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Just don’t ask about feet in the Bible
The synoptic Gospels present such a big shiny mystery that I just can’t resist jumping in and solving something. That’s what I imagine the authors would have wanted, right? They put these puzzles in the texts to be solved. So that means that these puzzles should be fairly simple to solve once we understand the mechanisms used in their creation.
Let’s look at one of the more obvious ones.
10 And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable.
11 And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables:
12 That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them.
(Mar 4:10–12 KJV)
Here is Jesus saying the quiet part out loud. He uses parables so that people see but not perceive, hear but not understand. He is talking about us, the readers. We see but we do not see beyond the veil, because, if we did, we would be converted and our sins forgiven.
