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Doug2057

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December 12, 2023 - 9:15 pm
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Hello All!
I hope you’re all doing well!
I just read a book with the title of my post.
The book postulates that Jesus was the grandson of Herod the Great (Anipater was the father of Jesus ) and that Mary was a member of the other Jewish royal family. Jesus was actually in the line of succession. Any thoughts about this?

Thanks
Doug

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December 12, 2023 - 11:07 pm
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Steefen
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December 13, 2023 - 12:18 am
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Jesus then would have had some pull with the sons of Herod the Great?

He could have weighed on John the Baptist’s treatment?

He would have met with Agrippa I before the trial?

I remember what the book said about the Therapeutae vs the Essenes.

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December 13, 2023 - 9:21 am
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What reason does the book offer for advancing such a theory?

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December 14, 2023 - 10:24 am
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I believe that the author claims that the Sanhedrin went to Pilate for permission to execute Jesus, was that as a member of Herod’s family, he was a Roman citizen.

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December 14, 2023 - 11:24 am
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As a citizen he would have had the right to appeal not to Pilate but to Rome. And surely one could be a citizen in Roman Judea without being a member of the Herodian family.

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