@HardenBetter_@cryptojay02@muslimorthodoxy Or like in Mark 10:18, where Jesus says only God is good, obviously he does not mean literally NO one else is good because he calls people good other times in the Bible, he just emphasizes the type of good that only God has.
@HardenBetter_@cryptojay02@muslimorthodoxy We see the same in Matthew 11:27 where Jesus says no one knows the Father except the Son even though this does not exclude the Holy Spirit, it is just emphasizing the Father-Son relationship.
@HardenBetter_@cryptojay02@muslimorthodoxy Christ frequently uses broad, absolute‑sounding statements that are not meant literally, but are meant to emphasize a point. Some examples being Mark 10:18, Matthew 11:27, etc. The same follows for Mark 13:32, its just a hyperbole.
@HardenBetter_@cryptojay02@muslimorthodoxy The greek word used their for know, can mean to tell. So Christ knows the hour, but does not tell it. Just like in 1 Corinthians 2:2, Paul does not literally not know anything but Jesus crucified, its that he didn't tell them anything but Jesus being crucified.
@sweatyheadband1@roman_shahada@muslimorthodoxy The non virgin women enticed the men of israel to adultery, so the non seducing women are virgins and little girls. “Keep for yourselves” is only as sexual as one makes it be.
@sweatyheadband1@roman_shahada@muslimorthodoxy the harm he caused and could not abandon her afterward. So Deuteronomy 22:28–29 is not about rape. It is the second telling of the same law from Exodus. It describes a man who persuaded a woman into sex and got caught. The woman is not forced. The man is punished.
@sweatyheadband1@roman_shahada@muslimorthodoxy he dishonored both her and her family. That’s why the law made him pay fifty shekels, which was the normal bride price, as a penalty for what he did. He also had to take care of her for the rest of her life if the family accepted the marriage, showing that he was responsible for