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In the year 33 |
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Since the birth of John the Baptist (33 AD) |
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Mariamne And Jesus |
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Gave birth to their second child |
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a daughter named Mary |
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In honor of the mother of Mary |
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In the same year |
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Gamaliel, Simon of Qumran and Caiphas |
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All working in unison |
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Did convince both Antipas and Herod Philip |
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That if the school of Nazara did continue |
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There would be great war Across Judea |
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the likes of which had never been |
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For they claimed Jesus |
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was Teaching treason |
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That the scriptures of the Jews were mere fables |
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That the sacrifice of animals |
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In the eyes of God was an abomination |
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That the real gods of the Jews |
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Were jealous demon gods |
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That the priests pretend to be pious |
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But in secret still sacrifice people |
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Herod Philip and Antipas asked |
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Of what had Jesus said that was untrue |
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To which Gamaliel was in rage |
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Cursed the sons of Herod for such blasphemy |
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Simon and Caiphas calmed him |
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And Caiphas replied |
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That whether it be true or not |
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Jesus was preaching anarchy |
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That he spoke of things the common folk |
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should never know |
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The sons of Herod agreed on this |
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For the time honored tradition |
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Was that only nobles and priests |
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revealed knowledge and wisdom to their kin |
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that educating the masses was never done |
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for educated people can think for themselves |
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and rise up and take power |
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And so in the same year |
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The school of Nazara was officially closed |
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With all nobles and priestly families |
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Ordered not to send their children |
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Nazara became a shell of itself |
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Only the sons of the common people |
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And the sons of the Zealots remained |
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Young men like Simon bar Jonah |
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also known as Simon bar Giora |
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and St. Peter the Apostle |
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and John bar Levi also known as John of Giscala |
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and St. John the Apostle |
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the author of the Book of Revelation |
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and Simon ben Eleazar |
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the son of a former High Priest who opposed |
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the House of Ananias |
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These few dozen young men |
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Remained loyal to Jesus |
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And they called themselves his disciples. |
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In the same year (33 CE) |
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Emboldened by their efforts to contain Jesus |
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The Pharisees and Sadducees called Pilate |
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To arrest Dositheus, also known as Barabbas |
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Also as a political danger |
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For Barabbas, later known as Saul and then St. Paul |
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Had become a popular and powerful messiah. |
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Pilate agreed and had Barabbas arrested |
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And imprisoned at Caesaria Maritama. |