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162:2.1 The first afternoon that [[Jesus]] taught in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Temple the temple], a considerable company sat [[listening]] to his [[words]] depicting the [[liberty]] of the new [[gospel]] and the [[joy]] of those who [[believe]] the good news, when a [[curious]] [[listener]] interrupted him to ask: "Teacher, how is it you can quote the [[Scriptures]] and [[teach]] the people so fluently when I am told that you are untaught in the [[learning]] of the [[rabbis]]?[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_7] [[Jesus]] replied: No man has taught me the [[truths]] which I [[declare]] to you. And this [[teaching]] is not mine but His who sent me. If any man really [[desires]] to do [[Universal Father|my Father]]'s will, he shall certainly know about my [[teaching]], whether it be [[God]]'s or whether I speak for myself. He who [[speaks]] for himself seeks his own [[glory]], but when I [[declare]] the [[words]] of [[the Father]], I thereby seek the [[glory]] of Him who sent me. But before you try to enter into the new [[light]], should you not rather follow the [[light]] you already have? [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Moses] gave you [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torah the law], yet how many of you [[honestly]] seek to fulfill its demands? [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Moses] in this [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torah law] enjoins you, saying, `You shall not kill';[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Deuteronomy#Chapter_.5] notwithstanding this command some of you seek to [[kill]] the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man].

162:2.1 The first afternoon that [[Jesus]] taught in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Temple the temple], a considerable company sat [[listening]] to his [[words]] depicting the [[liberty]] of the new [[gospel]] and the [[joy]] of those who [[believe]] the good news, when a [[curious]] [[listener]] interrupted him to ask: "Teacher, how is it you can quote the [[Scriptures]] and [[teach]] the people so fluently when I am told that you are untaught in the [[learning]] of the [[rabbis]]?[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_7] [[Jesus]] replied: No man has taught me the [[truths]] which I [[declare]] to you. And this [[teaching]] is not mine but His who sent me. If any man really [[desires]] to do [[Universal Father|my Father]]'s will, he shall certainly know about my [[teaching]], whether it be [[God]]'s or whether I speak for myself. He who [[speaks]] for himself seeks his own [[glory]], but when I [[declare]] the [[words]] of [[the Father]], I thereby seek the [[glory]] of Him who sent me. But before you try to enter into the new [[light]], should you not rather follow the [[light]] you already have? [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Moses] gave you [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torah the law], yet how many of you [[honestly]] seek to fulfill its demands? [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Moses] in this [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torah law] enjoins you, saying, `You shall not kill';[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Deuteronomy#Chapter_.5] notwithstanding this command some of you seek to [[kill]] the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man].

162:2.2 When the crowd heard these [[words]], they fell to wrangling among themselves. Some said he was mad; some that he had a [[devil]]. Others said this was indeed the [[prophet]] of [[Galilee]] whom the [[scribes]] and [[Pharisees]] had long sought to [[kill]]. Some said the [[religious]] [[authorities]] were afraid to [[molest]] him; others thought that they laid not hands upon him because they had become [[believers]] in him. After considerable [[debate]] one of the crowd stepped forward and asked [[Jesus]], " Why do the [[Sanhedrin|rulers]] seek to [[kill]] you? " And he replied: " The rulers seek to kill me because they resent my [[teaching]] about the good news of [[the kingdom]], a [[gospel]] that sets men [[free]] from the burdensome [[traditions]] of a [[formal]] [[religion]] of [[ceremonies]] which these [[teachers]] are [[determined]] to uphold at any cost. They [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circumcision#Cultures_and_religions circumcise] in [[accordance]] with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torah the law] on the [[Sabbath]] day, but they would [[kill]] me because I once on the [[Sabbath]] day set [[free]] a man held in the [[bondage]] of [[affliction]]. They follow after me on the [[Sabbath]] to [[spy]] on me but would [[kill]] me because on another occasion I chose to make a grievously stricken man completely whole on the [[Sabbath]] day. They seek to [[kill]] me because they well know that, if you [[honestly]] [[believe]] and [[dare]] to [[accept]] my teaching, their [[system]] of [[traditional]] [[religion]] will be overthrown, forever destroyed. Thus will they be deprived of [[authority]] over that to which they have [[devoted]] their lives since they [[steadfast]]ly refuse to [[accept]] this new and more [[glorious]] [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]] of God. And now do I [[appeal]] to every one of you: [[Judge]] not according to outward [[appearances]] but rather judge by the true [[spirit]] of these [[teachings]]; judge [[righteous]]ly. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_7]

