Jesus of Nazareth

JESUS THE JEW

Olive-colored skin:  A dark complexion common to many people of the Mediterranean region.

1 Cor. 11:14: Doesn’t nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a dishonor to him?

John 2:15: And having made a whip of cords, he drove the sheep and the cattle out of the Temple, and he poured out the coins of the moneychangers and overturned the tables.

Matt. 12:34: Brood of vipers! How are you, being evil, able to speak good things?

Luke 12:49: I came to cast fire on the earth, and how I wish it was already burning!

Acts 21:20,23-24: You see, brother [Paul], how many tens of thousands of the Jews are believers and all are zealots for the Law [they saw no contradiction between Judaism and belief in Jesus].... We have four men [believers] who have taken a vow [a Jewish Nazirite vow]; take them and purify yourself with them [Paul practiced Jewish ritual purification].... and all will know that there is nothing to the things they have been told about you, but that you, too, keep in line and observe the Law.

Gentile believers in Jesus are not under the Law of Moses: ...for you are not under the Law, but rather under grace (Rom. 6:14), But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the Law (Gal. 5:18), Therefore it is my judgment that we do not trouble those who are turning to God from the Gentiles (Acts 15:19).

Gal. 4:4: ...born under the Law

Rom. 11:18: Do not boast over the [natural] branches [the Jewish people]; but if you boast, remember that it is not you who supports the root, rather the root is supporting you.

HEBREW NAMES

• Yeshua (Ye-SHU-a). Jesus. Salvation.
• Miryam (Mir-YAM). Mary. Bitter.
• Yosaiph (Yo-SEYPH). Joseph. Let him add.
• Yohannan (YO-han-nan). John. Grace of God.
• Yaakov (Ya-a-KOV). James/Jacob. Supplanter.
• Mattityahu (Mat-tit-YA-hu). Matthew. Gift of God.
• Yehudah (Ye-hu-DAH). Judah/Judas. Celebrated.
• Shimon (Shi-MON). Simon. Hearing. Given the nickname: Cephas (Ke-PHAS). In Greek: Peter (PE-tros). Rock or Rocky.
• Shaul (Sha-UL). Saul. Asked. Took the Greek name: Paul (PAU-los).

BEARDS & HAIR

Lev. 19:27: Do not round off the corner of the hair on your head [don’t round off the hair on the sides of your head], and do not spoil the corner of your beard [don’t round off your beard, but cut it straight].

SCENTS & OINTMENTS

Matt. 26:7: A woman came to him who had an alabaster bottle of very expensive fragrant oil, and she poured it on his head as he was reclining at the table.

Psalm 133:2: Like the good oil on the head, coming down on the beard...that comes down on the edge of his garments

Psalm 104:15: In order to make [man’s] face shine with oil

Discovery: Tight-toothed combs were used in ancient times to comb out lice, just as they are today.

Anointed: In Hebrew, Meshiach (Meh-SHEE-akh; Messiah). In Greek, Christos (CREE-stos; Christ).

2 Cor. 2:14-15: Through us, God is making known the fragrance of the knowledge of him in every place. For we are a fragrance of the Anointed One to God...