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139:0.1 It is an [[eloquent]] [[testimony]] to the [[charm]] and [[righteousness]] of [[Jesus]]' earth life that, although he repeatedly dashed to pieces the [[hopes]] of his [[apostles]] and tore to shreds their every [[ambition]] for [[personal]] exaltation, only one deserted him.

139:0.1 It is an [[eloquent]] [[testimony]] to the [[charm]] and [[righteousness]] of [[Jesus]]' earth life that, although he repeatedly dashed to pieces the [[hopes]] of his [[apostles]] and tore to shreds their every [[ambition]] for [[personal]] exaltation, only one deserted him.

139:0.2 The [[apostles]] learned from [[Jesus]] about the [[kingdom of heaven]], and Jesus learned much from them about the [[Human condition|kingdom of men]], [[human]] nature as it lives on [[Urantia]] and on the other [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 evolutionary worlds] of [[time and space]]. These twelve men [[represented]] many [[different]] [[types]] of human [[temperament]], and they had not been made alike by schooling. Many of these [[Galilean]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisherman fishermen] carried heavy strains of [[gentile]] blood as a result of the forcible [[conversion]] of the gentile population of [[Galilee]] one hundred years previously.

139:0.2 The [[apostles]] learned from [[Jesus]] about the [[kingdom of heaven]], and Jesus learned much from them about the [[Human condition|kingdom of men]], [[human]] nature as it lives on [[Urantia]] and on the other [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 evolutionary worlds] of [[time and space]]. These twelve men [[represented]] many [[different]] [[types]] of human [[temperament]], and they had not been made alike by schooling. Many of these [[Galilean]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisherman fishermen] carried heavy strains of [[gentile]] blood as a result of the forcible [[conversion]] of the gentile population of [[Galilee]] one hundred years previously.

139:0.3 Do not make the mistake of regarding the [[apostles]] as being altogether ignorant and unlearned. All of them, except the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_apostles#139:9_and_10._JAMES_AND_JUDAS_ALPHEUS Alpheus twins], were [[graduates]] of the [[synagogue]] schools, having been thoroughly [[trained]] in the [[Hebrew]] [[scriptures]] and in much of the current [[knowledge]] of that day. Seven were graduates of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum] [[synagogue]] schools, and there were no better Jewish schools in all [[Galilee]].

139:0.3 Do not make the mistake of regarding the [[apostles]] as being altogether ignorant and unlearned. All of them, except the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_apostles#139:9_and_10._JAMES_AND_JUDAS_ALPHEUS Alpheus twins], were [[graduates]] of the [[synagogue]] schools, having been thoroughly [[trained]] in the [[Hebrew]] [[scriptures]] and in much of the current [[knowledge]] of that day. Seven were graduates of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum] [[synagogue]] schools, and there were no better Jewish schools in all [[Galilee]].

139:0.4 When your [[records]] refer to these messengers of [[the kingdom]] as being " ignorant and unlearned, " it was [[intended]] to convey the [[idea]] that they were laymen, unlearned in the [[lore]] of the [[rabbis]] and untrained in the [[methods]] of rabbinical [[interpretation]] of the [[Scriptures]]. They were lacking in so-called [[Academic|higher education]]. In [[modern]] times they would certainly be considered uneducated, and in some circles of [[society]] even uncultured. One thing is [[certain]]: They had not all been put through the same rigid and [[stereotyped]] educational [[curriculum]]. From [[adolescence]] on they had enjoyed separate [[experiences]] of learning how to live.

139:0.4 When your [[records]] refer to these messengers of [[the kingdom]] as being " ignorant and unlearned, " it was [[intended]] to convey the [[idea]] that they were laymen, unlearned in the [[lore]] of the [[rabbis]] and untrained in the [[methods]] of rabbinical [[interpretation]] of the [[Scriptures]]. They were lacking in so-called [[Academic|higher education]]. In [[modern]] times they would certainly be considered uneducated, and in some circles of [[society]] even uncultured. One thing is [[certain]]: They had not all been put through the same rigid and [[stereotyped]] educational [[curriculum]]. From [[adolescence]] on they had enjoyed separate [[experiences]] of learning how to live.

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[[Category: Paper 139 - The Twelve Apostles]]

[[Category: Paper 139 - The Twelve Apostles]]