162:2.2 When the crowd heard these [[words]], they fell to wrangling among themselves. Some said he was mad; some that he had a [[devil]]. Others said this was indeed the [[prophet]] of [[Galilee]] whom the [[scribes]] and [[Pharisees]] had long sought to [[kill]]. Some said the [[religious]] [[authorities]] were afraid to [[molest]] him; others thought that they laid not hands upon him because they had become [[believers]] in him. After considerable [[debate]] one of the crowd stepped forward and asked [[Jesus]], " Why do the [[Sanhedrin|rulers]] seek to [[kill]] you? " And he replied: " The rulers seek to kill me because they resent my [[teaching]] about the good news of [[the kingdom]], a [[gospel]] that sets men [[free]] from the burdensome [[traditions]] of a [[formal]] [[religion]] of [[ceremonies]] which these [[teachers]] are [[determined]] to uphold at any cost. They [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circumcision#Cultures_and_religions circumcise] in [[accordance]] with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torah the law] on the [[Sabbath]] day, but they would [[kill]] me because I once on the [[Sabbath]] day set [[free]] a man held in the [[bondage]] of [[affliction]]. They follow after me on the [[Sabbath]] to [[spy]] on me but would [[kill]] me because on another occasion I chose to make a grievously stricken man completely whole on the [[Sabbath]] day. They seek to [[kill]] me because they well know that, if you [[honestly]] [[believe]] and [[dare]] to [[accept]] my teaching, their [[system]] of [[traditional]] [[religion]] will be overthrown, forever destroyed. Thus will they be deprived of [[authority]] over that to which they have [[devoted]] their lives since they [[steadfast]]ly refuse to [[accept]] this new and more [[glorious]] [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]] of God. And now do I [[appeal]] to every one of you: [[Judge]] not according to outward [[appearances]] but rather judge by the true [[spirit]] of these [[teachings]]; judge [[righteous]]ly. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_7]

162:2.3 Then said another [[inquirer]]: " Yes, Teacher, we do look for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Messianism the Messiah], but when he comes, we know that his [[appearance]] will be in [[mystery]]. We know whence you are. You have been among your brethren from the beginning. The deliverer will come in [[power]] to restore the [[throne]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David David]'s kingdom. Do you really claim to be the [[Messiah]]? " And [[Jesus]] replied: " You claim to [[know]] me and to know whence I am. I [[wish]] your claims were true, for indeed then would you find [[abundant]] life in that [[knowledge]]. But I [[declare]] that I have not come to you for myself; I have been sent by [[the Father]], and he who sent me is [[true]] and [[faithful]]. By refusing to hear me, you are refusing to [[receive]] Him who sends me. You, if you will [[receive]] this [[gospel]], shall come to know Him who sent me. I know [[the Father]], for I have come from [[the Father]] to [[declare]] and [[reveal]] him to you. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_7]

162:2.3 Then said another [[inquirer]]: " Yes, Teacher, we do look for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Messianism the Messiah], but when he comes, we know that his [[appearance]] will be in [[mystery]]. We know whence you are. You have been among your brethren from the beginning. The deliverer will come in [[power]] to restore the [[throne]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David David]'s kingdom. Do you really claim to be the [[Messiah]]? " And [[Jesus]] replied: " You claim to [[know]] me and to know whence I am. I [[wish]] your claims were true, for indeed then would you find [[abundant]] life in that [[knowledge]]. But I [[declare]] that I have not come to you for myself; I have been sent by [[the Father]], and he who sent me is [[true]] and [[faithful]]. By refusing to hear me, you are refusing to [[receive]] Him who sends me. You, if you will [[receive]] this [[gospel]], shall come to know Him who sent me. I know [[the Father]], for I have come from [[the Father]] to [[declare]] and [[reveal]] him to you. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_7]

162:2.4 The [[agents]] of the [[scribes]] wanted to lay hands upon him, but they [[feared]] the [[multitude]], for many [[believed]] in him. [[Jesus]]' [[work]] since [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_136 his baptism] had become well known to all [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judaism Jewry], and as many of these people recounted these [[things]], they said among themselves: " Even though this [[teacher]] is from [[Galilee]], and even though he does not meet all of our [[expectations]] of the [[Messiah]], we wonder if the deliverer, when he does come, will really do anything more [[wonderful]] than this [[Jesus]] of [[Nazareth]] has already done? "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_7]

