An Example of Yeshua's Hijacked Message
One finds compassion mentioned many times in the New Testament (six times in Matthew alone). But the most striking example is Luke 6:36. Unfortunately, some Bibles interpret the Hebrew word found in this verse “rachuwm” or “racham” to mean mercy. And it does, but its first definition, at least in Strong’s Concordance, is compassion. So in reading the KJV version, the verse reads, “Be merciful as God has been merciful.” But as Marcus Borg points out in his book Meeting Jesus Again for the First... Sign in to see full entry.