15 Oct
Troubling Footnote in the New American Bible
The footnote in question is taken from Luke 24:26.
[26] That the Messiah should suffer . . . : Luke is the only New Testament writer to speak explicitly of a suffering Messiah (Luke 24:26, 46; Acts 3:18; 17:3; 26:23). The idea of a suffering Messiah is not found in the Old Testament or in other Jewish literature prior to [...]











