The Qanyan Sudar

In ancient Yahudah it was customary to mark a sales transaction by means of a sudar, a kerchief or scarf used to cover the head or wrap around the neck given in exchange for a contractual agreement in sales deeds, barter exchanges, weddings etc. as a promissory note/guarantee that the promise would be kept, and this was done in the presence of witnesses.

This is mentioned in Jerusalem Talmud Tractate Kiddushin 1,5

The word ‘sudar סודר’ is from Talmudic Hebrew, from the term ‘kinyan sudar קנין סודר’ - a contractual agreement where one of the parties lifts up a sudar - a headcloth owned by the other.

Kinyan קנין in Hebrew means ‘acquisition’ and ‘sudar’ means ‘piece of head cloth.

Gen4:1 Now the man knew his wife Chauwah, and she conceived and gave birth to Qayin קינ H7014, and she said, I have acquired/qanah קנה a man with the help of Yahuah. 

When Eve got her first male child, she named him Qayin קינ from qanah קנה which means 'acquire'. Names are significant and hence, we can know that she named her twin son 'Hebel' הבל H1893 same word H1891 means 'void of usefulness/to be vain/misleading. Whom she acquired was actually the one to mislead as 'the Way of Qayin' whereas Hebel was a type of Mashiyach who was to come, whose blood in contrast would cry out for forgiveness instead of vengeance. Heb 12:24

Jude1:11 Woe to them! For they have gone in the way of Qayin and ran after the error of Bileam as a result of pay and perished in the rebellion of Qorach.

Heb 12:24 and to `Yahusha, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better things than that of the blood of Habel.

Neh5:7 Then my heart ruled within myself and contended with the nobles and the rulers and said to them, you are lending at interest, each man from his brother! Therefore, I held a great assembly against them.

Neh5:8 And I said to them, according to our ability we have acquired/qanaynu קנינן H7069 our brothers the Yahudim who were sold to the nations; and would you even sell your brothers that they may be sold to us? Then they were silent and did not find a word to say 

Nehemiah rebukes the nobles and rulers for they were charging interest to the Yahudim against their lands, and he uses the word 'qanah קנה' in respect to acquiring his brothers who were sold to the nations.

Qanah was a place in Galilee where Yahusha had made water into wine.

John 2:11 This was the first of His signs that Yahusha did in Qanah קנה , which is in the land of the Galil. He revealed His glory, and His disciples believed in Him.

The first of His signs at Qanah קנה shows us the wedding feast where the catalyst outcome in the water He commanded over was the Ruach. There were 6 stone pitchers according to the ordinance of the Yahudim for their purification (washing)

John 2:6 Six stone pitchers were prepared there according to the ordinance of the Yahudim for their purification. Each of all was able to hold two or three metretes.

Man was created on the 6th day as stated in Genesis 1: 31 and was kept in a Shemitah cycle of purification which these 6 stone pitchers depict.

The Greek translates the word ‘sudar סודר’ as ‘soudarion/napkin’ G4676 in the darkness. Sudar סודר simply means order. Its mentioned only once in the OT H5468

Job10:21 before I go and I shall not return to the land of darkness and deep shadow,

Job10:22 The land of obscurity, as darkness itself and of deep shadow without any order/sadar סדר H5468, and which shines as the darkness.

Speaking of 'Sheol' Ayob relates the word to the deep shadow of darkness which has no order.

While the Jews would follow their Talmudic custom, Yahusha used their own custom to teach the parables of kikar and minah which we will look at a bit later.

The idea was introduced into the seder meal on Passover which was eaten on a humble napkin where the 6 foods were placed in order: matzah, the zeroa (shankbone of the lamb), egg, bitter herbs/maror, charoset paste (A mixture of apples, pears, nuts and wine) and karpas vegetable (parsley). It's now eaten by Jews on an ornate silver dish. 

