The Pre-Nicene New Testament: Fifty-four Formative Texts by Robert M. Price

Author:Robert M. Price [Price, Robert M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Bible, New Testament
Publisher: Signature Books
Published: 2019-02-03T07:00:00+00:00

fl. Cf. Matt. 26:52; John 18:11. All the gospel writers after Mark knew of a version in which Jesus said, “Let it be restored to its place.” Matthew and John took this to mean the sword, while Luke imagined the reference to be to the ear!

fm. The basis of this whole scene can be found in 2 Sam. 15-16. There a weeping David, fleeing his usurping son Absalom, a Judas figure, heads up the Mount of Olives and sends three of his allies (15:27 LXX) back to Jerusalem. David finds himself mocked and harassed by one Shimei who curses the fallen king, and David’s man Abishai offers to chop the mocker’s head off, but David prevents him, musing that God must have bidden Shimei to curse David. As they slink along in silence, Shimei continues to pelt the refugees with rocks. Here we find more elements underlying the Passion story. Abishai is the prototype of the disciple who attempts to behead Malchus in the arresting party. Shimei, another form of Shimeon or Simon, is the prototype for Simon, who denies Jesus repeatedly, the stony missiles suggesting “Peter,” as well. If God assigned Shimei to utter curses on David, so Jesus predicts the denials which will be uttered by Peter, who curses himself (or Jesus) in the high priest’s courtyard (14:71). But what of Jesus’ prayer? The disciples are absent from the scene so no one is there to listen in on it. The contents derive from a traditional Passover hymn (Pss. 116:10-15), which Jesus sings at the close of the supper: “My distress was bitter. In panic I cried, ‘How faithless all men are!’ … I will take in my hand the cup of salvation and invoke the Lord by name.… A precious thing in the Lord’s eyes is the death of those who die faithful to him.” The betraying kiss of Judas (14:44-45) would seem to derive from 2 Sam. 20:7-10, where Joab, backed by armed men, greets Amasa as a brother, kisses him, then stabs him.

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