Comments on: Pluck out your eye? Putting it in Context https://ourrabbijesus.com/articles/pluck-out-your-eye-putting-it-in-context/ His Jewish Life and Teaching Sun, 01 Mar 2020 20:48:52 +0000 hourly 1 By: Lynne Fay https://ourrabbijesus.com/articles/pluck-out-your-eye-putting-it-in-context/#comment-648854 Wed, 09 Jan 2019 19:19:37 +0000 http://orj.mu.rocketwood.com/?p=1146#comment-648854 This is a great site, I’m so glad I found it. Thank you for sharing your wisdom.

]]> By: Lois Tverberg https://ourrabbijesus.com/articles/pluck-out-your-eye-putting-it-in-context/#comment-632328 Wed, 17 Jan 2018 01:07:51 +0000 http://orj.mu.rocketwood.com/?p=1146#comment-632328 In reply to Kingdom Focus.

You need to take up your argument with Nathanael, who said, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!” (John 1:49)

He seems to have had no problem with Jesus being both rabbi and the Son of God.

]]> By: Kingdom Focus https://ourrabbijesus.com/articles/pluck-out-your-eye-putting-it-in-context/#comment-632041 Sun, 14 Jan 2018 22:19:40 +0000 http://orj.mu.rocketwood.com/?p=1146#comment-632041 First of all, HE is NOT our rabbi JESUS.
HE IS the Eternal Living GOD-Creator and Savior of ALL.
KING of kings and LORD of lords. HE is CHRIST-JESUS, Son of the Living Most-High GOD. Although HE was rejected and killed, but HE resurrected and coming back with a double-edge sword to claim and establish HIS Eternal Kingdom.

]]> By: Sly https://ourrabbijesus.com/articles/pluck-out-your-eye-putting-it-in-context/#comment-585859 Fri, 21 Oct 2016 16:54:13 +0000 http://orj.mu.rocketwood.com/?p=1146#comment-585859 Thank you, Rabbi;
I was thinking about this this morning. I don’t quite understand why Jesus used the word “eye” (singular) rather than “eyes” (plural.) If I watch a dirty movie, for example, I use both my eyes. Perhaps He meant your mind’s eye…..your thought process. We are to renew our minds day and tells us to gird up the loins of our minds. (Reproductive thinking.)

]]> By: Stephen https://ourrabbijesus.com/articles/pluck-out-your-eye-putting-it-in-context/#comment-237990 Tue, 21 Oct 2014 01:04:29 +0000 http://orj.mu.rocketwood.com/?p=1146#comment-237990 I was told by jewish believer in the Messiah that eye for an eye meant that if you hurt a person’s eye you would be their eyes till they recovered.

If you knocked out a person’s tooth then you would prepare food that person could eat till they got better.

Good article.

]]> By: Robert cranium https://ourrabbijesus.com/articles/pluck-out-your-eye-putting-it-in-context/#comment-62752 Sat, 05 Apr 2014 03:53:27 +0000 http://orj.mu.rocketwood.com/?p=1146#comment-62752 Who was Jesus speaking to when he said pluck out your eye? My interpretation is that he was speaking to those who were not baptisezed. His words were directed to those who could not understand repentance and therefore better to put you eye out. He was challenging everyone to SEE THAT THEY ARE SINNERS. Once you become a baptized believer you no longer are condensed to sin. REPENT.

]]> By: Kaitlyn B. https://ourrabbijesus.com/articles/pluck-out-your-eye-putting-it-in-context/#comment-56501 Mon, 10 Mar 2014 12:25:28 +0000 http://orj.mu.rocketwood.com/?p=1146#comment-56501 I never thought about if we should take Jesus word when he says things like to pluck out our eye. I never really questioned it. I think its cool how exaggeration was a part of Jesus culture. I never would have thought that back in that day they exaggerated things. They are kind of like us today and exaggerate things to emphasize their point. Its cool that the people of that day knew to take things seriously, even though they knew Jesus and other rabbis were just exaggerating. I like when it says that just because a person is exaggerating doesn’t mean they aren’t serious.

]]> By: KTR https://ourrabbijesus.com/articles/pluck-out-your-eye-putting-it-in-context/#comment-12392 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 22:27:36 +0000 http://orj.mu.rocketwood.com/?p=1146#comment-12392 Well, of course we are to cut off our sinful hand. The question is, with what? Even a double-edged sword is too dull. If only there were something sharper . . . .

]]> By: luis carlos https://ourrabbijesus.com/articles/pluck-out-your-eye-putting-it-in-context/#comment-10946 Sun, 12 Aug 2012 19:00:30 +0000 http://orj.mu.rocketwood.com/?p=1146#comment-10946 A new discovery to me about the Jesus words’s significance.
thanks!

]]> By: Olivia https://ourrabbijesus.com/articles/pluck-out-your-eye-putting-it-in-context/#comment-3367 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 17:53:35 +0000 http://orj.mu.rocketwood.com/?p=1146#comment-3367 Should we really take things literally? I completely agree with you when you say that in that time and culture that it was probably a lot of exaggeration and that the important part of his teachings is what we actually learn from what was taught. I think this article is great because it helps us to understand about the time period and culture in order to realize that we shouldn’t always take everything literally.

]]> By: Danielle https://ourrabbijesus.com/articles/pluck-out-your-eye-putting-it-in-context/#comment-3298 Sun, 25 Mar 2012 23:14:53 +0000 http://orj.mu.rocketwood.com/?p=1146#comment-3298 I enjoyed reading this because I could really relate a lot of it to what we have been learning in class. I feel like some people took Jesus SO literally when he was preaching, that it almost counteracted the lesson for them. This is yet another reason why learning about the culture at Jesus’ time is so crucial to understanding what Jesus meant during his teachings.

]]> By: Ellen https://ourrabbijesus.com/articles/pluck-out-your-eye-putting-it-in-context/#comment-3083 Fri, 23 Mar 2012 14:45:20 +0000 http://orj.mu.rocketwood.com/?p=1146#comment-3083 I found this article very interesting because I had always found these types of passages, like Matthew 18:9, somewhat confusing. It’s helpful to know that exaggeration was a big part of Jesus’ rabbinic culture because this shows the real meaning of the passage. Now, when coming across a passage like Matthew 18, I know that Jesus doesn’t always want us to take his sayings literally.

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