The Messiah IS YHWH ---> Proven

[Burning one]

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You know...the more I look at John 8:11, it seems to me unlikley that this Woman knew that Jesus was MarYah. And yet, in the western Peshitto text, it has Marya there, rather than the expected Maran or Mari.

Since it is believed that this passage came into the Aramaic text from the Greek or even the Latin text, could it be a scribal error?

But, if we are to believe that the passage is inspired and part of the Orginal NT Scripture, then we must believe that this Woman had a revelation that none seemed to have had at this point, about just who Jesus was...namley, God The Word manifested in Humanity.

I don't think any had come to the understanding at this point of His Ministry, or am I wrong? John the Immerser seems to have known though, but in prison he seemed to have lost some faith...but maybe it was understood by a number of other people at this time?

Shlama,

this is something that has bugged me, too, for some time. it makes it even more obvious that this was not part of the original text, imo. while the content of the account seems at least plausible and doesn't give any problems theologically, this statement she makes is entirely unreasonable when you consider WHO was making it: a Samaritan woman. it is bad enough that Samaritan's didn't even believe in the Messiah (they hold only to the Torah, and a corrupted version at that), so her saying she found the M'sheekha is "dubious" at best. they do have belief in a Messiah-like figure whom they call TAYEB (as in the prophet like unto Mushe), but they didn't call him the "Messiah."

so it makes it even more implausible that she would call Messiah "MarYa" - doesn't it?

to me, if this account REALLY happened, and it might have, i don't think it would have been written as the PESHITTO text has it written, with MarYa in the text. seems to me that it came from a Greek source.

Chayim b'Moshiach,
Jeremy