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Is the Christ of Revelation Out for Blood?

Misquoting Jesus with Bart Ehrman

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Is Jesus a Pacifist?

There are a couple passages that can be used to show that Jesus promoted violence. The one who lives by the sword will die by the sword, he says. He is not sanctioning this in the gospels. And so like if they're following Jesus, they're following what he wants them to do and they're armed so that doesn't that suggest an armed rebellion. That kind of overlooks what happens next, which is Jesus says, put away your sword.

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