Jewish sayings

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A pessimist, confronted with two bad choices, chooses both.
http://quotes.yourdictionary.com/articles/funny-jewish-sayings.html#r16q2UGLXhXjlE5J.99

 

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http://www.biblicalhebrew.com/nt/camelneedle.htm

 

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http://www.ajewishbeliever.com/2012/07/hebrew-idioms.html?m=1

 

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1. Pick up snakes – Mark 16:18
I chose this as the first example, as it deals with a literal life and death issue.
The KJV says: “They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay
hands on the sick, and they shall recover.”
“They translated many Eastern idioms and metaphors literally, not knowing their true meaning. For instance, ‘You
shall handle snakes.’ They did not know that the word ‘snake’ refers to ‘an enemy.”’ – Dr. George Mamishisho
Lamsa
A better reading for that section of the verse would be “they will handle their enemies”. This mistranslation has
even cost the lives of many people. George Went Hensley, a former pastor of the Church of God, formed one such
Pentecostal group, who drank poison and exposed themselves to poisonous snakes. He died of snakebite, as have
many others.

 

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The Hebrew Idioms of Jesus IV”

6Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb; and he saw the linen cloths lying there, 7and the handkerchief that had been around His head, not lying with the linen cloths, but folded together in a place by itself.

A Tallit or Prayer Shawl is also referred to as a: “HANKERCHIEF”

“The Hebrew Idioms of Jesus”

It was the custom to offer guests to your home A Tallit to wear doing a visit to your home for gatherings as formal as a dinner. If your guest REALLY ENJOYED THE MEAL —they would WAD THE “HANKERCHIEF —or “NAPKIN” and would leave it there as a compliment to the Host and a sign that they would return the next Sabbath for a similar meal in the future.

“The Hebrew Idioms of Jesus”

If your Guest disliked the meal—and had no desire to return for a similar meal—they would FOLD UP THE NAPKIN—LEAVING IT ON A TABLE as a sign that their stay had not been enjoyable-and THEY HAD NO INTENTION OF RETURNING THERE EVER AGAIN!

http://jewishrootsofchristianity.blogspot.nl/2008/09/hebrew-idioms-of-jesus-by-pastor-ariel.html?m=1

 

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http://www.bulldozerfaith.com/a-misunderstood-hebrew-idiom