162:2.4 The [[agents]] of the [[scribes]] wanted to lay hands upon him, but they [[feared]] the [[multitude]], for many [[believed]] in him. [[Jesus]]' [[work]] since [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_136 his baptism] had become well known to all [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judaism Jewry], and as many of these people recounted these [[things]], they said among themselves: " Even though this [[teacher]] is from [[Galilee]], and even though he does not meet all of our [[expectations]] of the [[Messiah]], we wonder if the deliverer, when he does come, will really do anything more [[wonderful]] than this [[Jesus]] of [[Nazareth]] has already done? "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_7]

162:2.5 When the [[Pharisees]] and their [[agents]] heard [[the people]] talking this way, they took [[counsel]] with their [[leaders]] and [[decided]] that something should be done forthwith to put a stop to these [[public]] [[appearances]] of [[Jesus]] in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Temple temple courts]. The [[leaders]] of the [[Jews]], in general, were disposed to avoid a [[clash]] with [[Jesus]], believing that the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Republic Roman authorities] had promised him [[immunity]]. They could not otherwise account for his [[boldness]] in coming at this time to [[Jerusalem]]; but the officers of the [[Sanhedrin]] did not wholly believe this [[rumor]]. They [[reasoned]] that the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Republic Roman rulers] would not do such a thing [[secretly]] and without the [[knowledge]] of the [[Sanhedrin|highest governing body of the Jewish nation]].

162:2.5 When the [[Pharisees]] and their [[agents]] heard [[the people]] talking this way, they took [[counsel]] with their [[leaders]] and [[decided]] that something should be done forthwith to put a stop to these [[public]] [[appearances]] of [[Jesus]] in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Temple temple courts]. The [[leaders]] of the [[Jews]], in general, were disposed to avoid a [[clash]] with [[Jesus]], believing that the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Republic Roman authorities] had promised him [[immunity]]. They could not otherwise account for his [[boldness]] in coming at this time to [[Jerusalem]]; but the officers of the [[Sanhedrin]] did not wholly believe this [[rumor]]. They [[reasoned]] that the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Republic Roman rulers] would not do such a thing [[secretly]] and without the [[knowledge]] of the [[Sanhedrin|highest governing body of the Jewish nation]].

162:2.6 Accordingly, Eber, the proper officer of the [[Sanhedrin]], with two assistants was dispatched to [[arrest]] [[Jesus]]. As Eber made his way toward [[Jesus]], [[the Master]] said: " [[Fear]] not to approach me. Draw near while you [[listen]] to my [[teaching]]. I [[know]] you have been sent to [[apprehend]] me, but you should [[understand]] that nothing will befall the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] until his hour comes. You are not arrayed against me; you come only to do the bidding of your masters, and even these [[Sanhedrin|rulers of the Jews]] verily [[think]] they are doing [[God]]'s [[service]] when they [[secretly]] seek my [[Death|destruction]].

162:2.6 Accordingly, Eber, the proper officer of the [[Sanhedrin]], with two assistants was dispatched to [[arrest]] [[Jesus]]. As Eber made his way toward [[Jesus]], [[the Master]] said: " [[Fear]] not to approach me. Draw near while you [[listen]] to my [[teaching]]. I [[know]] you have been sent to [[apprehend]] me, but you should [[understand]] that nothing will befall the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] until his hour comes. You are not arrayed against me; you come only to do the bidding of your masters, and even these [[Sanhedrin|rulers of the Jews]] verily [[think]] they are doing [[God]]'s [[service]] when they [[secretly]] seek my [[Death|destruction]].

162:2.7 " I bear none of you ill will. [[The Father]] [[loves]] you, and therefore do I long for your [[deliverance]] from the [[bondage]] of [[prejudice]] and the [[darkness]] of [[tradition]]. I offer you the [[liberty]] of life and the [[joy]] of [[salvation]]. I [[proclaim]] the new and living way, the [[deliverance]] from [[evil]] and the breaking of the [[bondage]] of [[sin]]. I have come that you might have life, and have it [[eternally]]. You seek to be rid of me and my disquieting [[teachings]]. If you could only [[realize]] that I am to be with you only a little while! In just a short time I go to [[Universal Father|Him]] who sent me into this world. And then will many of you [[diligently]] seek me, but you shall not [[discover]] my [[presence]], for where I am about to go you cannot come. But all who truly seek to find me shall sometime attain the life that [[leads]] to [[Universal Father|my Father]]'s [[presence]]. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_7]