While we know that Yahusha had the Pesach meal with His disciples (He wouldn't eat the lamb as He was the Pesach lamb), the only ingredients of the meal mentioned are unleavened bread and wine which would have been kept on a humble napkin/sudar as he gave it as emblems representing His body and His blood as an exchange, Hence, here too we see the disciples and us aquiring/qanyan sudar/order in Pesach as a fulfillment in Mashiyach Yahusha! Whom have we acquired? 

1Cor5:7 Purge out the old leaven so that you are a new lump and the unleavened bread. For our Passover is sacrificed also for us, for He is the Mashiyach with us.

I am not denying that there was more than bread and wine in the Pesach meal as it was a food table as the concept can also be seen in the Corinthian assembly who disorderly ate the Pesach meal as often as they met without understanding its significance and fulfillment in Mashiyach Yahusha. You may read the note on my blog 'The Adon's Supper' where I have covered in detail their error and the errors made in assemblies today.

 

Matt 26:23 And He answered and said, “The man who dipped his hand with Me in the bowl is the one who shall betray Me.

Judas/Yahusha Iscariot had dipped his hand with Yahusha in the bowl before Yahusha had broken bread. So, they were eating the Pesach meal whose ingredients are not mentioned but we can understand that it had to be without the lamb.

Mark14:22 When they ate, Yahusha took bread, having blessed, and broke it, and gave it to them. He said, “Take it, eat it. This is My body.”

Mark records 'When they ate' referring to the Pesach meal in a progression, during which Yahusha took the bread and the cup and gave it as an exchange emblem's of His body and blood.

 

Luke22:14 And it came to pass when the hour arrived, He reclined at the table, and the twelve apostles were with Him.

Luke22:15 And He said to them, “I have deeply longed to eat this Passover with you before My suffering.”

Luke22:16 “For I say to you, “I shall not eat it again until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of the Elohim.”

Luke22:17 He took the cup giving thanks and said, “Take it and distribute it.”

Luke22:18 “For I say to you, “I shall surely not drink of the fruit of the vine from now until the kingdom of the Elohim comes.”

Luke22:19 He took the bread, giving thanks, and He broke. He gave it to them and said, “This is My body which is given on your behalf. Do this in My remembrance.”

Luke22:20 He did likewise also the cup after the meal, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood, which is poured out on your behalf.”

Luke records "He did likewise also the cup after the meal" which shows the matzah/unleavened bread breaking was done during the course of the Pesach meal. These emblems were given in exchange 'during & after the Pesach meal'. Luke records Yahusha's emotion of a deep longing to eat this Passover with His disciples before His suffering because it was a Covenant meal He would eat with them now and says won't eat it until the kingdom of Alahym comes, which means He would only eat at the Marriage Supper of the Lamb which would be the consummation of the Covenant.

Remember in Exo 24 before the 'ten words' were given Masha, Aharon and his 2 sons & 70 elders of Yasharal ate the Covenant meal before Yahuah whom they saw with a work of sapphire under his feet. The sapphire work under His feet depicts the royal laws ''Love Yahuah with all your heart, all your soul, all your strength and all your mind" & "Love your Neighbour as yourself' which He Himself would walk on. All the Torah and the Prophets which hang on these 2 commands would transition into these royal laws in a divine exchange at the table for His body & blood. Hence, Luke emphasizes on the bread and the wine which Yahusha said would not eat or drink until the kingdom of Alahym comes showing us that the actual Passover meal is Yahusha Himself.

Ex24:9 Then Mosheh went up with Aharon, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Yisra’El,

Ex24:10 and they saw the El of Yisra’El; and under His feet as it were a work of a pavement of sapphire, as clear as the heavens for clearness.

Ex24:11 Yet He did not stretch out His hand against the nobles of the sons of Yisra’El; and they saw the Elohim, and they ate and drank. 

The emblems would have been placed on a humble napkin as it came as an exchange of the Old covenant with the New covenant. 

