Did Jesus Use Cannabis

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Lost in translation has kept many historians from having a definitive explanation of the biblical passages that may have been talking about cannabis. There are reasons to believe that cannabis was the healing and anointing oil rich in CBD that is talked about in the Bible. There is also skeptics who believe that the translation was correct, and cannabis was not referenced in the Bible. Hemp has been grown since 6000BC and was around and prevalent in the time of Christ. Some of the miracles Jesus preformed are also similar to treatments for cannabis including skin diseases, glaucoma, neurodegenerative conditions and multiple sclerosis.

An error was thought to have occurred in the third century BC oldest Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible. The translation put the word as calamus, which Benet believes is a common marsh plant with no value and doesn't go along with the importance it was given in the Bible. This word calamus was mistranslated five times in the Old Testament, Exodus, Ezekiel, Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Song of Songs.

In 1936 Sula Benet, a Polish etymologist proclaimed that the word cannabis is much older than the first thought Scythian origin, and believes it to be from Semitic Hebrew language, appearing throughout the Old Testament. Benet points out that in the testament it is described as incense, part of religious celebration, and an intoxicant. Benet went on to show that the word in the Old Testament, Kannabus or kaneh-bosm, broken down where Kan meant “reed” or “hemp” and bosm meaning “aromatic”.(Source) 

Exodus 30:22 – 25 talks about the recipe Lord gave Moses for healing oil:

“Moreover, the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, "Moreover the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels, And of cassia five hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of oil olive an hin: And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compound after the art of the apothecary: it shall be an holy anointing oil.”(Source)

Another theory to speak to the importance of the anointing with oil for the religion is brought out in the Book of Philip, which is a book that is part of The Nag Hammadi Library not recognized by the Roman Catholic Church. One of the passages states:

“The chrism is superior to baptism, for it is from the word "Chrism" that we have been called "Christians," certainly not because of the word "baptism". And it is because of the chrism that "the Christ" has his name. For the Father anointed the Son, and the Son anointed the apostles, and the apostles anointed us. He who has been anointed possesses everything. He possesses the resurrection, the light, the cross, the Holy Spirit. The Father gave him this in the bridal chamber; he merely accepted (the gift). The Father was in the Son and the Son in the Father. This is the Kingdom of Heaven.”(Source)

All of this evidence is compelling, including the Lytton John Musselman, a Professor of Botany at Old Dominion University believes the translation has always been correct with the calamus plant. He points out that calamus is used as an herbal remedy. He notes, “In Sri Lanka it is available in any herbal remedy shop and also universally grown in home gardens. (Source) 

Source:

http://www.vice.com/read/did-jesus-perform-his-miracles-with-cannabis-oil

http://gnosis.org/naghamm/gop.html

biblehub.com/exodus/30-22.htm