Episode 48: It's murder
Download MP3Given his fondness for stark contrasts like light versus darkness, John’s language can sometimes sound a little extreme. People who hate their brothers and sisters, he says, are murderers, just as Cain was a murderer! But here, he is echoing what Jesus himself taught in the Sermon on the Mount, and he uses these words to encourage his readers to examine themselves.
Given his fondness for stark contrasts like light versus darkness, John’s language can sometimes sound a little extreme. People who hate their brothers and sisters, he says, are murderers, just as Cain was a murderer! But here, he is echoing what Jesus himself taught in the Sermon on the Mount, and he uses these words to encourage his readers to examine themselves.
