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The Bind Guide

Data

(1) Thom 34
(2) 1Q: Luke 6:39 = Matt 15:14b

 

Texts

(1) Thom 34

34 Jesus said, "If a blind person leads a blind person, both of them will fall into a hole." [Complete Gospels]

 

(2) Luke 6:39 = Matt 15:14b

6:39 He also told them a parable: "Can a blind person guide a blind person? Will not both fall into a pit?

= Matt 15:14b
15:14 Let them alone; they are blind guides of the blind. And if one blind person guides another, both will fall into a pit."

 

Notes

John Dominic Crossan

Item: 80
Stratum: I (30-60 CE)
Attestation: Double
Historicity: +
Common Sayings Tradition: Yes

 

Jesus Seminar

Text

Item

 Source

JS Mtg

%Red

%Pink

%Gray

%Black

W Avg

Color
Thom 34
144 
 Q, T
89Tor
4 
38
19
38
0.36
Gray
Luke 6:39
144 
 Q, T
89Tor
12
35
15
38
0.40
Gray
Matt 15:14b
144 
 Q, T
89Tor
4 
38
19
38
0.36
Gray

The commentary in The Five Gospels (p. 298) reads:

The difference between a proverb and an aphorism is not always easy to discern. This saying has the sound of a proverb, yet it also has an edge to it, particularly if spoken, let us imagine, with reference to Judean officials or in the context of discussions with church authorities or academic philosophers, to cite only a few possibilities. The weighted average fell into the gray category because the Fellows could not decide whether the proverbial character of this saying identified it as common wisdom or whether its potential edge identified it as an aphorism spoken by Jesus.

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