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Don

2009-02-09

Mary sat at Jesus’ feet, which is rabbinic idiom for being a disciple. There were many others.

A male replaced Judas. This was a one-time event. The 12 were all male to map to the 12 patriarchs of Israel, so there needed to be 12 and they needed to be male.

Women were not taught Torah by rabbis other than Jesus. One needs to learn before one can teach and Jesus’ ministry was around 3.5 years. Jesus was radically egal for his 3.5 years of ministry.

I agree that one does not base doctrine on one verse. The primary meaning of the Greek is that Junia was an apostle and so say the ECF who commented on this verse. So the male hierarchicalists have to read against the primary meaning and against the testimony of the ECF.

Phoebe was a diakonos and a prostatis. Many churches met in the homes of women, where the home owner would be the assumed leader in that culture and so not need to be stated, unless it was different.

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