[Muhammad said]: O womenfolk, you should give charity and ask much forgiveness for I saw you in bulk amongst the dwellers of Hell. A wise lady among them said: Why is it, Messenger of Allah, that our folk is in bulk in Hell? Upon this the Holy Prophet observed: You curse too much and are ungrateful to your spouses. I have seen none lacking in common sense and failing in religion but (at the same time) robbing the wisdom of the wise, besides you. Upon this the woman remarked: What is wrong with our common sense and with religion? He (the Holy Prophet) observed: Your lack of common sense (can be well judged from the fact) that the evidence of two women is equal to one man, that is a proof of the lack of common sense
The Prophet (the blessing and peace of Allah be upon him) said: "Isn’t the witness of a woman equal to half of that of a man?" The women said: "Yes." He said: "This is because of the deficiency of her mind”
Sách Lu-ca đặc biệt viết nhiều về phụ nữ: 24 lần ĐCJC hoặc gặp phụ nữ, hoặc trò chuyện, hoặc kể ngụ ngôn có phụ nữ. Cả 24 lần Chúa đều chấp nhận, cảm thông và nhân từ (khả ái) (accepting, sensitive, affirming).
In Luke 1 and 2, Luke recorded the birth and the first days of Jesus’ life. In Pakistani and Afghani culture (and in the Middle East), when a male child is born, the men gather around the father. The mother did all the hard work, but the men slap the father on the back and say, "Mashallah. Bless God. You did it. Aslanim, my lion." But what happens if it’s a girl? The women gather around the mother and say, "You poor thing. Better luck next time."
Tradition in much of the world says that a son is the natural product of his father’s strength, but a girl child is the fault of her mother. Yet, in the story of Jesus’ birth and His early days, Mary received equal, if not greater recognition than Joseph. Joseph almost faded into the background. It was Mary who took center stage in this wonderful drama.
Tình cảm phụ nữ dành cho Chúa:
Một đoàn người rất đông theo Ngài gồm dân chúng và các phụ nữ đang đấm ngực, thương khóc Ngài. 28 Đức Giê-su quay lại bảo họ: "Hỡi con gái Giê-ru-sa-lem! Đừng khóc cho Ta, nhưng hãy khóc cho bản thân và con cái các con!
Các phụ nữ theo Chúa và giúp tài chánh (Lu-ca 8: 1-3)
Con gái Giê-ru-sa-lem (Lu-ca 23:27-28)
Nơi chân thập tự.
Đến mộ ngày đầu tuần để liệm xác Chúa.
Các phụ nữ đến với Chúa như người đàn bà xấu nết (Lu-ca 7:36-50); Martha xức dầu cho chân Chúa
Vài thí dụ:
Với mẹ vợ Peter (Lu-ca 4:38-41, Matt 8:14-15). Thời đó ngay khi bệnh, khi có khách đến phụ nữ cũng phải phục dịch. Chúa đến trước với bà và chửa bệnh cho. Chú ý câu: Tức thì người chờ dậy hầu việc.
Người phụ nữ bắt phạm tội tà dâm (John 8:3)
Người đàn bà Sa-ma-ri (Giăng 4:7)
Câu chuyện người phụ nữ còng lưng (Lu-ca 13:10-17)
Phụ nữ không thể làm chứng. Không được đặt tay trên KT sợ ô uế.
Lời cầu nguyện của Rabbi: Cám ơn ĐCT tôi không phải là phụ nữ
Đền thờ thành Jerusalem gồm các sân. Sân phụ nữ phía ngoài
Chúa đang giảng dạy trong nhà hội – Việc quan trọng!
Chúa thấy người đàn bà bị quỉ ám, cong lưng. Nhìn nhưng không thấy (Lu-ca 7:44).
Chúa làm gì?
