{"id":3664,"date":"2006-01-02T19:34:02","date_gmt":"2006-01-02T19:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=3664"},"modified":"2019-07-21T14:04:44","modified_gmt":"2019-07-21T19:04:44","slug":"was-jesus-ever-long-winded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/was-jesus-ever-long-winded\/","title":{"rendered":"Was Jesus ever long winded?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t

Question:<\/h2>\n

I am annoyed by the long-winded answers that are found here. The truth is far more simple than the answers on this website. Do you think Jesus talked in such a way? While there may be truth on this website, it is well hidden, reminding me well of the saying, “a needle in a haystack.”<\/p>\n\t

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Some people are hard to please and some are never pleased.<\/p>\n

In answer to your question, Jesus gave both short and long answers to questions directed at him. His Sermon on the Mount runs for three chapters in Matthew (Matthew 5 though 7). The feeding of the five thousand was proceeded by Jesus healing and teaching people for an entire day (Mark 6:34-35).\u00a0Luke 15:1\u00a0to\u00a0Luke 17:10\u00a0is actually one response to the grumbling of the Pharisees. Jesus’ discourse on his equality to God is quite lengthy (John 5:19-47) and his final instructions to his disciples runs from John 13 to John 17. The length of the answer varies with what needs to be said.<\/p>\n

If you are looking for specific information, the\u00a0Answer’s Topical Index Page<\/a>\u00a0can help you locate similar questions and the Search can give you a list of all documents matching a particular search phrase.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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