The same principle used in the parables of the mina and the kikar:

 The word kikar/kaph kaph resh comes from the root kar which means round like a bowl, like a country, like a round loaf of bread

And the word maneh/mina translated as pound has also a similar spelling word manah which means 'number, prepare, appoint, tell, count, set'

In the parable of the ‘mina’ the nobleman gave his ten servants, a mina each, while the others made more minas from the one, one servant hid the mina in his sudar/head cloth.

Luke 19:20 “Another came, saying, ‘Master, behold, here is your mina, which I kept laid up in a napkin/sudar (Greek: soudarion G4676)’”;

Luke 19:21 “for I was afraid of you, because you are an exacting man; you take up what you did not lay down and reap what you did not sow.”

Luke 19:22 “He said to him, ‘By your own words I shall judge you, you worthless slave. Did you know that I am an exacting man, taking up what I did not lay down and reaping what I did not sow?’”

Luke 19:23 “Then why did you not put my money in the bank, and having come, I would have collected it with interest?”

The minas were given to trade and make exchange, but it remained hidden in his sudar. The sudar was a napkin customary worn/carried by Yahudites which was used as the promissory note of exchange in front of witnesses.

In Matthew's discourse we see the 3 servants were given kikars/talents as 5,2,1 (total 8) brought back 8. Why are we only taking the additional count and not the ones already with the 3 servants? We need to look at the Luke discourse of the parable of the minah where 1 minah each was given to 10 servants & only 3 were accounted for their produce 3:3 Luke vs Matthew account. In the Luke parable discourse the 2 servants who had 1 minah each had brought additional 10 and 5 respectively & their reward was to rule over 1o cities and 5 cities respectively and not 11 cities and 6 cities as they already had 1 mina to begin with. The worthless servant's mina was accounted and given to the one who earned 10 mina's. (Luke 19:24)

Hence, in comparison with the Luke discourse we list down only the additional gained kikar's in the Matthew's discourse.

1st servant: 5 additional

2nd servant: 2 additional

3rd servant: 1 (we take the one into account as it was given to the one who had earned the additional 10 kikars -Matthew 25:28)

Mat 25:16 “And he who had received the five talents went and worked with them, and made another five talents.
Mat 25:17 “In the same way, he with the two also, he gained two more.
Mat 25:18 “But he who had received the one went away and dug in the ground and hid the silver of his master.

Matt 25:20 “The one who received five talents approached, and he brought five additional talents. He said, ‘My Adon (Master), you entrusted to my hand five talents. Behold! I have gained five additonal talents with them!

Matt 25:21 “His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. Since you were faithful with a little, I shall entrust you with much. Enter into the joy of your master!’

Matt 25:22 “The who received two talents also approached and said, ‘My Adon, you entrusted to my hand two talents. Behold! I have earned two talents with them!’”
Matt 25:23 “His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You were faithful with a little amount, and I shall entrust you over much. Enter into the joy of your master!’

Matt 25:24 “And the one who received one talent also approached, and he said, ‘My Adon, I know you; that you are a difficult man, reaping what you did not sow, and gathering what you did not scatter.’” 

Matt25:25 “And I was afraid, so I went and buried your talent in the ground. Now, here is what is yours.”

Matthew doesn't record the worthless servant hiding his talent in a sudar/napkin.

Luke 19:15 “And it came to pass, that, after he took the kingdom, he returned. he gave a command to call those servants to whom he gave the money, so that he could know what each one earned through his trading.”

Luke19:16 “The first came and said, ‘My Adon, your maneh brought ten minas more.’”

Luke19:17 “And he said to him, ‘You have done well, good servant. Since you have been faithful with just a little, be a ruler over ten cities.’”

Luke19:18 “The second one came and said, ‘My Adon, the maneh of you has made five manim.’”

Luke19:19 “And he said also to this one, ‘Even you be over five cities.’”

