Did Jesus Predict his Own Death?

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The Christian faith is rooted in the belief that Jesus died for the sins of the world and was then raised from the dead. But is this what Jesus himself preached during his public ministry? In the Gospels, Jesus certainly predicts his coming death, on numerous occasions. But are those saying historical? How would scholars know? What is the evidence both ways? And if Jesus did not anticipate, let alone predict, his death, does that completely undermine the Christian faith?

In this episode, Megan asks Bart:

-In general, why do historical scholars find it difficult to know what Jesus really said?

-How do they decide? What kinds of historical criteria do they use to distinguish his actual teachings and the sayings put on his lips by the Gospel writers?

-What are some examples of sayings that you don’t think are authentic to Jesus?

-In the Gospels Jesus predicts that he has to go to Jerusalem to be rejected and killed. That seems in the Gospels to be the goal of his ministry. Do you think that’s what he had in mind?

-What would be the arguments in favor of thinking that these predictions go back to Jesus himself?

-What are the arguments for doubting that Jesus made these kinds of predictions?

-Is it possible that the passion predictions that occur within Jerusalem are a result of Jesus realizing that he’d crossed enough lines that he might be headed for a death sentence?

-Suppose you’re right and that, historically, Jesus never made an explicit prediction of his death or claimed that his death would provide salvation for others. Does that mean that, theologically, the Christian message is wrong? Does it mean that his death was not a sacrifice for sins?

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