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The Ten Minute Bible Hour Podcast

MATT118 - The One About Oaths That Starts With the Princess Bride

The Ten Minute Bible Hour Podcast

Matt Whitman

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4.92.2K Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2020

⏱️ 13 minutes

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MATTHEW 5:33-37 On this podcast we pick books of the Bible and work through them from beginning to end, bit by bit every day. This show exists because of listener support. If you'd like to consider supporting, you can learn more at thetmbh.com/support or check out the Patreon support page at patreon.com/thetmbhpodcast Thanks to everyone who supports TMBH You're the reason we can all do this together! Discuss this episode here! Music rotation written and performed by Jeff...

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0:00.0

Hello there, slow going? I don't need to be rude, but this is not as easy as it looks so I'd appreciate it if you

0:13.2

would distract me. Sorry I don't suppose you could have speed things out. Look if you're in

0:18.7

such a hurry you could lower a rope or a tree branch or find something useful to do.

0:23.4

Who did I? I have some rope up here. But I don't do you accept my help since I am only waiting

0:28.8

around to kill you. That does put a temper on a relationship.

0:32.5

But I promise I will not kill you until you reach the top.

0:36.4

That's very comforting, but I'm afraid you'll just have to word.

0:40.2

I hate it with him.

0:41.2

I could give you my word as a Spaniard.

0:43.0

No good. I've known too many Spaniards.

0:46.0

Not that any way you'll trust me?

0:49.0

Nothing comes to mind.

0:51.0

I swear on the soul of my father, the Mingo Montoya, you will reach the top alive.

0:58.4

Throw me the rope.

1:01.5

Why does that seem funny? It's not hard, right? It's because everybody's always

1:04.3

used to get lied to and what scenario would you be more likely to lie to someone

1:09.1

in than about helping them up a cliff so that you can then fight them to the death and a sword fight.

1:14.8

It'd be far easier to just send them further down the cliff.

1:17.8

The whole scenario is really funny there in the Princess Bride too because surely Inigo could just find some rocks or something

1:24.6

and throw him down at Wesley's head while he's trying to climb the wall but he doesn't.

1:28.3

They're having this civilized discussion and what should be a serious debate about life and death instead is really a little

1:36.0

commentary on oaths and swearing and when you can believe somebody and when you can't in society.

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