Luke19:20 “The other came and said, ‘Here is your maneh that was with me, wrapped up in a scarf/sudar (‘soudarion/napkin’ G4676)’”

In the Luke's discourse we see out of 10 servants who were given a mina each only 3 bring back 10, 5 & 1=16

Luk 19:13 “And calling ten of his servants, He gave them ten minas, and said to them, ‘Trade until I come.’

Summary of the 2 parables:  The 2 in Matthew's discourse bring another 5,2, which means they still had 5,2, in possession and in Luke's discourse the 2 came back with 10, 5, and they also had the 1 mina already in possession hence, the way we understand it is pretty simple...the measure of reward given in Luke's account answers this question.

Luk 19:17 “And he said to him, ‘Well done, good servant. Because you were trustworthy in a small matter, have authority over ten cities.

The nobleman didn't tell him have authority over 11 cities as he had already 1 mina in possession, and he brought another 10.

Similarly, the one with 5 minas already had 1 with him but he was given authority over 5 cities.

Luk 19:19 “And he said to him also, ‘And you – be over five cities.’

How else do we understand ruling over cities if not the tribes of Yasharal?

Mat 19:28 And יהושע said to them, “Truly I say to you, when the Son of Aḏam sits on the throne of His esteem, you who have followed Me in the rebirth, shall also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Yasharal. 

Luk 22:29 “And I covenant for you, as My Father covenanted for Me, a reign,
Luk 22:30 to eat and drink at My table, in My reign, and to sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Yasharal.” 

The proof of what I am discussing in this study lies in the comments of the ones with the kikar and the mina telling the Master that he is a hard man reaping where he has not sown and gathering where you have not scattered seed. They were justifying their inefficiency because actually the Master is involved in the increase, one cannot get even one into the fold without the Master's Ruach.

You add up totally what they brought back was 8+16 = 24

We keep the produce brought back by the worthless servants because their inheritance was taken and given to the faithful ones.

Mat 25:28 ‘Therefore take away the talent from him and give it to him who possesses ten talents.

Luk 19:24 “Then he said to those who stood by, ‘Take the mina from him, and give it to him who possesses ten minas.’

While the one in Matthew's account was cast out into the outer darkness, the one mentioned in Luke's account was only stripped from his possession and his possession given to the one who brought 10 minas. 

Luk 19:13 “And calling ten of his servants, He gave them ten minas, and said to them, ‘Trade until I come.’
Luk 19:14 “But his subjects were hating him, and sent a delegation after him, to say, ‘We do not wish this one to reign over us.’

There is one more thing that needs to be cleared. Luke records 10 mina's given to ten servants but the accountability was taken from only 3, what about the rest? Luke 19:14 & 27 records the others as enemies who did not wish Him to reign over them. The number 7 is the number of Shemitah. The number is symbolic of the  Yahudim who were carnal and didn't want the rule of the Master Yahusha over them.

Luk 19:27 ‘But those enemies of mine who did not wish me to reign over them, bring them here and slay them before me.’”

Hence, the 7 with their mina's went with their mina's buried into the ground.

The additional kikars & minah gathered = 24. Number 24 is a spiritual number 12 x 2 representing the 12 tribes + 12 apostles of the Lamb and also depicted as the 24 elders seen seated around the throne of Alahym (Rev 4:4). These were considered as the fruit of what was invested into rebirth in Mashiyach & did not go into the ground where the ground/adamah represents the carnal man. The qanyan sudar principle was seen here in an exchange.

Act 19:11 And Elohim worked unusual miracles through the hands of Sha’ul,

Act 19:12 so that put down/haniyach head cloths/sudar (Greek:soudarion G4676) and aprons were brought from his body to the sick, and the diseases left them, and the wicked spirits went out of them.

A picture of an exchange of healing power of Yahusha going out to the sick and the demon possessed being delivered from Shaul’s head cloth.

When a person died his ‘sudar’ went to his grave with him. 


Joh 20:6 Then Shimʽon Kĕpha came, following him, and went into the tomb. And he saw the linen wrappings lying,

Joh 20:7 and the cloth/sudar (Greek: soudarion) which had been on His head, not lying with the linen wrappings, but folded up in a place by itself.

