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The Department of Homeland Security is looking to boost its deployment of the military on the streets of the U.S. in order to help carry out Donald Trump’s immigration policies, according to a leaked memo written by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s brother.
Mark 14:48 has Jesus asking the soldiers why they’re attacking him with heavy weaponry as if he were a lēstēs, or human trafficker, the same word is used by Julius Caesar to describe the people who captured and ransomed him, so the general translation of lēstēs as robber or brigand is insufficient, they are human traffickers, often the pederastic type. Caesar also started the tradition of crucifying this particular type of criminal.
Ugh, definitely one of those passages where the translation matters. Several versions of the Bible are no where near suggesting the soldiers are attacking him, nor using “lēstēs”. Granted the Bible has been heavily edited over the centuries, and I cannot read the original.
Thank you for pointing out the section.