Fact I bet you didn't know - The Hebrew word na’ar is a loose word that can refer to children and young men... an example that shows that - Genesis 37:2 “ These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was pasturing the flock with his brothers. He was a boy with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives. And Joseph brought a bad report of them to their father.” so the "kids" were not as young as you think... and telling Elijah to go on up could have been a threat too
@@nathanvarghese. lol, I figured when they said young they ment compared to him and he was very old. Tho I am wondering how was being called bald a threat?
@@Mistwolfss they mention in a comment below that when they said "go up" it was possibly a way of saying "go to heaven" so it could have been a death threat.
Fact I bet you didn't know - The Hebrew word na’ar is a loose word that can refer to children and young men... an example that shows that - Genesis 37:2 “ These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was pasturing the flock with his brothers. He was a boy with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives. And Joseph brought a bad report of them to their father.” so the "kids" were not as young as you think... and telling Elijah to go on up could have been a threat too
Fact I bet you didn't know - The Hebrew word na’ar is a loose word that can refer to children and young men... an example that shows that - Genesis 37:2 “ These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was pasturing the flock with his brothers. He was a boy with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives. And Joseph brought a bad report of them to their father.” so the "kids" were not as young as you think... and calling Elijah a bald man could have been a threat too
@@RaesWAYOverdoingIt Nope that wasn't my intention and those weren't my thoughts either. I heard them from someone else. I didn't want anyone hearing this story and assuming that the bible has people of god killing kids for stupid reasons.
@@nathanvarghese. Thank you for clarifying that. It kind of disturbed me that this sketch didn’t mention that, and did make it seem like those were young children.
Ok, as a Christian, this is very insulting. It is agreed that these "children" were teens, and the issue wasn't that they called him a "bald head", but that they told him to go up to a pagan city, basically telling him to reject his faith. (Blasphemy) I quite like your sketches, but please, remember your divine comedy days. And making jokes on Elisha, not the best idea. And he wasn't the one that summoned the She-Bears, he called upon God to. He asked God to protect him, and God brought the She-Bears upon them. In those days, blasphemy was a huge offence to the Jews, and was punishable under death in some cases. Please be more respectful to the actual story, and to Christians.
Oh, for goodness’ sake. Lighten up. It wasn't meant to be actual, it was a parody. We Christians need to learn to laugh at ourselves. I'm pretty confident that God has a sense of humor. After all, he created all of us......
*gets all theological and deep for a minute* A) they weren't little kids as we'd use the term. Certainly not toddlers and under 10s like Jason was saying. More like late teenagers or young adults. B) there was such a big reaction because they were mocking not only God's living prophet, Elisha but also the way God had taken Elijah to heaven. So it wasn't just a light hearted tease. They were setting themselves up against God and they really should've known better.
The Hebrew word na’ar is a loose word that can refer to children and young men... an example that shows that - Genesis 37:2 “ These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was pasturing the flock with his brothers. He was a boy with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives. And Joseph brought a bad report of them to their father.” so the "kids" were not as young as you think...
I stepped onto the platform. Evetyone was staring at me. I utter the following. *Matt's hair.* I exit, embarrassed by the silence. All of a sudden, I hear one person clapping. Followed by another. And another. Cheering starts, too. I knew that just stating the truth would waken the sleeping crowd like this.
To be honest. If someone said that in my hearing I would drop everything and follow them :P and if they mentioned that leather jacket.... I'd buy them lunch as well
Fact I bet you didn't know - The Hebrew word na’ar is a loose word that can refer to children and young men... an example that shows that - Genesis 37:2 “ These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being *seventeen* years old, was pasturing the flock with his brothers. He was a *boy* with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives. And Joseph brought a bad report of them to their father.” so the "kids" were not as young as you think... and calling Elijah a bald man could have been a threat too
I’ve actually always thought the fact that there were 42 shows that it wasn’t a couple of small kids calling him names, but actually a rather dangerous situation
The word can also describe anyone without moral conscience. Also, the word for "go up" was used to describe Elisha going to Heaven. It seems that they were telling him to die. One strand of Judaism even says that the "boys" were part of a water cartel and that Elisha ruined their business by purifying water in Jericho. Some say the "boys" may have been worshipping a false god and were actually insulting Elisha's God. Eitherway, they were not innocent boys. There's also an allegorical interpretation saying that the verse represents the youths being cut off into the wilderness for crimes.
Aye, and also there's the fact that it's not like Elisha "summoned" the bears. Elisha himself had no power of that sort. If he did he would have been a witch and been condemned to death. This is more on the order of the miracles performed through Moses.
Without referencing the story it's hard to get it or see how accurate they are presenting it, but otherwise pretty good if it's accurate, and i'd like to see more of these because it'd be pretty funny. As long as it's taken the right way, you don't want to insult the one's who have moved on to another life, in a higher world entirely. (Smurk)
I hope people realize though that the original term that we have translated as "children" actually pertains to people as old as 30, I believe. And there was more to the story. But yeah.
Yeah. This isn't the first time the translation lost its true meaning or the metaphor that it tries to convey. In Ecclesiastes for example: the word used in Hebrew is hevel, which means "smoke" or "vapour", which is metaphor. Now, alot of translations just translates it into "meaningless" or "vanity"
@@CWelton6 I agree, so long as people don't think the entire Bible is like that and are turned away from the faith. If I knew the cast were Christians and understood it was a less-accurate translation, I would feel better about it. But I don't know whether they are Christians or not.
