In article <1993Jan21.135656.4771@unix.brighton.ac.uk> gn1@unix.brighton.ac.uk (newport) writes:
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>P.S.S. And a final note: it was never Blasphemous to heal on the Sabbat, declareyourself the Messiah or give your own interpretation of the Scriptures. The ONLY thing that was classed as blasphemy was saying the name of God, of which Jesus was never accussed of!
Very briefly, High Priest tore his robes off.
This is done when Divine Name is uttered (Talmud San 56a).
This was precisely the charge that Jesus died for. The synoptic writers
wouldnot have mentioned this since their first audience knew about it.