12-19-2022, 09:33 AM
(12-17-2022, 04:58 PM)Ed Hurst Wrote: Luke notes that it was the job of young men to get themselves ritually defiled by handling dead bodies in situations like this. It was a form of noble sacrifice to volunteer on behalf the rest.
Just re-read about the Nazirite vow in Numbers in our reading on Sunday, and how those who are currently under the vow are supposed avoid dead bodies even more so than the standard-issue Israelite. Don't know how common Nazirites were in Jesus' time, but that would've presented an interesting conundrum if there were any in those early, small churches mentioned here.