Their stories have a lot of parallels.
1. Got nailed
Colossians 2:14
By canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross.
Meanwhile:
2. Saved a woman working in adultery
John 8:2-11
Early in the morning he came again to the temple. All the people came to him, and he sat down and taught them. The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and placing her in the midst they said to him, “Teacher, this woman has been caught in the act of adultery. Now in the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. So what do you say?” This they said to test him, that they might have some charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground.
Meanwhile
3. Jesus 12 disciples and there is 1 traitor among them
Meanwhile
Zoro has 12 nakamas: Luffy, Nami, Usopp, traitor kun, Chopper, Vivi, Robin, Franky, Brook, Jinbe, Yosaku and Johnny.
4. Sacrifice for greater good
1 John 2:2
He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.
Meanwhile
5. Haters chose to free Barabbas instead of Jesus
Luke 23:18
But they cried out all together, saying, “Away with this man, and release for us Barabbas!”
And history just repeats itself, as shown in the recent popularity poll.
OPlers chose to vote for Luffy instead of Zoro. Some of them went like "forget voting my favorite character, as long as away with Zoro, and win for us Luffy the Barabbas!!!"
p.s.
Also a reminder, what was Luffy's worst arcs in the entire manga when he kept either failed to complete his goal or defeated by the enemy?
Answer, 3 arcs.
1. Impel Down arc: Luffy failed to save Ace, failed to defeat Magellan and ended up losing years of his lifespan.
2. Marineford arc: Luffy failed to save Ace, Ace died in front of him and ended up with Luffy having the worst break down in his entire life.
3. WCI arc: Luffy was betrayed by traitor kun, captured by Enraged army, treated as punching bag by Katakuri, lost his new ally Pedro, failed to beat Big Mom, and ended up with Big Mom and half of her army chased his ass all the way to Wano arc.
What is one similarity between the 3 arcs? Zoro wasn't present in the arc.
Just like there is a Latin phrase "Extra ecclesiam nulla salus", which means "Outside the Church there is no salvation". Same rule also applies to One Piece: There is no salvation when Zoro is not around.
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1. Got nailed
Colossians 2:14
By canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross.
Meanwhile:
2. Saved a woman working in adultery
John 8:2-11
Early in the morning he came again to the temple. All the people came to him, and he sat down and taught them. The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and placing her in the midst they said to him, “Teacher, this woman has been caught in the act of adultery. Now in the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. So what do you say?” This they said to test him, that they might have some charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground.
Meanwhile
3. Jesus 12 disciples and there is 1 traitor among them
Meanwhile
Zoro has 12 nakamas: Luffy, Nami, Usopp, traitor kun, Chopper, Vivi, Robin, Franky, Brook, Jinbe, Yosaku and Johnny.
4. Sacrifice for greater good
1 John 2:2
He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.
Meanwhile
5. Haters chose to free Barabbas instead of Jesus
Luke 23:18
But they cried out all together, saying, “Away with this man, and release for us Barabbas!”
And history just repeats itself, as shown in the recent popularity poll.
p.s.
Also a reminder, what was Luffy's worst arcs in the entire manga when he kept either failed to complete his goal or defeated by the enemy?
Answer, 3 arcs.
1. Impel Down arc: Luffy failed to save Ace, failed to defeat Magellan and ended up losing years of his lifespan.
2. Marineford arc: Luffy failed to save Ace, Ace died in front of him and ended up with Luffy having the worst break down in his entire life.
3. WCI arc: Luffy was betrayed by traitor kun, captured by Enraged army, treated as punching bag by Katakuri, lost his new ally Pedro, failed to beat Big Mom, and ended up with Big Mom and half of her army chased his ass all the way to Wano arc.
What is one similarity between the 3 arcs? Zoro wasn't present in the arc.
Just like there is a Latin phrase "Extra ecclesiam nulla salus", which means "Outside the Church there is no salvation". Same rule also applies to One Piece: There is no salvation when Zoro is not around.
@Guan Yu @HA001 @Cinera @ShishioIsBack @Fenaker @sidestreetboy @Light D Lamperouge @Cyrus the Cactus @Zowo @Sade @Geo @Rivaille @Den_Den_Mushi @Owl Ki @Fleet Admiral Lee Hung @TheAncientCenturion @Shuyaku @5000 ng/dl or death @Akai2 @RayanOO @Prince Kronos @stealthblack @BangMi @NotTommy @Hades @Sentinel @playa4321 @Steven @hedera__helix @SDfear @Lukegranders @Arara @Orojackson Refugee @Ravagerblade @Rmstorm @Rokayder @sanjikun @Veku @Blackbeard @KiriNigiri @Red Admiral @GreenEggsAHam @ReggieZoldyck21 etc.
