Hermeneutics 101: "How to Read New Testament Gospels"

[@MichaelTheophilus906]

I am presently using the LSB, the Text Critical English New Testament, and the Marshall Greek and English Interlinear.

[@TheWhyIsThatSo]

None of this matters, because the scriptures are "inspired" . They are written in "spiritual language"......metaphors, allegories, signs and symbols . The story of Jesus being "tempted by the devil" for example. This never happened literally, it's all written as an allegory to show us he was human with a sinful nature as we all are . WHO else was there in the "wilderness" to write it all down word for word ? There was no literal "conversation" between Jesus and the "devil". The "devil" ( also called the "serpent" and "Satan" ...Rev. 12:9 )......these are all metaphors for the "carnal mind" of man . Jesus was "tempted" by his own "carnal mind" ( the "devil" ) .....as we all are, yet without sin. ( Hebrews 4:15 ) If he was not a man with a sinful nature , then God is an idiot, and all that Jesus did for us means absolutely nothing .