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Lost Teachings of the Master
Back a few issues in messiah magazine, I wrote an article about Jacob of Kefar Sekania. In the Talmud, Jacob (who seems to be James the Less) transmits a halachic ruling of Yeshua's in regards to a harlot who desires to give charity to the Temple. (b.Avodah Zarah 17a) This is one of my favorite non-gospel teachings of the Master.
There is actually one of these in the book of Acts.
In everything I showed you that by working hard in this manner you must help the weak and remember the words of the Master Yeshua, that He Himself said, 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.' (Acts 20:35)
This saying is not recorded in any of the Gospels and appears to have only been transmitted orally. Of course there are volumes of non-canonical Gospels. I was wondering if anyone had any other favorite sayings or teachings of the Master that do not appear in the Gospels?
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Here's a huge one from Paul...
"Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me." - 1 Corinthians 11:25
The rest of The Master's core dialogue from His last seder appears in either Matthew, Mark, or Luke pretty much the same as Paul scribed it in his first letter to Corinth.
Shabbat Shalom.
webbmd | June 29, 2007 1:35 PM
Here's a good one from the Gospel of the Hebrews as quoted by Origen in an alternate version of the conversation with the rich young man. The Master says:
How can you say: I have kept the law and the prophets? For it is written in the law: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. And behold, many of your brethren, sons of Abraham, are clad in filth, dying of hunger, and your house is full of many good things, and nothing at all goes out of it unto them.
D. Thomas Lancaster | June 29, 2007 2:18 PM
Seeing that the Gospel of the Hebrews has already been quoted here, here is my favorite outside of common canonical quote from Yahushua: (This is excerpted from my unfinished manuscript, The Messiah, Whose Son is He?
First, to appreciate the context and location of the original statement, our current King James translation is
quoted below:
“Again, the devil taketh Him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth Him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them.” Matthew 4:8, KJV.
The following is taken from the book, Gospel Parallels:
“To Matt. 4:8 cf. Gospel according to the Hebrews (in Origen, Commentary on John 2:12 and Homily on Jeremiah 15:4)--And if any accept the Gospel of the Hebrews, here
the Savior says: "Even so did My Mother, the Holy Spirit, take me by one of My hairs,and carry Me to the great Mount Tabor." Jerome also records these words in Latin in his
commentaries on Micah 7:6, Isaiah 40:9ff., and Ezekiel 16:13.”
The following is taken from the book, The Other Bible:
(Origen, Commentary on John 2.12.87 [on John 1:3]):
“And if any accept the Gospel of the Hebrews -- here the Savior says: Even so did My Mother, the Holy Spirit, take me by one of My hairs and carry me away on to the
great mountain Tabor.”
Both Origen and Jerome quote this phrase, "My Mother, the Holy Spirit" more than once. Origen quotes this phrase twice (once in his commentary on John 2:12 and, again in his Homily on Jeremiah 15:4. Jerome quotes this phrase three times in his commentaries on Micah 7:6, Isaiah 40:9ff, and Ezekiel 16:14. This makes a total of two human witnesses, having a total of five records, indicating that these words originally occurred in the Gospel of the Hebrews.
Ephesians 3;14, 15 states that there is a "whole family in heaven and earh," each who are named with the Father's name. Hmm.
Stephen W. Kraner
Stephen W. Kraner | July 1, 2007 10:01 AM
Toby - here's something interesting in sort of the reverse. Here is a teaching attributed to Yeshua in the NIV (red letter edition), when there is nothing in the text that actually states this.
The only thing I can figure as to why they attribute this saying (in Peter's vision) to Yeshua here is because Yeshua had spoken to Saul/Paul in a vision in the previous chapter.shalom,
-dh
Darren Huckey | July 4, 2007 2:18 PM