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Nov 19, 2018, 10:45 AM
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Who's A Sinner?
In Mark 2 and other places we're told that Jesus ate with tax collectors and "sinners." I've always wondered, who were these "sinners" and what exactly did they do to earn such a title? Has anybody ever looked into that?
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Nov 19, 2018, 11:27 AM
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I think most of the population would fit in there. Remember, there were may translations and interpretations of the words from Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek. Jesus told the woman at the well, "Go and sin no more". Aren't you glad you didn't live back there? Here are a couple from the OT!!
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Jobs & Parenting Expert
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Nov 19, 2018, 12:05 PM
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Matthew (Levi) had a dinner party with his guests being Jesus and probably his tax-collector buddies. After some concordancing, I've decided "tax collectors and sinners" is synonymous with "tax collectors who are sinners" (as compared to "scribes and Pharisees who are strict adherents of the Law" -- "the righteous"). As Jesus said, "I have come not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."
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Dec 15, 2018, 07:06 AM
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It seems that every culture comes to regard some sins as acceptable and others as outrageous, so I suppose the sinners in that case were those engaged in the "outrageous".
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Mar 18, 2019, 03:55 PM
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@Fr_Chuck That was a wonderful specific answer. And I second the motion.
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