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> Jesus was a jew, and while he wasn't a big fan of death penalties, he certainly believed that all 613 of the minutia-governing rules of judaism were important
by wl 3y ago
> Jesus was a jew, and while he wasn't a big fan of death penalties, he certainly believed that all 613 of the minutia-governing rules of judaism were important to obey.
The tradition of there being 613 mitzvot likely dates a century or two after the death of Jesus.
- knodi123 3y agoThen interpret my use of that number as a literary allusion meant to refer to {the set of all commands of prophetic origin}.