He announced the good news of Gods kingdom. 6 Another ritual for the fertility of land (KUB 12.44 iii 16-19) involves throwing a sow's genitals into a ritual pit.7 Pigs were used in other Hittite rituals to ensure the fertility of women, as in a rite in which it is said "let her give birth often like the pig" (Bo 3617 i 4`-17`). 10He said, You have been given the chance to understand the secrets of Gods kingdom. 48Then he said to her, Dear woman, your faith has healed you. And He said to them, Go! And they came out and went into the swine, and the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea and perished in the waters. When multiparous female animals conceive, they are in estrus for multiple days, during the course of which they release several eggs. The Gerasenes, however, was located in the territory of the Decapolis, a group of ten cities with a majority population of Gentiles. 3Another was Joanna, the wife of Chuza. While we have no evidence that biblical pork avoidance was a direct polemic against goddess worship, the image of fertility enacted in these rites opposes the biblical concept of fertility. 7 Billie Jean Collins, "Necromancy, Fertility and the Dark Earth: The Use of Ritual Pits in Hittite Cult" in Magic and Ritual in the Ancient World (ed. 18As Jesus was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed begged to go with him. 8, are Gentile lands. Here, the swineherds all flee to tell those in the city (whether Gadara or Gerasa) what they have witnessed. S Mt 4:3; Lk 1:32; 6:35; Ac 16:17; Heb 7:1, NIV, Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible, Red Letter Edition: Bringing to Life the Ancient World of Scripture, NIV, Beautiful Word Bible Journal, Revelation, Paperback, Comfort Print, NIV, Biblical Theology Study Bible, Comfort Print: Follow Gods Redemptive Plan as It Unfolds throughout Scripture, NIV, The Woman's Study Bible, Full-Color, Red Letter: Receiving God's Truth for Balance, Hope, and Transformation, NIV, Lucado Encouraging Word Bible, Comfort Print: Holy Bible, New International Version, NIV, Beautiful Word Bible Journal, Galatians, Paperback, Comfort Print. Dr. R.C. However, in keeping with so much of the Gospel of Mark and, to a large extent, the other Synoptic Gospels we find Jesus importance spreading through word of mouth, and Jesus perhaps realised that this man was more valuable to his cause if he stayed home in this obscure town and told everyone of how Jesus had cured him. How bad is drinking a whole bottle of wine? You shall not eat any of their flesh nor touch their carcasses. Why did Noah take animals on the ark? 6 Billie Jean Collins, "Pigs at the Gate: Hittite Pig Sacrifice in Its Eastern Mediterranean Context," JANER 6 (2006), 162. Ancient Greece, for instance, was both patriarchal and patrilineal, and yet made many swine offerings to different deities. In light of these facts, Jesus' ministry in the Gerasenes reveals the Lord's remarkable concern not only for the Jews but also for the Gentiles. Those people hear the message. - 5. These women were helping to support Jesus and the 12 disciples with their own money. "Pigs are smart little creatures. Such actions suggest that the unclean spirit possessing the man may be the result of what we would now know as mental illness. 20Someone told him, Your mother and brothers are standing outside. You may give it to the foreigner residing in any of your towns, and they may eat it, or you may sell it to any other foreigner.
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