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The Rabbis Hated Women, but Not This Rabbi

July 11, 2008 by Dan Sullivan 2 Comments

The Rabbinic precept ran: “Let no one talk with a woman in the street, no, not with his own wife.” The Rabbis so despised women and so thought them incapable of receiving any real teaching that they said: “Better that the words of the law should be burned than deliver to women.”
They had a saying: ‚ÄúEach time that a man prolongs converse with a woman he causes evil to himself, and desists from the law, and in the end inherits Gehinnom.‚Äù [that’s HELL]
By Rabbinic standards Jesus could hardly have done a more shatteringly unconventional thing than to talk to this woman.

– William Barclay‚Äôs commentary on John 4.27-30

Ok, in light of this, are you not just totally amazed at how amazing Jesus is? In this kind of culture, with this kind of hatred and taboo going around, he asks this lady for a drink of water. I have no idea of what the modern day equivalent of this is. She‚Äôs had half a dozen husbands – strike. She‚Äôs Samaritan – strike. She‚Äôs a woman – strike. What else could be so dispised? And here is Jesus talking to her and working through her to bring a city to Himself! How is it that every single thing this man does is so amazing?

Tags: Jesus, women, rabbis, John

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  1. Greg says

    July 12, 2008 at 5:22 pm

    So who would we find Him with in today’s America? peace

  2. Dan says

    July 17, 2008 at 6:53 am

    I was thinking about this the other day, when I came across some people that were heavily pierced, tattoed, and transgender. They made just about everyone around them pretty uncomfortable, including me.

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