Dừng việc giảng dạy vì một phụ nữ
Chúa gọi bà đến từ phần của phụ nữ đến phần nam giới là một điều cấm kị
Chúa nói với bà trước nam giới
Chúa đặt tay trên bà trong nhà hội trước nam giới. The Jewish writer Alfred Eidersheim explains that in Jesus’ day some Pharisees were called "the black-and-blue Pharisees." Why? Because they were so strict in their observance of the Law they would not even look at a woman. If they sensed that a woman was going to cross their path, they would close their eyes tightly and walk straight ahead. Sometimes they would smack into a wall or fall over an ox cart and receive their bruises. Here, in contrast to the example of the "black-and-blue Pharisees," Jesus laid His hands on a woman.
Chúa gọi bà là Con gái Áp-ra-ham
Câu chuyện người phụ nữ xấu nết (Lu-ca 7:36-50)
Phong tục người Trung Đông đối xử với khách. Si-môn đối rất tệ với ĐCJC.
Jesus often went out of His way to praise women as examples of faith. Jesus went to Simon the leper’s house (Luke 7:36-50). There were tables in the center and couches around the table. The important men of the town–Simon’s specially invited guests–were reclining on these couches, eating from the table. But there was one person at the table who wasn’t eating–the Teacher, the honored guest. He was unwashed; His hands and feet were still dirty. If He touched the table, He would make it unclean for everyone else.
The meal continued. Suddenly a woman of the back streets came into this banquet. She knelt, wept over Jesus’ feet, then let down her hair and dried His feet with it. Finally, she poured ointment over Jesus’ feet. It was a shocking scene. Every man around that table knew what kind of woman she was. Everyone had seen this disgusting display and waited to see what Jesus would do to show this sinful woman how holy He was. Simon thought, Look how this woman is touching Jesus and behaving in the presence of good men. We invited this teacher here to see for ourselves if He really is a Teacher from God. Now we know for sure He is a fraud. If He were from God, He would know what kind of woman she is. He would never allow her to do the things she has done (verse 39).
From a Middle-Eastern point of view, this is an absolutely unbelievable scene. There are two things wrong. The first is that the host–Simon–had deliberately insulted his guest. He had intentionally left Jesus, his honored guest, in an unwashed condition to humiliate Him and to show how superior Simon and his friends felt they were. Middle-Eastern hosts never insult their guests. They bring out the very best they have to share with their guests–even if it’s only bread and water, and even if it leaves them penniless.
My wife and I once visited a home in Beirut, Lebanon. We were with some friends, and the lady of the home was showing my wife Ruth some beautiful lace pieces she had crocheted for the table. I said, "Oh, they are beautiful. These are so lovely." As soon as the words were out of my mouth, I knew I had said the wrong thing. When we left the home that night, there stood our hostess with a little package in her hands. She presented it to Ruth, and inside were a couple of those beautiful lace pieces I had praised. I was a guest, and she wanted to honor me. Whenever I look at those, I feel a sense of embarrassment and shame, because I did something that no Middle-Eastern guest would ever do.
Simon had done what no Middle-Eastern host ever did. But Jesus did something in this passage that no Middle-Eastern guest ever did; He criticized His host. Jesus stood up, looked at the woman, and spoke to Simon. Jesus turned His back on the host in front of all the men at this banquet. Looking with compassion on the woman,
Jesus rebuked Simon, saying, "You have treated me with contempt ever since I entered your home. You didn’t send a servant to wash my hands and feet. You didn’t even give me water so I could wash my own hands and feet. But this woman has not ceased washing my feet with her tears since the moment she came in. She has done what you should have done, and she–not you–will go away justified" (Luke 7:44—50).
Questioner:
"O Muhammad! Why is Hell full of women?"
Muhammad:
"Because they lack common sense!"
Questioner:
"How do you know they lack common sense?"
Muhammad:
"Their lack of common sense can be seen from the fact that their testimony is only half as good as a man’s testimony."
Questioner:
"But why is their testimony half as good as a man’s?"
Muhammad:
"Because of the deficiency of their minds!"
Questioner:
"How do you know that their minds are deficient?"
Muhammad:
"The deficiency of their minds can be seen from the fact that their testimony is worth half the testimony of a man."
Questioner:
"Again, why is their testimony half as good?"
Muhammad:
"Because their minds are deficient!"
Questioner:
"Maybe the only thing deficient here is your argument."