This century saw a copious amount of changes in the way women are treated. They enjoy more rights which include the right to worship through enactment of bylaws known as the suffrage rights for women. However, some countries still follow archaic laws. An example is Saudi Arabia where it is illegal for women to walk alone in the streets without a male escort. According to the Scriptures, Jesus was not biased. He was, particularly, keen with how women were treated in ancient Jewish community. Jesus advocated for equality in the Jewish community where women were looked down upon. Women’s position and free will was greatly limited during the time of the Gospel, by the Jewish customs and laws in Israel, likewise by all if not most cultures at the …show more content…
Jewish customary traditions never allowed the women to be taught and to learn the scriptures. According to the Bible, Jesus dethroned centuries of laws and traditions, as per Luke 10:38-42 and taught Martha’s sister, Mary. Jesus was also known for, clearly, holding men and women with equal regard. To some degree, He used unisexual terms that treated men and women as equals. At one time, He referred to both sexes as all people are children of wisdom and under a universal church, the Gospel as stated by the book of Luke 7:35. Jesus forgave the sins of a woman; in another case, Jesus cured a woman who was possessed by an evil spirit and referred to her as Abraham’s daughter. It was a dissimilar and parallel expression contrary to the commonly used phrase by the Jews “Abraham’s sons”. It seemed like a slogan started by Jesus himself. He also allowed the presence of women, such as Mary and Martha, in His inner circle. Jesus compromised under the strict Jewish laws which oppressed the women; this fact was evidently backed up by the book of Luke 8:1-3. According to Galatians 3:28-29 “There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer male or female; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus, 29 And if you belong to Christ