Citation de LibertyBojangles
Naomi asked, “Was Jesus’s crucifixion a kind of suicide”
“Not if Jesus was resurrected. That’s the happy ending.”
“But – we don’t believe that Jesus was resurrected. Do we?”
“We don’t, but others do. Very likely, Jesus thought he would be resurrected, at least before the crucifixion.”
Kinch continued: “Remember, on the cross Jesus calls out in a loud voice – “My God, my God, why has thou forsaken me ?” – “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani ?” – the saddest words in the New Testament. (But the words are an echo of the Old Testament Psalms. Jesus was a Biblical scholar !) The rest of the story, the death, the burial in the tomb, the resurrection and the rising to heaven – is obviously of another, later era. This is the fairy-tale ending – the prescribed ending. It’s the verses leading to the crucifixion that depict a stark sort of reality. The betrayal of Judas – the denial of Peter – the anointing of Jesus’s feet by Mary, as if he were already a corpse – the matter-of-fact words of Jesus presaging his death : “Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while you have the light, lest darkness come upon you : for he that walks in darkness knows not whither he goes.
“Not if Jesus was resurrected. That’s the happy ending.”
“But – we don’t believe that Jesus was resurrected. Do we?”
“We don’t, but others do. Very likely, Jesus thought he would be resurrected, at least before the crucifixion.”
Kinch continued: “Remember, on the cross Jesus calls out in a loud voice – “My God, my God, why has thou forsaken me ?” – “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani ?” – the saddest words in the New Testament. (But the words are an echo of the Old Testament Psalms. Jesus was a Biblical scholar !) The rest of the story, the death, the burial in the tomb, the resurrection and the rising to heaven – is obviously of another, later era. This is the fairy-tale ending – the prescribed ending. It’s the verses leading to the crucifixion that depict a stark sort of reality. The betrayal of Judas – the denial of Peter – the anointing of Jesus’s feet by Mary, as if he were already a corpse – the matter-of-fact words of Jesus presaging his death : “Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while you have the light, lest darkness come upon you : for he that walks in darkness knows not whither he goes.