AnotherUsername@lemmy.ml to memes@lemmy.world · 28 天前Thou shalt not alter thy body? I don't remember that onelemmy.mlimagemessage-square133fedilinkarrow-up11.13Karrow-down126
arrow-up11.1Karrow-down1imageThou shalt not alter thy body? I don't remember that onelemmy.mlAnotherUsername@lemmy.ml to memes@lemmy.world · 28 天前message-square133fedilink
minus-square100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·edit-227 天前I don’t know enough about transgender people in ancient times to argue about the definition of “eununch”. Thanks for your contribution, though.
minus-squareandros_rex@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·edit-227 天前Matthew was written about 80 CE. Nero was emperor until 68. Nero rather famously took a eunuch as a “wife”, Sporus, which most in the Roman empire and likely the author of Matthew would have been aware of.
I don’t know enough about transgender people in ancient times to argue about the definition of “eununch”. Thanks for your contribution, though.
Matthew was written about 80 CE. Nero was emperor until 68. Nero rather famously took a eunuch as a “wife”, Sporus, which most in the Roman empire and likely the author of Matthew would have been aware of.