Reply #4: Actually, Jesus sort of did say something about homosexuals in my experience. [View All]

[JDPriestly]

In Matthew, Chapter 19, Jesus responds to questions from the Pharisees about marriage and adultery. Jesus explains "Whosever shall put away his wife, except it be fore fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery. That was Matthew 19:9.

In Matthew 9:10, the Bible says that "His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry."

Matthew 9:11, "But hs said unto them, All men cannot receive this saying, save they to whom it is given."

And then, in Matthew 9:12, Jesus continues: "For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their mother's womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it."

That was the St. James translation of the Bible. In the Standard Revised edition, that verse reads: "For there are eunuchs who have been so from birth, and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by men, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. He who is able to receive this, let him receive it."

"eunuchs, which were so born from their mother's womb"? "eunuchs who have been so from birth,: Who would those be?

My interpretation is that when Jesus' disciples start talking about how maybe they shouldn't marry since they don't want to commit adultery, Jesus kind of teases them about, well, they could become "eunuchs." I have to interpret eunuchs so born from their mother's womb or from birth as either natural born homosexuals or people with poorly formed sexual organs.

Did you know that the first non-Jew to convert to Christianity was a eunuch. Read The Acts 8:26-40.

See also, Isaiah, Chapter 56, 3-5

The New Testament is positive toward eunuchs which, by Jesus' definition would, it seems to me, include homosexuals. Jesus discussed various categories of eunuchs and could have condemned one or more of those categories. He didn't. That speaks volumes to me.