Among the people that followed Jesus in the first century, “ have a good-eye ” was probably a regular greeting that they heard every day. What does “ good eye ” mean? It is also found the teachings of Jesus in Matthew 6:22-23. This saying begins with a statement, followed by two parallelisms, to make the points he wanted to make. The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore you have a good eye , your whole body will be full of light. But if you have an evil eye , your whole body will be full of darkness. The underlined terms -- good eye and evil eye -- are Hebrew idioms. ● The words in an idiom cannot be understood by using their literal meanings. This easily seen in this English idiom -- “ he really put his foot in his mouth .” We know he did not literally put his foot in his mouth, but a non-English speaker might think he did. ● Since these are Hebrew idioms , it indicates that Jesus and his audience were Hebrew speakers . In order to discover what the Hebrew idio
The Jewish Jesus , aka Yeshua and the Jesus of history , is the person that led the movement we read about in the Synoptic Gospels (Matthew, Mark and Luke). There are many other “ belief models of Jesus Christ ” that were created after the crucifixion of the Jewish Jesus. It is important to understand that the Jewish Jesus was an expert teacher and interpreter of the Jewish Scriptures, especially Isaiah’s words. His calling, movement, and core teachings are based on his interpretations of sections of Isaiah. Below are the core teachings of the Jewish Jesus. You will see these points repeated throughout his teachings, including those on salvation . ● Guard Justice and Rescue the Community. ● Take away the yoke from your midst, the pointing of the finger and speaking wickedness. ● Extend your breath to the hungry and satisfy the afflicted lives. ● Share your bread with the hungry, bring the poor who are cast out to your house; cover the naked when you see them, and do not