Mark Siljander

And this is the key linchpin now with the epiphany, by the way. He was teaching me Aramaic.

And this is the key linchpin now with the epiphany, by the way. He was teaching me Aramaic.

Right, which is Christ's original language.

Right, which is Christ's original language.

Right, which is Christ's original language.

Yeah, Jesus the Messiah from Nazareth spoke Galilean dialect of Aramaic. And there is a fourth or fifth century copy, I believe of a copy of a copy, of what they call the Peshitta text. It's in the Museum of London, I think, at the moment. And Peshitta means simple and straightforward. And it has the Aramaic language of Jesus. So I began reading that and then reading the Quran.

Yeah, Jesus the Messiah from Nazareth spoke Galilean dialect of Aramaic. And there is a fourth or fifth century copy, I believe of a copy of a copy, of what they call the Peshitta text. It's in the Museum of London, I think, at the moment. And Peshitta means simple and straightforward. And it has the Aramaic language of Jesus. So I began reading that and then reading the Quran.

Yeah, Jesus the Messiah from Nazareth spoke Galilean dialect of Aramaic. And there is a fourth or fifth century copy, I believe of a copy of a copy, of what they call the Peshitta text. It's in the Museum of London, I think, at the moment. And Peshitta means simple and straightforward. And it has the Aramaic language of Jesus. So I began reading that and then reading the Quran.

And while I had many nice things to say, which I love to get into before the interview expires, about Jesus, it also said things, for example, he's not the son of God, he wasn't crucified, negative against the Trinity, things like that. The Christians, including yours truly, felt a little bit... offended by. So there you go. There's some of the problems.

And while I had many nice things to say, which I love to get into before the interview expires, about Jesus, it also said things, for example, he's not the son of God, he wasn't crucified, negative against the Trinity, things like that. The Christians, including yours truly, felt a little bit... offended by. So there you go. There's some of the problems.

And while I had many nice things to say, which I love to get into before the interview expires, about Jesus, it also said things, for example, he's not the son of God, he wasn't crucified, negative against the Trinity, things like that. The Christians, including yours truly, felt a little bit... offended by. So there you go. There's some of the problems.

But then the epiphany grew to a second, more minor one. I felt, how does one say this? A very strong notion that is in the words. The words. So I asked my pastor, Aramaic speaker, what is begotten in Aramaic?

But then the epiphany grew to a second, more minor one. I felt, how does one say this? A very strong notion that is in the words. The words. So I asked my pastor, Aramaic speaker, what is begotten in Aramaic?

But then the epiphany grew to a second, more minor one. I felt, how does one say this? A very strong notion that is in the words. The words. So I asked my pastor, Aramaic speaker, what is begotten in Aramaic?

and began learning Arabic at some level and comparing the begottenness of Jesus in the Quran and the begottenness of Jesus, say, in Matthew 1, with the long 41 begots, Abraham, begot Isaac, et cetera, and discovered something quite fascinating, that the same word the Quran uses, walid, For Jesus was not wallet or begotten, and this may seem a little technical, but it's very powerful.

and began learning Arabic at some level and comparing the begottenness of Jesus in the Quran and the begottenness of Jesus, say, in Matthew 1, with the long 41 begots, Abraham, begot Isaac, et cetera, and discovered something quite fascinating, that the same word the Quran uses, walid, For Jesus was not wallet or begotten, and this may seem a little technical, but it's very powerful.

and began learning Arabic at some level and comparing the begottenness of Jesus in the Quran and the begottenness of Jesus, say, in Matthew 1, with the long 41 begots, Abraham, begot Isaac, et cetera, and discovered something quite fascinating, that the same word the Quran uses, walid, For Jesus was not wallet or begotten, and this may seem a little technical, but it's very powerful.

It's a male verb action, meaning sexually. Of course, no Christian believes God had sex with Mary, but that's what many Muslims believe, Christians believe, because we say Jesus was begotten the same way as we were begotten. But in the Peshitta text, it uniquely and without any...

It's a male verb action, meaning sexually. Of course, no Christian believes God had sex with Mary, but that's what many Muslims believe, Christians believe, because we say Jesus was begotten the same way as we were begotten. But in the Peshitta text, it uniquely and without any...

It's a male verb action, meaning sexually. Of course, no Christian believes God had sex with Mary, but that's what many Muslims believe, Christians believe, because we say Jesus was begotten the same way as we were begotten. But in the Peshitta text, it uniquely and without any...