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A supporter of Rediscovering Jesus recently wrote me saying they were interested in specific verses that are lost in translation. This new series is on…
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Jesus often uses a contradiction to get people attention. One of the most common f this is the first catchphrase that Jesus used, not the common, “Amen…
Jesus’s humor was similar to the Greek humor of his time, but in many ways gentler. Like Jesus, the Greek’s used exaggeration and caricature. Symbolic…
A lot of humor is based on exaggeration. This exaggeration often suggests the funny physical gestures that accompanied it when it was delivered. Much of…
In any long comedy routine, the repeated pattern becomes important. All humorists use this technique. The use of repetition trains the audience when to…
A large number of Christ's verses can be broken down into the standard comedy form of the "setup," "punchline," and "tagline." The setup creates…
It is no wonder that we don't laugh when we read Jesus’s words today. They have been "sanctified" of all their original humor when put into their…
Originally, I had planned an article on the Greek words translated as “hell” in the Gospels as a follow-up to my last one on “eternal.” However, I found…
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