Article #414
Subject: Bible verses supporting the view that not only Jesus, but also Mary and Martha were Jews
Author: Andrew W. Harrell
Posted: 6/6/2015 11:16:24 AM

Recently, our Christian Catholic Protestant leader Francis followed up on our
older friend St. Benedict’s visit to the Holy Land. What did the leader of
Israel and one of the leader’s of us Christians talk about? He asks the Pope
whether he thinks the fact that Jesus was a Jew means he spoke Hebrew. The
Pope, who is supposed to be infallible in this public situation of
pronouncing on doctrine, gives in my opinion the wrong answer. The answer
was, ‘He was [therefore is sic] Aramaic’ This seems like much to convenient
an answer for a group that claims being under the ‘our new covenant theology’
is the reason why we don’t need to practice Judaism anymore. I don’t think
anyone who has studied and tried to imitate our Jesus Christ of the Four
Gospels over a long period of time would seriously think Jesus considered
Himself or that God wanted him to be infallible at that time or even now.
If so, he would have asked the many angels that surrounded Him then and now
help Him. The person Jesus Christ considers infallible is His Father in
Heaven who at any time, may be dwelling in Himself or in another. And, He
says, doesn’t He, that it’s better to say the wrong thing and do the right
than the opposite, doesn’t he? In fact, it is for this reason that despite,
saying the wrong thing in Israel, but doing the right thing by confronting
and condemning the Mafia in Italy that we think the present Pope is overall
doing a good job for us so far.


We know from verses in the Bible that Jesus, being divine, has a Holy Spirit
which speaks all languages. Thus, whosoever says that Jesus spoke or speaks
only Aramaic, is not representing Jesus but someone else. And, whoever says
Jesus, the Christ, God’s Son, is only Jewish, is making the same mistake of
long ago before a new religion rose up to correct this mistake.


Here is one important passage in the Gospels that teaches us this:





Luke 4:16-20


New International Version (NIV)


16 He went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day
he went into the synagogue, as was his custom. He stood up to read, 17 and
the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. Unrolling it, he found
the place where it is written:


18 “The Spirit of the Lord is on me,
because he has anointed me
to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners
and recovery of sight for the blind,
to set the oppressed free,
19 to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”[a]


20 Then he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant and sat down.
The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fastened on him.





Here are others:





Acts 26:14


King James Version (KJV)


14 And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto
me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it
is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.


And so did the Apostles speak and study in Hebrew. The website
hebrew4christians of Rev. Parsons, thanks to him for this reference, lists
the following quote to show this:


Acts 15:13-21


King James Version (KJV)


13 And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Men and
brethren, hearken unto me:


14 Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take
out of them a people for his name.


15 And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written,


16 After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David,
which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will
set it up:


17 That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles,
upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things.


18 Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world.


19 Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the
Gentiles are turned to God:


20 But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols,
and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.


21 For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read
in the synagogues every sabbath day.





Clearly here the apostles were referencing the Hebrew words of the apostles.

Also, the verses in the Gospel of John, Chapter 11 support the view that not
only Jesus, but also Mary and Martha were Jews.
"And, a considerable number of the Jews had gone out to see Mary and Martha
and console then concerning Lazarus their brother [who had died]"
John 11:19

"I AM the Resurrection and the Life [Jesus speaking about being God's Truth
dwelling in us, as Himself a Jew"