2006-07-20 14:17:35 · 14 answers · asked by Teaim 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Church? NO of course not Christian Churches didn't exist untill long after his death but he did go to temple (there is a famous story of him at age of 11 leaving his parents to go to temple to "Be about his fathers work". Interesting note the first "Churches" were just peoples houses. Also it should be noted that the Title of "Rabbi" in those days had TWO meanings there was the formal Rabbinical Studies that lead to a formal Rabbi Declaration and Jesus NEVER did this. The other definition of Rabbi was simply teacher and anyone who taught anything would and could be called Rabbi. At one point Jesus stopped people from calling him Rabbi because he didn't want that type of confusion comming up. (this is interesting because later when people WORSHIPED him something that was SACRILIGIOUS if he wasn't God, Jesus DID NOT stop them because he knew stopping them would be confusing because he WAS GOD!)
2006-07-20 14:29:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
According to the Bible, Jesus did go to a temple.
When He was 12 years old he went to the Temple. While His mother and father looked for Him, he was teaching the Jewish Church leaders about the word of God. They were amazed by his knowledge.
Later in his life, according to the Bible, He went to a Temple along with his Disciples. There, Jesus discovered things that were atrocious to Him. Jesus discovered animals at the temples, people tending to all sorts of shops! It outraged him. He lashed out at the merchants, his shops and their animals, screaming and yelling at the top of His lungs. He believed this was not the way to be at His Father's House (The Temple).
2006-07-20 21:42:53 · answer #2 · answered by bitto luv 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A point for those arguing about church and synagogue:
The context makes it certain that James 2:2 is talking about a Christian assembly, yet the Greek word James used was not ekklesia=church but synagoge=synagogue. The words are essentially interchangeable. Both words are common in secular Greek literature with no reference to Christian or Jewish weekly assemblies.
Synagogue simply means an assembly or meeting. Ekklesia is commonly translated "church," but it is used in Acts 7:38 with reference to Jews during their wandering in the wilderness, certainly not a Christian assembly.
As for your question it has been answered correctly several times. The gospels tell of numerous times where Jesus went to a synagogue assembly. Luke 4:16 tells us that it was Jesus' custom to be in attendance at a synagogue.
It is amazing the number of people that are willing to discuss this question without really knowing the meaning of the words. Be careful who you believe around here.
2006-07-20 21:51:32 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, he even spoke at temple to declare publicly that the prophesies of Isaiah is fulfilled in his reading of the Jewish Scriptures!
His mother and father took him to temple for his initiation into the Jewish Faith.
His parents lost Jesus when he was 12 years old on the journey back from Jerusalem.
Joseph, Mary and Jesus were a faithful Jewish family.
2006-07-20 21:31:35 · answer #4 · answered by Lives7 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No! There was no church till after Jesus ascended, it started on Pentecost 6 weeks after the crucifixion. Jesus was a Jew, He went to Synagogue.
2006-07-20 21:23:22 · answer #5 · answered by oldguy63 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, Jesus was a Jew, so he attended synagogue.
The last supper was the feast of Passover.
Jesus did not come to abolish the Law, but to fulfill it. AndHe ws probably bar mitzvahed as well, according to the tradition at the time.
2006-07-20 21:21:42 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He went to the synagogue. That would be the closest thing to church, and is what the early church was patterned after.
2006-07-20 21:22:30 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Never. He went to the Temple (it specifically mentions him being there at Channukah - the Feast of Dedication), and it says his custom was to attend synagogue every Sabbath day.
2006-07-20 21:26:40 · answer #8 · answered by Daniel 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes but it called a temple in the Jewish religion. also there are 13 missing years in his mortal life that are unaccounted for. where he may have attended different religious schools. HE was a Rabbi in the Jewish church.
2006-07-20 21:26:22 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Church" did not exist in those times, he did go to the temple and run out the money changers and charlatans, known as Republicans today.
2006-07-20 21:24:49 · answer #10 · answered by Ed M 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