32nd Extraction from Julius Caesar’s Civil War into the Gospels
Pompey the Great
When it was time for supper and the ship’s captain had made what preparations he could for their entertainment, Favonius, seeing that Pompey the Great, having no servants to attend him, was beginning to take off his own shoes, ran up to him, took off his shoes for him and helped him to anoint himself. And from that time on, he continued to wait on him and do for him all the things that servants do, even down to washing his feet.
Penguin Classics: Fall of the Roman Republic. Plutarch, Pompey, Section 73, p. 240
John the Baptist
After me will come One greater/mightier than I am, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie.
Mark 1: 7
As she stood behind him at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears. Then she wiped them with her hair, kissed them and poured perfume on them.
Luke 7: 38
Jesus got up from the supper, laid aside His outer garments, and wrapped a towel around His waist.
After that, He poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet and dry them with the towel that was around Him.
He came to Simon Peter who asked, “lord, are You going to wash my feet?”
Jesus replied, “You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand.”
John 13: 4-7
Additional Extraction from Julius Caesar into Jesus Christ #1: Contrasting Old Morality with New Morality
Gaius Julius Caesar
Humanitas Romana is a concept that crosses both the Republican age of Rome and the Roman imperial period. In the Republic, clementia was both a personal attribute and a public virtue, intended to differentiate the Romans from the other peoples of antiquity in a sense of a moral superiority.
In the Roman imperial period, the concept of humanitas Romana began to manifest more and more significantly through its component part, clementia, which became a cardinal virtue of the emperor and a judicial principle. With the coming to power of Julius Caesar, the notion of Clementia Caesaris was born. Afterwards, the status of Clementia Caesaris was enhanced during the Principate of Augustus. The emperor tends to become a provider of human rights.
Consider as positive aspects the evolution of the concept of humanitas Romana through its component, the virtue of clementia, or the increased multicultural side of the Roman state.
Jupiter, Roman God, was a sky god. Note this is retained by the biblical Jesus.
Son of Man, Jesus Christ
You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’
But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.
that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.
If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Do not even tax collectors do the same?
And if you greet only your brothers, what are you doing more than others? Do not even Gentiles do the same?
Matthew 5: 43 – 47
COMMENTARY (Matthew 5:44 – Wikipedia)
This is one of the most important verses in the entire New Testament. Ulrich Luz states that the ideas expressed in this verse are “considered the Christian distinction and innovation.” “Love thy enemies” is what separates Christianity from all earlier religions.[3] Nolland disagrees with this, seeing a number of historical precedents. These include the Babylonian text the Counsels of Wisdom, which says “Do not return evil to the man who disputes with you; requite with kindness your evil-doer… smile on your adversary.”[4] Nolland also cites the Egyptian Instruction of Amenemope and the Book of Proverbs
Christian tradition
The author of Matthew places this verse in the final antithesis, a summary of all that been stated in the Sermon. Early church thinkers also saw this as one of Jesus’ most important teachings.
Humanitas Romana is a concept that crosses both the Republican age of Rome and the Roman imperial period. In the Republic, clementia was both a personal attribute and a public virtue, intended to differentiate the Romans from the other peoples of antiquity in a sense of a moral superiority.
Jesus, too, is teaching, the morality of Gaius Julius Caesar, a superior morality during the Jewish Revolt when the Gospel of Mark appears on the scene and after the Jewish Revolt so we will not have any more of this when the Gospels of Matthew, Luke, and John appear on the scene. Eye for an eye fueled militant, messianic rebelliousness.
Jesus washing the feet of his disciples [at supper] shows Jesus knew the story of the god-man on which he is based, Gaius (Son of Earth, Son of Man) Julius Caesar.
From my nonfiction book:
When it was time for supper and the ship’s captain had made what preparations he could for their entertainment, Favonius, seeing that Pompey the Great, having no servants to attend him, was beginning to take off his own shoes, ran up to him, took off his shoes for him and helped him to anoint himself. And from that time on, he continued to wait on him and do for him all the things that servants do, even down to washing his feet.
Penguin Classics: Fall of the Roman Republic. Plutarch, Pompey, Section 73, p. 240
Because his enemies shrank from agreeing to the proposal of giving Gaius Julius Caesar the title of king to fulfill the prophetic writings of the Sibylline Books that only a king can conquer the Parthians, they pressed on with their plans for his assassination. … Even the people had come to disapprove of how things were going and no longer hid their disgust at Caesar’s tyrannical rule but openly demanded champions to protect their ancient liberties. … The following popular song was sung everywhere:
Caesar led the Gauls in triumph,
Led them uphill, led them down,
To the Senate House he took them,
Once the glory of our town,
“Pull those breeches off,” he shouted,
“Change into a purple gown!”
(The purple gown actually was the senatorial toga with a purple stripe.)
Penguin Classics: The Twelve Caesars. Suetonius, translated by Robert Graves, Divus Julius, Section 80, p. 37
And the soldiers led Jesus away into the hall (that is the Praetorium), and called the whole company of soldiers together.
They clothed him with purple …
Mark 15: 16 – 17
Pontifex Maximus Gaius Julius Caesar (Pope Julius Caesar):
“Lepidus, your name is stone in Latin.
And upon this rock, I will build my basilica
and name it after you.”
By the time the consulship of Marcellus was over, Caesar was already in a most lavish way making available to public figures in Rome the wealth which he had won in Gaul. … He gave the consul Lucius Aemilius Lepidus Paullus (consul, 50 BCE, brother of the triumvir Marcus Aemilius Lepidus) 1,500 talents with which he added to the beauty of the Forum by building the famous Basilica [Aemilia / Basilica Paulli]
Vatican Necropolis
The Vatican Necropolis lies under the Vatican City, at depths varying between 5–12 meters below Saint Peter’s Basilica. The Vatican sponsored archeological excavations (also known by their Italian name scavi) under Saint Peter’s in the years 1940–1949 which revealed parts of a necropolis dating to Imperial times.[1] The work was undertaken at the request of Pope Pius XI who wished to be buried as close as possible to Peter the Apostle. It is also home to the Tomb of the Julii, which has been dated to the third or fourth century.
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Descendants of Julius Caesar (the Julii) are buried under St. Peter’s Basilica.
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