Warrior Quotes

Ancient Jews had no expectation—zero expectation—that the future messiah would die and rise from the dead. That was not what the messiah was supposed to do. Whatever specific idea any Jew had about the messiah (as cosmic judge, mighty priest, powerful warrior), what they all thought was that he would be a figure of grandeur and power who would be a mighty ruler of Israel. And Jesus was certainly not that. Rather than destroying the enemy, Jesus was destroyed by the enemy—arrested, tortured, and crucified, the most painful and publicly humiliating form of death known to the Romans. Jesus, in short, was just the opposite of what Jews expected a messiah to be.

Bart Ehrman
- Enemy
- Judge
- Jews
A good thing they didn’t know I was traveling with a trio of warrior women. I wouldn’t have stood a chance alone.

Elizabeth Bear
- Chance
- Warrior
- Traveling