why did jesus never tell us the world was round?

Question

Not saying that i dont believe in jesus and/or God, but with the all knowing ablilities and not to mention his close ties to those of the fishing communities, why is it that no one ever thought to ask where the edge of the world dropped off as was common belief at the time. Such an important question of everything that people knew, wondered and questioned about at the time was never addressed in scriptures and held true for over a millenium after him. If jesus was here in our presence today, two thousand years later, someone should ask "Why did Jesus never address what is out there beyond what we can see" is there life on other planets? I know its a totally different type of question but they parrallel each other as compared to what was known then and what is known now. Not to mention the meaning of life being "If we were made by God, why?" or why are we here. These questions have been pondered since the beginning of religion hence their "beliefs" so why isnt this in the bible

Isiah 40:22
12 And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the FOUR CORNERS OF THE EARTH. (KJV)

and the references of the time to "round" didnt actually mean spherical as much as disk like!!!!!

also, it is not so much as a question of if Jesus answered this but of if it was asked of him, why is it not a part of common knowledge as people HUNDREDS of years after him died for stating the world was not flat. Hardly an "oops, i forgot to mention that you arent the only ones here and all are loved by God, on this land or the un-discovered (to you) lands of this planet or others."

This is not being a question that is worth being pondered?!?!?

The real underlying question is not that Jesus didnt answer this question but why havent we heard the answer to this and other questions "Straight from the horses mouth" as you say such and such answered it for him but even with these vague generalizations of roundness and corners, PEOPLE STILL DIED FOR SAYING THE WORLD WAS NOT FLAT. Hence the validity of asking the man himself. Its not like he said "There is a 20 question limit that has been reached" or even said "The questions of other beings are too much for you to handle"

I FOR ONE WOULD BE ASKING QUESTIONS OF THESE NATURE AS THIS IS THE ONE CHANCE IN HUMAN HISTORY TO HAVE "BELIEFS" AND MIS-UNDERSTANDINGS ANSWERED BY THE "MAN" HIMSELF AND YET..........NOTHING

I DONT BELIEVE THAT IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THIS WAS NOT ASKED OF JESUS

Answer 1

The Old Testament tells us that the world is round. Isaiah 40:22.

Answer 2

Assuming he actually existed, and the words attributed to him really were his (which is a HUGE and probably incorrect assumption, BTW) the answer is:

He just didn't know any better.

Although the Greeks (and others) by that point had determined the earth was a sphere, and had fairly accurately calculated the circumference with trigonometry, it was not common knowledge.

The Israelites/Jews were a particularly primitive tribe of desert nomads, who really did not do any deep thinking or investigation of the world around them. They did no astronomy, they were still fairly superstitious, primitive and unsophisticated when compared to the Greeks, Romans, Egyptians, Assyrians and other cultures they came in contact with.

Answer 3

Because Isaiah did it for him at Isaiah 40:22, describing God as dwelling above "the circle of the earth". The Hebrew word hhug (translated as "circle") is defined in A Concordance of the Hebrew and Chaldee Scriptures by B. Davidson as “circle, sphere.”

Answer 4

The Bible says the Earth is Flat and the Quran says the Earth is Round becuase GOD had a plan as to when to give that information. He waited until the final message in the Quran because it didn't concern the people of Jesus's (peace be upon him) time. Quotes from both books are below.

The Bible says its flat:
The Bible claims that Earth has four ends and four corners. Nobody can ever think a ball or a cycle to have corners and ends! Only flat items can have corners and ends, and this is exactly what the bible is trying to express regarding the shape of the earth. The earth is not flat, as once thought and it has no corners or ends at all. If Magnetic Poles can be taken as ends or corners of earth, then this definitely opposed to the axis of rotation.

