Thank God the Jews like to document everything

So I just learned about this and I'm amazed by it. I had no idea that there was this collection of rabbinic writings that was compiled after the destruction of the second temple. Prior to this the talmud was a oral tradition. They called it the oral Torah. And it was how they passed down knowledge on how to obey and follow the written Torah. But after the destruction of the temple the Jews were afraid of losing this knowledge. So they wrote it down and this became the talmud. And in the talmud is rabbinic commentary on Jesus. 

And the remarkable thing is that they don't deny that Jesus performed miracles. In fact it's the exact opposite. Despite rejecting Christ and his claim to be the Messiah son of God and God the Jews affirm that Jesus did indeed perform miracles. Of course they attribute his miracles to satanism and claim that he learned sorcery from the Egyptians. Not only that but they documented "supernatural" phenomenon occurring at the time of his execution and omens leading to the destruction of the temple. I listed a few examples below with sources.

(I put supernatural in quotes because as you should know by now I do not believe in the supernatural. I believe that every miracle in the Bible actually happened due to divine intervention but that does not mean that divine intervention cannot be explained and if it can be explained then it's not supernatural) 


https://www.oneforisrael.org/bible-based-teaching-from-israel/jesus-talmud-jesus-satanic-sorcerer/


However, the really interesting part is that Jewish Sages don’t even attempt to deny the supernatural miracles that were performed by Jesus and by His disciples.

An example of this can be found in the Talmud, Tractate Abodah Zarah, page 17, where a conversation takes place in which Rabbi Eliezer tells Rabbi Akiva about a disciple of Jesus, a Messianic Jew named Jacob, who was renowned for his ability to heal people in Jesus’ name. Later on, page 27 tells of the son of Rabbi Ishmael’s sister who was bitten by a snake. That same disciple of Jesus, Jacob, offered to heal Rabbi Ishmael’s nephew in Jesus’ name. However, even though he acknowledged his ability to heal people in Jesus’ name, the Rabbi refused and said he prefers that his sister’s son DIE instead!

Even rabbis today don’t try to deny the fact that Jesus had supernatural powers but they try to undermine the authority by which Jesus performed His miracles, based on that fable.

For example, see what Rabbi Daniel Asor said: “Jesus was indeed a false prophet, for he acted only through sorcery… He is the embodiment of Satanism.” [Rabbi Daniel Asor]


https://harrisonhouse.com/blog/leonard-hoffman-at-jesus-death-everything-was-shaken#google_vignette


A number of very unusual events connected with the Temple have been reported to have taken place, if not at the specific moment of Jesus’ death, at least very close to it. 


Several references in the Talmud describe the events taking place “Forty years before the destruction of the Temple,” which took place in AD 70. At least six different extra-biblical sources have recorded one or more supernatural occurrences: Jerusalem Talmud,[a] Babylonian Talmud,[b] Midrash Rabbah, Tosefta,[c] Wars of the Jews (by Josephus), and The Lives of the Prophets (document in the Old Testament Pseudepigrapha).


Perhaps the most significant and interesting of those are (1) the breaking and falling to the floor of the massive lintel which held the veil, (2) large doors in front of the curtain opening by themselves, (3) the chief lamp being extinguished, and (4) the Sanhedrin moved from their special hall.


1. The Bible records that the curtains were torn from top to bottom[d]—completely severed. Other sources add that the estimated 60,000-pound lintel that held up the curtain splintered and fell to the ground.


https://www.equip.org/articles/the-jewish-talmud-and-its-use-for-christian-apologetics/


The Talmud states that from forty years before the Temple’s destruction and onward, there were supernatural omens of the disaster to come — that is, starting from the inception of the Christian religion following the death of Jesus. The eternal fire of the Temple altar would not stay lit. The monumental bronze Temple gates opened by themselves. Josephus confirms the Talmud’s account of the inner Sanctuary’s east gate and its mysterious openings. He adds other portents from these years: a bright light shining around the altar and the Sanctuary at three in the morning, a cow brought for sacrifice giving birth to a lamb, apparitions of chariots and armies flying through the sky above the whole land of Israel.”8


In Tractate Yoma 39b, the Talmud…discusses numerous remarkable phenomena that occurred in the Temple during the Yom Kippur service…. There was a strip of scarlet-dyed wool tied to the head of the scapegoat which would turn white in the presence of the large crowd gathered at the Temple on the Day of Atonement. The Jewish people perceived this miraculous transformation as a heavenly sign that their sins were forgiven. The Talmud relates, however, that 40 years before the destruction of the second Temple [approximately AD 30 at the time of the Crucifixion] the scarlet colored strip of wool did not turn white.


So the question is if God isn't real and Jesus was just some regular dude then why would the Jews (who reject Jesus) claim that Jesus did in fact perform miracles? If Jesus didn't perform miracles it would be better for the Jews to claim the truth and say he didn't perform miracles. Saying that Jesus did perform miracles only supports his claim to be Messiah. So why say that he performed miracles? Maybe it's because he actually did perform miracles in front of so many people that not even the Jews who rejected Jesus could deny this.

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