In the Bible, one of the people Jesus heals is the slave of a Roman soldier. In the original Latin version of the text, the word they use is for a specific type of slave, a male usually kept as a concubine or sex slave.
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The New Testament was originally written in Greek.
As far as the Bible goes, John was good. Great opening, and an overarching theme of "just be nice".
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Bigots make what the Bible says in John 11:35 happen.
If you want to be a good person (go to heaven (how selfish)), just don't be an ass to people. Especially to people you don't know.