Putting to Test the Recovery Version

[OBW]

Originally Posted by Freedom

This is a valid point about the footnote in question. Jesus was around his disciples all the time, he could tell them anything he wanted to, and he did. The notion that he would address a crowd without intending his message to be for the crowd is laughable. But for some reason, WL felt that this was so. I'm not too sure what his motivation was for pushing this view.

Probably as an example how Jesus/God talks to everyone, but really only to a few (the MOTAs and their followers). The others might as well not have been there because they were just the "Jews."