Was Jesus 'religious'? or a follower of tradition?

Question

Matt. 12 :1-6At that time Jesus went on the sabbath through the grainfields, and His disciples became hungry and began to pick heads of grain and eat, But when the pharisees saw it, they said to Him, "Behold Your disciples do what is not lawful to do on a Sabbath.' But He said to them 'have you not read what david did, when he became hungry, he and his companions; how he entered the house of God, and they ate the consecrated bread, which was not lawful for him to eat, nor for those with him, but for the priests alone? or have you not read the Law, that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple break the Sabbath, and are innocent?'

Matt 15: 2-3. Why do Your disciples trangress the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread.' And he answered and said to them, "And why do you yourselves trangress the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition?.......19-20 For out of the heart come evil throughts, murders, adultereries, fornications,thefts, false

witnesses, slanders These are the things which defile the man; but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile the man.'

And one more, Jesus broke the Jewish sabbath and was called a blaphemer according to the jewish Tradition and laws. so, was Jesus traditional?

Answer 1

hmm... thought i'd have an answer to it but
interestin.. sounds complicated.. gd question

Answer 2

Jesus seemed to be opposed to the idea that human made traditions were just as binding on humans as God's commands were.

I was taught that the Jewish scribes had an oral tradition based on their interpretation of the Jewish Scriptures that they claimed was handed down to them directly from Moses. They claimed that their oral traditions were just as binding as the written law. Jesus himself disputed this (obviously -- you have the quote).

In modern Christianity, the Roman Catholic church and the Eastern Orthodox church have oral traditions which they claim were handed down to them by the Apostles (apparently the Apostles gave slightly different traditions to the different denominations, because Eastern and Western traditions differ slightly). The Latin church and the Greek church both claim that their oral traditions are just as binding on Christians as the written instructions given in the letters of the Apostles (I.E.: the New Testament). Sound familiar?

Protestant Christians believe that the quote that you gave settles the issue once and for all that the oral traditions of the Church are just human ideas that one can take or leave (as long as they do not contradict God's commands). The standard Protestant position is that there are no traditions outside the New Testament itself that are mandatory for Christians to observe.

Sola Scriptura.

Answer 3

Jesus made a definitive end of the old testament laws and tradition, and instituted the new covenant church, with new traditions based on his eternal sacrifice, grace, truth, and the constant guidance of the Holy Spirit. He personally promised as much.

Joh 14:25 These things have I spoken to you, abiding with you.
Joh 14:26 But the Paraclete, the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring all things to your mind, whatsoever I shall have said to you.

Mat 28:18 And Jesus coming, spoke to them, saying: All power is given to me in heaven and in earth.
Mat 28:19 Going therefore, teach ye all nations: baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost.
Mat 28:20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you. And behold I am with you all days, even to the consummation of the world.

Jesus never told anyone to write anything down, either.

Answer 4

there is not any information by any ability for the life of a historic Jesus of Nazareth, no matter if son of God or only rabble-rouser. The Romans kept meticulous information of trials and punishments, and there is not any record of a tribulation, less than Pontius Pilate, of Jesus as defined interior the gospels. And, even with the very incontrovertible certainty that many human beings were writing about circumstances in Judea on the on the spot, no man or woman recorded miracles, no man or woman wrote about the slaughter of the innocents (and if this had occurred, it might want to were broadly stated), the tale about Joseph having to shuttle to be taxed does no longer sq. with any costs of Roman taxation. it is all fiction.

Answer 5

No he was not entirely.The law was given to convict men of their sin the Jew had slipped into worshiping the law and forgotten its purpose and Gods.

Answer 6

In my opinion Jesus was a radical liberal. He was sent here to buck tradition and shake things up because everyone had lost their way.

Answer 7

I would say religious. He followed the spirit of the law not the letter of the law.{By the way: please forgive my earlier discussions with you I will not do so again.}
Peace Be With You,
Debra

Answer 8

Jesus was neither traditional nor religious

rather, he MADE tradition.
he WAS religion.

When you're God, you can do that.

Answer 9

He was one in/with Spirit.

Answer 10

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