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:::'''Contra:''' You are missing the point: you claim that the '''"teaching is virtually identical in [...] substance to the one made by Jesus on the road to Emmaus'''" - but you are not able to show that!

:::'''Contra:''' You are missing the point: you claim that the '''"teaching is virtually identical in [...] substance to the one made by Jesus on the road to Emmaus'''" - but you are not able to show that!

::::'''Pro:''' It was the same sort of explanation -- the same style -- as the Epistle to the Hebrews, as inferred from the account of the discussion on the road to Emmaus in the [[Gospel of Luke]].

::::'''Pro:''' It was the same sort of explanation -- the same style -- as the Epistle to the Hebrews, as inferred from the account of the discussion on the road to Emmaus in the [[Gospel of Luke]].

:::::'''Contra:'''  

:::::'''Contra:''' You write ''Hebrews 5:5 quotes something that God said directly to Jesus, which no one else would know. ''. But if Hebrews is ''virtually identical'' in substance to the teaching on the road to Emmaus, the author of the epistle could have taken those ''somethings'' from reports of the encounter.

*''the writing has a "striking purity of language and elegance of Greek style," and "is a treasure-house of expressions characteristic of the individuality of the writer," using "168 terms ... which appear in no other part of the New Testament, among them ten words found neither in Biblical or classical Greek."<ref name="Encyclopedia">[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07181a.htm The Catholic Encyclopedia]</ref>  There is not a :'''Contra:''' God isn't the only one with decent grammar! This shows only that great intellects were attracted by Christianity even in the early years (as later was [[Augustine|Augustinus]]). BTW: As the German language, Greek allows for an easy creation of  new words. See e.g., ἀνασταυρόω : this word is uniquely used in the epistle and means "to crucify again" - its just a merge of ἀνα and σταυρόω. A German could speak of a "Zweitkreuzigung" in a similar manner.

*''the writing has a "striking purity of language and elegance of Greek style," and "is a treasure-house of expressions characteristic of the individuality of the writer," using "168 terms ... which appear in no other part of the New Testament, among them ten words found neither in Biblical or classical Greek."<ref name="Encyclopedia">[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07181a.htm The Catholic Encyclopedia]</ref>  There is not a :'''Contra:''' God isn't the only one with decent grammar! This shows only that great intellects were attracted by Christianity even in the early years (as later was [[Augustine|Augustinus]]). BTW: As the German language, Greek allows for an easy creation of  new words. See e.g., ἀνασταυρόω : this word is uniquely used in the epistle and means "to crucify again" - its just a merge of ἀνα and σταυρόω. A German could speak of a "Zweitkreuzigung" in a similar manner.

::'''Pro:''' Not the very early years, when this Epistle was written.  Jesus's work was not yet made available and known to intellectuals at this early time.

::'''Pro:''' Not the very early years, when this Epistle was written.  Jesus's work was not yet made available and known to intellectuals at this early time.