• hansolo@lemm.ee
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    27 days ago

    The second passage is pretty well established as a joke that NT writers thought was an amazing burn. The “dogs” are the Pharisees, IIRC.

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      27 days ago

      The “dogs” are the Canaanites. There’s lots good to be said about the character of Jesus, but this verse is straight-up nationalist.