Comments on: Role Reversal: Jesus and the Leper

By: Fr Jim Tucker

Fr Jim Tucker — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

That same parallel struck me for the first time yesterday, too. I preached on the Epistle, though, so I didn't develop the idea.

By: Rob

Rob — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

With a human writing a story, parallels may be either accidental or deliberate.

With an infinite Intelligence involved, I'd argue everything's deliberate.

Good catch.

By: Ontario Emperor

Ontario Emperor — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Didn't Leviticus also have procedures to declare an unclean person clean? That might be the true parallel here.

By: Funky Dung

Funky Dung — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

The book describes what to do *if* a person becomes clean, not how to *make* a person clean. Jesus instructed the former leper to fulfill the requirements of the Law regarding what do if a leper is made clean.