Yahusha was stripped of his garments and for his clothing they cast lots. We can figure that his disciples along with Yoseph from Arimathaea with the linen garments placed a sudar/head cloth over his face in the tomb.

Joh 19:40 Then they took the body of יהושע, and bound it in linen wrappings with the spices, as was the habit of the Yehuḏim for burial.

We can see from Lazarus’s resurrection that he came out from the tomb and his face was wrapped with the head cloth/sudar.


Joh 11:44 And he who died came out bound feet and hands with wrappings, and his face was wrapped with a cloth/sudar Greek: soudarion. יהושע said to them, “Loosen him, and let him go.”

In John 20:7 the head/cloth was folded up in a place by itself. It has a spiritual significance of the promissory note that by his death and resurrection he will give us eternal life, just as he has been raised from the dead, we will rise up too. It also shows us He has transitioned and will transition us in Him. The cloth folded up in its place is an indication that he is ALIVE the exchange is in progress. Lazarus needed support to have his linen wrappings and the head cloth/sudar be loosened, Yahusha did it by himself which is an indication that HE HAS OVERCOME THE GRAVE.

The head cloth/sudar was not lying with the linen wrappings. While Luke is silent on the sudar/head cloth (which John in his basarah tells us), he tells us Kepha went away home, marveling at what took place. John is silent on Kepha’s emotion whereas Luke mentions that he marveled. Hence when we put the accounts of both basarah’s together we see Kepha saw the linen wrappings lying and head cloth/sudar folded up in a place by itself and went away home, marveling at what took place.

Luk 24:12 But Kĕpha arose and ran to the tomb. And stooping down, he saw the linen wrappings lying by themselves. And he went away home, marveling at what took place.

Summary of what we have studied:

1. We saw that Eve named her son Qayin as she acquired him from Yahuah and his twin brother she named as Hebel which means 'void of usefulness/to be vain/misleading' whereas whom she acquired became a way for misleading, whereas Hebel who was righteous was a type of Yahusha who was to come, whose blood cried out, the difference in the cries we saw in Heb 12:24.

2. The making of water into wine which was Yahusha's first of signs at Qanah/ קנה where 'qanah' means 'acquire' & man was created on the 6th day as stated in Genesis 1: 31 and was kept in a Shemitah cycle of purification which these 6 stone pitchers depict. The remnant were acquired in a transition by the new birth is the picture seen.

3. The commands saw a qanyan sudar/acquisition of order (remember qanyan means 'acquisition' and 'sudar' means 'order' at the Pesach table where we are unleavened in Mashiyach and redeemed by His body and blood as He walked the Royal laws. The emblems would have been placed on a humble napkin as it came as an exchange of the Old covenant with the New covenant and we saw from the various basharah accounts the divine exchange while He ate the Pesach meal with His disciples which was a type of a Covenant meal which He says will not eat until the kingdom of Alahym comes.

4. We saw the 2 parables stated in Matthew 25 & Luke 19 where only 3 servants are accounted for their produce and only their additional produce 8 (Matthew) + 16 (Luke) = 24 is taken into factor which Luke elaborately tells us that it is a rule over cities. Number 24 i.e. 12 x 2 & 24 elders around Alahym's throne show us the produce of the transitioned to rule and reign with Yahusha. We saw the worthless servant who hid his minah in the sudar/head cloth was stripped of his right and cast into outer darkness and the 7 subjects with one minah each who didn't want the King to rule over them were slain. So, their minah went with their sudar to the ground which shows the carnal man in a carnal Shemitah not able to attain the transition.

5. We finally saw Alazar came forth from the grave with his sudar/head cloth and needed help of others to untie his grave clothes, whereas Yahusha's sudar/napkin was neatly folded in one place which shows us that our divine exchange/qanyan sudar is in progress as we transition into Him in His New Creation order, this transition will be completed when He appears and we shall be like Him.