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Bible class on Saturday, August 16, 2014

今日は少し酷暑も和らぎ過ごしやすい中、バイブルクラスの定例メンバー4名で行われました。

聖書の箇所はマタイによる福音書の16章に入り、1節から12節までのサブタイトル"Some Bad
Yeast"を学びました。

さあ、このタイトルにもなったYaest（イースト菌）にイエスはどんな意味づけを試みたのでしょうか。

Matthew 16 The Message
(MSG)

Some Bad Yeast

16 ^1-4 Some Pharisees and Sadducees
were on him again, pressing him to prove himself to them. He told them,
"You have a saying that goes, 'Red sky at night, sailor's delight; red sky at
morning, sailors take warning.' You find it easy enough to forecast the
weather--why can't you read the signs of the times? An evil and wanton
generation is always wanting signs and wonders. The only sign you'll get is the
Jonah sign." Then he turned on his heel and walked away.

^5-6 On their way to the other side of the lake, the disciples discovered they
had forgotten to bring along bread. In the meantime, Jesus said to them,
"Keep a sharp eye out for Pharisee-Sadducee yeast."

^7-12 Thinking he was scolding them for forgetting bread, they discussed in
whispers what to do. Jesus knew what they were doing and said, "Why all these
worried whispers about forgetting the bread? Runt believers! Haven't you caught
on yet? Don't you remember the five loaves of bread and the five thousand
people, and how many baskets of fragments you picked up? Or the seven loaves
that fed four thousand, and how many baskets of leftovers you collected?
Haven't you realized yet that bread isn't the problem? The problem is yeast,
Pharisee-Sadducee yeast." Then they got it: that he wasn't concerned about
eating, but teaching--the Pharisee-Sadducee kind of teaching.

この箇所の前段（1-4節）は、イエスを再び批判（攻撃）するパリサイ人とサドカイ人に対し、古くからある天気予報の格言を引き合いに出して、キリストの到来によって既に始まっている時代の変わり目を知らせる兆候を見過ごすことが、どんなにか神に対する過ちであることを悟らせる場面です。

そして後半はサブタイトルの"邪悪なイースト菌"というたとえをもって、イエスはパリサイ人とサドカイ人の教えの誤りをリアルに浮き彫りにし、弟子たちを再教育する場面です。パリサイ人とサドカイ人の誤った教えや邪悪な活動を、パンをさらに膨張させるイースト菌の機能になぞって、弟子たちを教育するイエスが描かれていました。