Isaiah 11:12
12 And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the FOUR CORNERS OF THE EARTH. (KJV)

Revelation 7:1
1 And after these things I saw four angels standing on FOUR CORNERS OF THE EARTH, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree. (KJV)

Job 38:13
13 That it might take hold of the ENDS OF THE EARTH, that the wicked might be shaken out of it? (KJV)

Jeremiah 16:19
19 O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ENDS OF THE EARTH, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit. (KJV)

Daniel 4:11
11 The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the ENDS OF ALL THE EARTH: (KJV)

Matthew 4:8
8 Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; (KJV)

Astronomical bodies are spherical, and you cannot see the entire exterior surface from any place. The kingdoms of Egypt, China, Greece, Crete, sections of Asia Minor, India, Maya (in Mexico), Carthage (North Africa), Rome (Italy), Korea, and other settlements from these kingdoms of the world were widely distributed.



The flat Earth is established and can never move?! The Sun hurries back to where it rises?!

The Psalm 104:5 and Ecclesiastes 1:5 verses from the Bible in this section were sent to me by Abdullah Bisyir; may Allah Almighty always be pleased with him.

"He set the earth on its foundations; it can never be moved. (From the NIV Bible, Psalm 104:5)"

"The LORD reigns, he is robed in majesty; the LORD is robed in majesty and is armed with strength. The world [The deceiving translators should've said "earth", not "world"] is firmly established; it cannot be moved. (From the NIV Bible, Psalm 93:1)"

"Say among the nations, "The LORD reigns." The world [Again, the deceiving translators should've said "earth", not "world"] is firmly established, it cannot be moved; he will judge the peoples with equity. (From the NIV Bible, Psalm 96:10)"

"The sun rises and the sun sets, and hurries back to where it rises. (From the NIV Bible, Ecclesiastes 1:5)"



The Quran says the Earth is round:
The earth literally has two sun rising points and two sun setting points! Noble Quran and Science agree on this:

Before we look at the Noble Verses, it is important to know when the sun rises on one half of the earth, it is at the same time setting on the other half, and when it sets on one half of the earth, it is at the same time rising on the other half. This clearly means that the earth literally has two sun rising points (mashriqayn) and two sun setting points (maghribayn)!


Now let us look at what Allah Almighty Said in the Noble Quran:

"GOD of the two Easts, and GOD of the two Wests. (The Noble Quran, 55:17)"

The Arabic words "mashriqayn" and "maghribayn" were translated as "two Easts" and "two Wests" respectively. It is important to know that Noble Verses 55:10-25 are speaking about the earth and the some of the Creations that exist on it.

The two root Arabic words "Sharq" and "Gharb", which mashriqayn and maghribayn are derived from respectively, can also literally mean the rising point of the sun, and the setting point of the sun.


Important Note: "two Easts" would've be an accurate translation if the word was "Sharqayn" and NOT "mashriqayn". As I said above, "Sharq" means "East", and "Sharqayn" is two easts. But "Mashriqayn" is a plural of "Mashriq", which is used for referring to sun rising as in "Mashriq Al-Shams" (the rising of the sun).

*** The same for "two Wests" and "Gharbayn". This is the literal and accurate meaning for "two Wests". "Maghribayn" is plural of "Maghrib", which is used for referring to sung setting as in "Maghrib Al-Shams" (the setting of the sun).
The fact that Allah Almighty chose to use "Mashriqayn" and "Maghribayn" as opposed to "Sharqayn" and "Gharbayn" is a clear proof that Noble Verse 55:17 is referring to the two sun's rising and setting, and not to east and west.

Answer 5

That would be like Jesus telling people 100 years ago how to log onto YAHOO and answer your question.

To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven

Ecclesiastes 3:1

Answer 6

Since He made all things, it did not occur to Him that He would have to tell us those things.
Truly, He spoke mostly about His Father and heaven, things that they needed to know about.
Who cares if the world is round or square or flat, no one has ever fallen off of it yet!

Answer 7

Wow, speak approximately delivering proof. I wager all of the atheists can do right here isn't aid however agree. I guess considering that you talked about to them the proof that he's truly plenty of them will avoid this question.

Answer 8

Because His main concern for mankind is your eternal destiny, and where you will spend it. Don't bother worrying about life on other planets and such; it's a distraction from the biggest pondering you need to face....what will I do with my eternal soul?

Answer 9

John 21:25 (KJV)

And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written, Amen.

Answer 10

Due to the fact he was just a normal human? And knew just about as much as the next guy.