Lebell

Well, Martin stole most of my thunder there.

I will add that Christians do celebrate those things, but there weren't any around at the time.

I will also add that my New American translation reads:

My NRSV reads:

My New Jerusalem Translation:

So I think your quote is abit off.

But really, it seems like you've made up your mind. You are free of course to your belief, but in all the years I've read and attended church, I've never heard anyone else say that Jesus wasn't a religious Jew.

Edit to add:

Of course if he really was the messiah, he wasn't be sacreligious, was he?

Then we can all start a LOOOONG discussion on the Gospels and what Jesus actually said...

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