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New Evidence: The Master Played Baseball!
I always knew that there was something Divine about my love for baseball...
Armenian scholar Dr. Abraham Terian has uncovered a reference in an ancient Syraic account of Yeshua's childhood that our Rabbi played some sort of sport with a bat and ball. He suggests that it was an ancient form of cricket but I think us baseball fans know better.
The passage cited has the Master playing hooky from his apprenticeship role and out playing ball with the boys instead. Terian suggests at the very least it is ancient evidence of a type of cricket game that was played in the Middle East.
Anyway you can check out the full story here.
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Is that why Peter wanted to "pitch" tents with Moses and Elijah?
Bill Beyer | November 4, 2008 6:52 PM
I think that when we read:
"The most amazing part of the story of the nine-year-old Jesus playing a form of cricket with the boys at the sea shore, is that he would go on playing the game on water, over the sea waves.''
...we have to be deeply sceptical. There are other 'gospels' that relate Yeshua performing miracles as a young boy but I believe that whilst they are probably well-intentioned they are false. The Scriptures are very clear that the adult Yeshua performed his first miracle in the Galil in turning water into wine (John 2).
This doesn't necessarily mean, of course, that Yeshua didn't play bat and ball with other kids (which is kind of a nice thought) but as the document is clearly highly questionable, one has to remain sceptical at best.
***Toby's Response:*** I agree Paul, I put this up here because I thought it was interesting and humorous.
Paul, England. | November 5, 2008 6:11 AM
What a fabulous example of how we all have the tendency to read what we want into a text! :)
Hope | November 5, 2008 6:53 AM
I agree with Paul. The account falls into the Gnostic gospels so (sadly) it has to be taken with a grain of salt.
But for amusement value it's certainly worth a look! But being antipodean, I'd like to think it was cricket ;)
Patrick | November 5, 2008 7:01 PM
Wow, we sure could use Him with the Cubs!
Ben | November 10, 2008 1:18 PM
Reading this article confuses me a little. It states that Yehushua (Jesus) was told to watch the house of Israel but rather when the master left, he disobeyed and went outside with the boys. Now disobedience would be a sin and Scripture tells us that Messiach was without sin so either Scripture is false or this is not the same Yehushua Messiach.
Also according to Scripture, the first miracle Yehushua performed was that of changing water into wine, so Him walking on water (to me would be a miracle in of itself) as a child would me that Scripture is false again.
Let's not rely on other texts but on the words in Scripture inspired by HaShem Himself.
***Toby's Response:*** As I said above I do not take this account seriously. I posted it because I thought it was interesting because it tied in with Baseball which I love. For the record I do not regard this as an historical accurate record. I merely found it entertaining.
melwat | November 13, 2008 10:56 AM