12-14-2014, 02:40 AM
The Greek manuscripts have a mistranslation in Mt 26:6 (paralleled in Mk 14:3), leading to a contradiction with social customs of the time and Lev 13:45-46. Shimon was a potter, not a leper. Lepers didn't entertain houseguests back then per Lev 13:45-46, but potters/jar makers did.
From the Aramaic:
And when Yeshua was in Beth-Aniya, in the house of Shimon the potter, a woman approached him who had with her an alabaster vase of ointment which was a very precious perfume, and she poured it upon the head of Yeshua while he was reclining. And his talmida [students] saw and it displeased them?.
Granted, one could try to save the Greek mistranslation by supposing that Simon was an _ex_-leper who continued to be called-- slanderously-- 'Simon the Leper,' just as Matthew was called in Mt 10:3, "Mattai the tax-collector."
?: Were any blind men Jesus healed called "X the blind man" after having been healed? Were any demoniacs Jesus healed called "Y the demoniac" after the demons were cast out?
From the Aramaic:
And when Yeshua was in Beth-Aniya, in the house of Shimon the potter, a woman approached him who had with her an alabaster vase of ointment which was a very precious perfume, and she poured it upon the head of Yeshua while he was reclining. And his talmida [students] saw and it displeased them?.
Granted, one could try to save the Greek mistranslation by supposing that Simon was an _ex_-leper who continued to be called-- slanderously-- 'Simon the Leper,' just as Matthew was called in Mt 10:3, "Mattai the tax-collector."
?: Were any blind men Jesus healed called "X the blind man" after having been healed? Were any demoniacs Jesus healed called "Y the demoniac" after the demons were cast out?