Where can I find the best collection of ALL that Christ said?

Question

I am after all the different interpretations people have come up with.

Thanks.

James

Answer 1

The most relevant in my opinion is the course in miracles. I also learned a lot from the gospel of Thomas.

The new testament has some value but it is littered with nonsense added by Paul any numerous others. The story of the prodigal son is perhaps one of the the few things in the bible that has not been changed.

Even this story has been spun to mean something that Jesus would never have said.

If you read the actual words it tells us that the fathers love for us is unconditional.

Religion spins this and turns it into a story of forgiveness.

Problem with this is the father never judges the son in any way, so there was nothing to forgive.

Read it with an open mind and you will see what I am saying.

Love and blessings Don

Answer 2

Wow, buddy. If you're looking for all the interpretations, you're going to have to build a library of your own to hold all the books! LOL!

If you want to cut through the crap and just get down to the bone of what the man was really trying to say, I'd pick up a copy of the Jefferson Bible. Old TJ edited out all the redundancies and irrelevancies and stuff that didn't make sense, and just kept the core of what the man was saying. For "similar tunes in the key of C," I'd suggest Jesus and the Buddha as Brothers by Thich Naht Hanh.

EDIT: Oh, how could I forget. To get outside the mainstream doctrine that the big churches want to push on you, definitely pick up "The Gnostic Gospels" by Elaine Pagels. You probably know that there was a popularity contest called the Nicean Council where a bunch of men got together and decided which gospels would get into the Bible and which wouldn't. Some of the gospels that were omitted were FAR more interesting than the ones that were included.

Answer 3

We actually don't know every single thing that Christ said, but the Bible has everything that God wanted us to know about His Son's life on earth. The Gospels are the best source. And read the beginning of the Acts of the Apostles for an account of Christ's Ascension into Heaven and of Pentecost.
A.F.

Answer 4

The only place is the Holy Bible....

Although there are many different versions of translated Bibles, they are all basically the same (with only minor differences here and there).

The four Gospels are all in the same order and everything is in right place where it should be (Matthew, Mark, Luke & John)

Acts of the apostles is after that, followed by the new testament letters, ending with the book of revelation.

Here are some resouces that may help out....

The Everything History of the Bible Book: From Divine Inspiration to Modern-Day Discoveries--a Complete Reference By Jeffery Donley, Ph.D. (How the Bible came to be)

The Everything Bible Book: From Genesis to Revelation, All You Need to Understand the Old and New Testaments By Father John Trigilio & Kenneth Brighenti, Ph.D.

The Bible Answer Book, Volume 1 & 2 By Hank Hanegraaff

The Complete Bible Handbook: An Illustrated Companion
By John Bowker

WEB SITES:

http://www.clarifyingchristianity.com/index.shtml

http://bibleresources.bible.com/index.php (Read the bible online)

http://www.studylight.org/ (Read the bible online along with tons of study helps and resources)

http://www.catholic.net/

http://www.icr.org/

Answer 5

some good answers above!

i don't know of a single collection as you describe- that would be great! a brilliant idea to put all the interpretations side by side- magnificent!

... i love the interpretations by Paramahansa Yogananda-

"The Second Coming of Christ The resurrection of the Christ within You"

and for a more condensed but intense & spiritualy rich book~

"The Yoga Of Jesus, Understanding the hidden teachings of the Gospel"


(((hugGs)))

Answer 6

There is no one collection.

Of course the New Testament for starts.

For me certainly a very beautiful work is the Gospel of St Thomas. I believe it to be as close as any I have read that conveys his deeper msg. Not to say that it is better then any but for me at least as good as most.

The Quran has alot of commentary on him.

The gnostic Gospels also quote him.

This should keep you busy for a few days.

The best interpretation is yours. Follow the inward light and let it shine.

Blessings and peace to all,
All in all,
B

Answer 7

The Gospel of Thomas is the ONLY probable source for Jesus' actual words - called the 'sayings gospel.' It is Zen-like in character and should be read as psychological metaphor to understand it - he describes in every imaginable way the internal battle between the authentic identity as opposed to the learned/conditioned identity. It is very short.

He probably wrote it himself. The 'author' Judas (derivitive of Judea/son of, or tribe of Judah) Didymus Thomas (Greek/Hebrew meaning twin) is related to Judas/betrayer and doubting Thomas which we're all familiar with and may have both 'metaphorically' related to Jesus earthbound identity - as opposed to 'the Christ' (meaning annointed) higher state of consciousness.

Re: the New Testament, use the translation from the Aramaic by Lamsa. Remember that the apocalyptic rhetoric was added by others. "The Five Gospels" is a scholarly dissection of which words were most probably his.

Answer 8

NBM already mentioned "The Five Gospels." To offer more detail:

"The Five Gospels" is a translation of Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, and Thomas. Its subtitle is "What Did Jesus Really Say? The Search for the Authentic Words of Jesus." Made by progressive New Testament scholars calling themselves The Jesus Seminar (incl., John Crossan, Marcus Borg).

In it, they have color-coded Jesus' sayings based on those scholars' consensus on which sayings are most likely to go back to Jesus himself. And they offer some commentary about their understandings of those sayings' meanings in their original context.
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Answer 9

The New Testament of the Bible.

Still the best and most definitive source of Christ's words.

Answer 10

Well, Jesus spoke in Aramaic, the Aramaic was translated to Greek and the Greek was then translated to English, this is where the problem lies. The translation needs to be from Aramaic to English from someone who knows both and who has a clue about spiritual matters. You may want to try finding things by Neil Douglas-Klotz a person who went to the trouble to learn Aramaic {almost a dead language} so he could know what Jesus was really saying.