Anyone Who Would Say ‘Raca’ is a Myth because that is not the translation of the word that Y’shua spoke.

Matthew 5:22b Again, anyone who says to his brother, ‘Raca,’ is answerable to the Sanhedrin. NIV Raca is a Hebrew word that means ‘empty-headed,’ pretty mild as brotherly spats go, but very serious in the mind of the Lord. The literal translation of that passage is:

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