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The leper Jesus healed was missing a finger that Jesus then restored when healing the man.

I'm curious about how they would depict that on screen. For the first clips of the scene, this maimed person is missing a leg. Then right after Jesus heals him, he's got both legs! What does the actor have to do in between those clips?

That's a very good question, Andreï. Perhaps because there are too many illnesses to list them all, perhaps because none of our local brothers suffered from this affliction—which is rather difficult to simulate—and perhaps also because the word “maimed” is polysemous. It can refer to various physical ailments related to a disability, not just an amputated limb.

Imagine if the adjustment regarding beards had not been made, while the filming of the Bible-based series was continuing as a long-term project over several years. The previous view regarding beards would still have been followed in the congregations and at Bethel. Actors and extras would have needed to grow beards for their roles and maintain that appearance until the filming of all episodes was completed. At the same time, some of those brothers could have had congregation responsibilities, such as giving talks and handling meeting assignments, not only in their local congregations but also at conventions. This would have created a very different situation under the previous view regarding beards.

Prior to 1968 we pictured Jesus in our artwork as a 'beardless' man. It was based on an error in an archeological finding (Antioch Chalice) that depicted Jesus without a beard and was dated to within a hundred years of his life. The 1968 Watchtower explained the change in a QFR in the magazine. The 1968 Calendar from the Watchtower Society had already be printed. It showed Jesus without a beard. The artwork we used after that showed him with a beard. We made very few moving pictures prior to this time and few or none of these (except the Photo-Drama) were ancient Biblical dramas. So our recognition of approved ancient males being bearded goes back at least to 1968 (or before). The end of the QFR shows the reason we wanted a 'clean-shaven' appearance for modern publishers of the Good News. *** w68 5/1 p. 286 Questions From Readers *** Questions From Readers ● When Jesus Christ was a man on earth, did he wear a beard?—K.A., U.S.A.

Take a handful of ants, drop them into a glass of water, the ones that sink are girl ants, and the ones that float a buoyant.

LET'S LAUGH AWAY OUR STRESS WITH ANTS... 1. 5 ants + 5 ants = Tenants. 2. To bring ant from another country into your country = Important. 3. Ant that's looking for a job = Applicant. 4. A spy ant = Informant. 5. A big ant = Elephant 6. A very little ant = Infant. 7. Ant that has a gun = Militant 8. Ant that is a specialist = Consultant 9. A proud ant = Arrogant 10. Ant that is cruel and oppressive = Tyrant 11. Ant that is friendly and lovely = Coolant 12. Ant that changed from evil to good deeds = Repentant 13. Ant that accumulated so much food in winter for summer = Abundant 14. Ant that opposes change: Reluctant 15. An ant that keeps accounts = Accountant 16. Ant that occupies a place = Occupant. 17. A dirty ant = Pollutant. 18. An unlikeable ant = Irritant. 19. A green ant = Verdant 20. Ant that is important = Significant 21. A sarcastic Ant = Mordant 22. An extremely fast ant = Instant 23. Shouting Ant = Rant 24. An ant that doesn't keep moving = Constant. 25. An enthusiastic ant = Exuberant. 26. An ant that has changed in to a different form = Mutant. 😬😬😬😬🤣😬😬😬😬

In the Bible and in the feature Bible drama "The Good News According to Jesus", it says: "Then large crowds approached him, bringing along people who were lame, maimed, blind, speechless, and many others, and they laid them at his feet, and he cured them. So the crowd felt amazement as they saw the speechless speaking and the maimed being made sound and the lame walking and the blind seeing, and they glorified the God of Israel."—Matthew 15:30, 31. Why doesn't the film show people who are missing limbs—the "maimed" mentioned in this passage? People with similar disabilities who watch this movie might find hope in Jehovah’s power to heal such conditions.

Unlike the dramas, which use fake beards, the feature Bible drama The Good News According to Jesus uses real beards. That is why I asked about the reason for lifting the restriction on beards.

No. This is not our first drama with beards.

It takes skillful discernment to know if a person is simply misinformed or slyly trying to mislead the unwary with counterfeit arguments and feigned interest or questions. My advice is beware. Our goal is not to win arguments, but to win hearts of sincere rightly disposed individuals.

And you are Canadian...😎

We made Jesus movies before that you know

I have a question: Did the ban on beards have to be lifted because of the filming of the feature Bible drama The Good News According to Jesus? Forgive me if I’m asking something that has already been discussed. I’m an old man, after all, and in my time — when Jesus was walking around — the beard issue was never even on the agenda. 🤣 2024 Governing Body Update #2 https://www.jw.org/finder?srcid=share&wtlocale=E&lank=docid-1112024005_1_VIDEO

Me too!

The Y axis has been increased to 10C above normal now on this chart to show the true heat that is coming out of the Ocean, going to be a rough winter and next year coming.

When faced with situations like these, each of us can act in harmony with our Bible-trained conscience.

I've been a Content Delivery Network all this time and had no idea?!? 🇨🇦🤷🏻‍♂️

I know how the distribution system works and that it is currently a purchased service. I also knew that we used to use Akamai and that now we use AWS - I just didn't know what the letters "CDN" stood for. Now I know it stands for Content Delivery Network Thank you for clearing that up.

I just did some translation of NWS and noted that there have appeared some text about SMS and also Whatsapp and something called Wechat. That sounds promising. I hope we can soon get rid of e-mail. Not all in our cong. have emails, the prefer SMS or Whatsapp. That is for the younger ones... the older much prefer e-mails still. /Marko

We, ourselves, hold a number of bible texts to help us discern the disposition of someone we meet, and the way someone responds. Col 4:6 talks about gracious words, ours or another persons. 2Pet 2:3 talks about counterfeit words. 2Tim 1:13 talks about wholesome words, and Prov 10:19 speaks about controlled words. We cannot stop what others say, but we might cause them to rethink by what we say and the manner in which we say it.

Here I thought CDN stood for Canadian,eh! 😁🤔🙊

Wow above my intelligence level but very interesting.

CDN is the initials or abbreviation for Content Delivery Network. It is composed of a company who has many servers (server farms) around the world (such as 100 countries). They sell the ability to take your digital data at one point (input) and then post it or share it with their servers and release it around the world according to your instructions. It is 'cloud based' information distribution on a very large scale. Akamai is one company, Amazon got into the game around 2009. The Watchtower Society has used both of the companies. When a monthly broadcast is finalized, it is sent to the CDN company with instructions as to when and how it is to be released. The CDN company shares it with their 50-100 server locations around the world. At the appointed time the simultaneously release the material. Then they monitor the release. When you request access, the CDN identifies your location and releases the data from the nearest server to you. If one server is getting bogged down with too many requests, the CDN company will reroute the request to a more distant server with less load for a quicker response. I have attached a copy of Akamai's visual explanation from their website.

Correction on the June update, June 2024 still holds the warmest title, NASA made an update for June 2024 to +1.52C so that makes June 2026 Second Warmest. I have a revised corrected list now. We should start seeing large climate impact soon from this Super El Niño , there’s a strong chance now that 2026 will beat 2024 as warmest.