Something I’d like to square, the pigs were a farmers possession, Jesus writes off the pigs. Someone here looses their property, what does this mean? Why is this done?
I have wondered this myself. I don't have a good answer. The best I can say is that Jesus was well able to settle accounts with the owners, but they all insisted that he leave.
I’m rusty but I think the implication is that the farmers were participating in an industry that they were not supposed to be participating in. The writer suggests they were not Israelites but I’m not sure I believe that. I also think that it compounds with the fact that the farmers cared more about their property than the suffering of the individuals who had been possessed. After Jesus saves the lives of the possessed, and sends the pigs into the sea, the farmers drive him off because they don’t want h disrupting their unfaithful livelihood.
I couldn't say. I'm not very familiar with the church fathers. That said, I think we should expect that standing on their shoulders, and on the shoulders of all who came after, we will pick up things they did not. The Spirit is continually growing his church and her ablity to distinguish new things in his word.
Something I’d like to square, the pigs were a farmers possession, Jesus writes off the pigs. Someone here looses their property, what does this mean? Why is this done?
I have wondered this myself. I don't have a good answer. The best I can say is that Jesus was well able to settle accounts with the owners, but they all insisted that he leave.
I’m rusty but I think the implication is that the farmers were participating in an industry that they were not supposed to be participating in. The writer suggests they were not Israelites but I’m not sure I believe that. I also think that it compounds with the fact that the farmers cared more about their property than the suffering of the individuals who had been possessed. After Jesus saves the lives of the possessed, and sends the pigs into the sea, the farmers drive him off because they don’t want h disrupting their unfaithful livelihood.
This SEEMS right, but did any of the church Fathers pick up on this? Just curious. It's very insightful.
I couldn't say. I'm not very familiar with the church fathers. That said, I think we should expect that standing on their shoulders, and on the shoulders of all who came after, we will pick up things they did not. The Spirit is continually growing his church and her ablity to distinguish new things in his word.
Very good insight!