Jonathan Bernis > Quotes

“in A.D. 70 when the Romans destroyed Jerusalem and the Temple and scattered the Jewish people in what we know today as the Diaspora.”
― Jonathan Bernis, A Rabbi Looks at Jesus of Nazareth

“it is likely that there are more Jewish people who believe in Jesus as Messiah today than in any time since the first century – and perhaps in even greater numbers today than then.”
― Jonathan Bernis, A Rabbi Looks at Jesus of Nazareth

“The Bible tells us that more than three thousand Jewish people accepted Jesus as Messiah on the Day of Pentecost, or Shavuot, when Peter preached the first sermon about Him (see Acts 2:41).”
― Jonathan Bernis, A Rabbi Looks at Jesus of Nazareth

“Furthermore, Paul reiterates the concept of the Jeremiah passage in Romans 11:1 when he asks, “Did God reject his people? By no means!” Augustine’s teaching was the beginning of what has come to be known as “Replacement Theology” and opened the door to more than fifteen hundred years of Jewish persecution at the hands of so-called Christians.”
― Jonathan Bernis, A Rabbi Looks at Jesus of Nazareth

“They will look on me, the one they have pierced, and they will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for him as one grieves for a firstborn son” (Zechariah 12:10).”
― Jonathan Bernis, A Rabbi Looks at Jesus of Nazareth

“The New Testament is for the Jewish people – written by Jews and for Jews. It is our book!”
― Jonathan Bernis, A Rabbi Looks at Jesus of Nazareth

“The Bible is clear about who killed Jesus: No one. He laid down His life freely for us. Yeshua said it this way in John 10:17–18:
The reason my Father loves Me is that I lay down my life. . . . No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This command I received from my Father.”
― Jonathan Bernis, A Rabbi Looks at Jesus of Nazareth

“The prophecies of both the Old and New Testaments are clear regarding what will happen to the Jewish people in the last days: They will come to recognize and know Jesus as their promised Messiah, the One who was prophesied throughout the Hebrew Scriptures. We see a beautiful picture of this in Zechariah 12:10: “They will look on me, the one they have pierced, and they will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for him as one grieves for a firstborn son.”
― Jonathan Bernis, A Rabbi Looks at Jesus of Nazareth