Which two Gentiles did Jesus interact with during his earthly ministry according to Les?
During His earthly ministry, Jesus interacted with only two Gentiles: the Canaanite woman and the Roman centurion. The transcript emphasizes this limit, rejecting the idea that the Gadarene maniac counts as a Gentile because he descended from the tribe of Gad, which lived east of the Jordan.
Les teaches that when we get to Christ's earthly ministry, Jesus only had anything to do with two Gentiles: the Canaanite woman and the Roman centurion. He notes that someone will invariably ask about the maniac in Gadara, whom Jesus delivered by casting out the legion of demons. Les explains that this man was not a Gentile, even though he was on the east side of Jordan. His stock answer asks for the first three letters of the word Gadarene: Gad. Therefore the maniac of Gadarene was a descendant of the tribe of Gad, which lived on the east side of Jordan.