@@braethebrave1569 well, i don't know if the cast members are all practicing christians or not, but all or most of them graduated from byu and have been affiliated with the lds church for a long time. i'm pretty sure they know that it's a less accurate translation; reading it literally just makes for good comedy.
Fun facts: The "Kids" were probably older teenagers. They were probably yelling much more and worse insults. There wasn't just one or two mocking him, there were A LOT. The she-bears only scared them away, there were only one or two deaths at most, but the bible didn't say they were DEAD, the translation would be more accurate as hurt, or injured. The reason they were female bears is that they attack, as a defence, people/animals that try to harm their children. These bears weren't in the mindset of: "Oh, I'm hungry, let's eat humans", it was more like "Don't touch my baby". This isn't 100% fact, but this is the most likely story. Keep in mind how bad google translate is, and how much better it would be described in hebrew.
Actually, chances are, that they were indeed very young. People back in that day and age were considered adults when they were young teenagers. Even Mary was around 12-14 when she had Jesus and married Joseph. And, the bible said "and [the she bears] tare forty and two children of them" and seeing as they were likely young and were torn into by an enraged she bear, it is safe to assume that most of the 42 children died or were very seriously injured.
Definitely a gang of boys, in the middle of the forest, outside of the comfort of living in the city, pushing insult after insult as they got closer to the single man. “Baldy” was a marker of total shame too.
from the AMP/2015(current) on 2 Kings 2:23... 23 Then Elisha went up from Jericho to [a]-Bethel. On the way, young boys came out of the city and mocked him and said to him, “Go up, you [b]-baldhead! Go up, you baldhead!” Footnotes [a] 2 Kings 2:23 Many people in Bethel participated in pagan worship and regarded the prophets of God with contempt. [b] 2 Kings 2:23 This refers to a bald space on the back of the head, which was probably shaved by prophets as a symbol of their sacred separation from ordinary life. So it appears that the boys were not only ridiculing Elisha’s baldness, but his prophetic office as well. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- unsure of the legitimacy of the note, but makes sense to me. here are links to BLB: on the hebrew word that is being translated as bald(head)... www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/h7142/kjv/wlc/0-1/ hebrew word being translated as boys(children)... www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/h5288/kjv/wlc/0-1/ and hewbrew word for young(little)... www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/h6996/kjv/wlc/0-1/ also why not, the hebrew word being translated as mocked... www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/h7046/kjv/wlc/0-1/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 Kings 2:23 (AKJV)[for comparison] 23 And he went up from thence unto Beth-el: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- hope this is/was helpful. ha ha. Shalom.
Fact I bet you didn't know - The Hebrew word na’ar is a loose word that can refer to children and young men... an example that shows that - Genesis 37:2 “ These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was pasturing the flock with his brothers. He was a boy with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives. And Joseph brought a bad report of them to their father.” so the "kids" were not as young as you think... and calling Elijah a bald man could have been a threat too
This is a cool sketch(and I love the biblical references), but it should be noted that the translation for the Hebrew word used in that verse can refer to both young men and young kids, and in this context it would mean the young men. Elisha did not call down bears to maul little children, like the sketch implies. However, it’s a funny sketch! The jokes are well-written and delivered nicely. Keep it up, JK Studios!
I've only seen the title of this sketch and have no idea what its actually about but oh boy does this look interesting! Just finished it PLEASE MAKE THIS A SERIES!
I just wanna say to the set crew and sound-technicians that you guys are just as much apart of Jk Studios as the cast. As a sound-tech / slide projector manager I feel that yall do not get enough credit, even though you make everything sound better and work.
My favorite Bible story to tell kids who make fun of my bald head. "You remind me of those kids who made fun of Elisha in the Old Testament. Want to know what happened to them?"
You know how these guys have always been really good at incorporating religion into their comedy and making it really funny without denigrating the religious topic or being offensive? Yeah I kinda wish they'd done that with this Bible Story. Elisha didn't fly into a rage because some kids teased him. The kids (which are more likely to have been young adults at least) were mocking how God had taken Elijah to heaven as if he hadn't actually done it at all. I think the other two from this series I've seen so far are MUCH better.
I don't think they're trying to be disrespectful or educational with the story. Somebody got the idea of the modern justice system reacting to the occasion, and they went from there.
You know... I wonder if two bears could actually kill so many people, who tend to disperse and seek shelter when under attack instead of politely wait their turn to be mauled. Has something like that ever happened? To people who were not lost in the jungle hundreds of miles from cities and chance protection?
I.... May have a subscription 😆 and yes I do have it purely for JK! And yes half of the stuff I have already seen 😆 I assume Drybar ia doing as just another source of income and that's all well and good. But I'm not too keen on that sort of thing. I'm actually glad there's not a whole section of JK! Stuff that only the elite few get to see. I like their stuff free and on RU-vid. But I also want to support them wherever possible so.... Drybar+
Well okay.. but no. Sacrilegious. It was such a MAJOR offense because these "boys" (careful Biblical study reveals they were actually young men or older) mocked a prophet of God, and thus essentially were mocking God. And it's an understatement that that is a SERIOUS offense. It's not as funny or pointless as it sounds.
I know it’s meant to be comedy and all but unfortunately this wrongly helps people think that that interpretation of what actually happened in the story is accurate, when it’s not. They weren’t little children (much less 9 year olds) and the insult given to him was a actually a rebellious act of blasphemy against God.
Honesty time: This was alright. Great concept-I love the idea behind this. But the execution didn't leave me laughing like old Studio C or Freelancers.
