Jesus and Paul?

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From the wikii:

"Tertullian, a second century Church Father, described Jesus himself and Paul of Tarsus as spadones, which is translated as "eunuchs" in some contexts.[9] However, these statements can be interpreted as a metaphor for celibacy, especially given the broad meaning of the term spado in Late Antiquity"

Are there any other threads on this subject??

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The New Testament was written using the "koine Greek" or "commom Greek." The word for eunuch in the Greek is eunouchizo/eunouchos. I personally doubt that Jesus or Paul were eunuchs since it is not mentioned or inferred. I do believe that Paul's "thorn in the flesh" might have been a sexual thorn, which would mean that he was not a eunuch, but that's just my opinion, which I base on my understanding of male lust & sexual desire. I also believe that the word "spadones" was used for celibacy more often then for actual eunuchs.

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