provided that there is some substance to...
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