162:2.7 " I bear none of you ill will. [[The Father]] [[loves]] you, and therefore do I long for your [[deliverance]] from the [[bondage]] of [[prejudice]] and the [[darkness]] of [[tradition]]. I offer you the [[liberty]] of life and the [[joy]] of [[salvation]]. I [[proclaim]] the new and living way, the [[deliverance]] from [[evil]] and the breaking of the [[bondage]] of [[sin]]. I have come that you might have life, and have it [[eternally]]. You seek to be rid of me and my disquieting [[teachings]]. If you could only [[realize]] that I am to be with you only a little while! In just a short time I go to [[Universal Father|Him]] who sent me into this world. And then will many of you [[diligently]] seek me, but you shall not [[discover]] my [[presence]], for where I am about to go you cannot come. But all who truly seek to find me shall sometime attain the life that [[leads]] to [[Universal Father|my Father]]'s [[presence]]. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_7]

162:2.8 Some of the scoffers said among themselves: " Where will this man go that we cannot find him? Will he go to live among the [[Greeks]]? Will he destroy himself? What can he mean when he [[declares]] that soon he will depart from us, and that we cannot go where he goes? "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_7]

162:2.8 Some of the scoffers said among themselves: " Where will this man go that we cannot find him? Will he go to live among the [[Greeks]]? Will he destroy himself? What can he mean when he [[declares]] that soon he will depart from us, and that we cannot go where he goes? "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_7]

162:2.9 Eber and his assistants refused to [[arrest]] [[Jesus]]; they returned to their meeting place without him. When, therefore, the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Priest_of_Israel chief priests] and the [[Pharisees]] [[Rebuke|upbraided]] Eber and his assistants because they had not brought [[Jesus]] with them, Eber only replied: " We [[feared]] to [[arrest]] him in the midst of the [[multitude]] because many [[believe]] in him. Besides, we never heard a man speak like this man. There is something out of the ordinary about this [[teacher]]. You would all do well to go over to hear him. " And when the chief rulers heard these [[words]], they were astonished and spoke tauntingly to Eber: " Are you also led astray? Are you about to [[believe]] in this [[deceiver]]? Have you heard that any of our [[learned]] men or any of the rulers have believed in him? Have any of the [[scribes]] or the [[Pharisees]] been [[deceived]] by his clever [[teachings]]? How does it come that you are [[influenced]] by the [[behavior]] of this [[ignorant]] multitude who know not [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torah the law] or [[Hebrew Prophets|the prophets]]? Do you not know that such untaught people are ac[[curse]]d? " And then answered Eber: " Even so, my masters, but this man [[speaks]] to the multitude [[words]] of [[mercy]] and [[hope]]. He cheers the downhearted, and his [[words]] were [[comfort]]ing even to our [[souls]]. What can there be wrong in these [[teachings]] even though he may not be the [[Messiah]] of the [[Scriptures]]? And even then does not our [[law]] require [[fairness]]? Do we [[condemn]] a man before we hear him? " And the chief of the [[Sanhedrin]] was [[wroth]] with Eber and, turning upon him, said: " Have you gone mad? Are you by any [[chance]] also from [[Galilee]]? Search the [[Scriptures]], and you will [[discover]] that out of [[Galilee]] arises no [[prophet]], much less [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Messianism the Messiah]. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_7]

162:2.9 Eber and his assistants refused to [[arrest]] [[Jesus]]; they returned to their meeting place without him. When, therefore, the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Priest_of_Israel chief priests] and the [[Pharisees]] [[Rebuke|upbraided]] Eber and his assistants because they had not brought [[Jesus]] with them, Eber only replied: " We [[feared]] to [[arrest]] him in the midst of the [[multitude]] because many [[believe]] in him. Besides, we never heard a man speak like this man. There is something out of the ordinary about this [[teacher]]. You would all do well to go over to hear him. " And when the chief rulers heard these [[words]], they were astonished and spoke tauntingly to Eber: " Are you also led astray? Are you about to [[believe]] in this [[deceiver]]? Have you heard that any of our [[learned]] men or any of the rulers have believed in him? Have any of the [[scribes]] or the [[Pharisees]] been [[deceived]] by his clever [[teachings]]? How does it come that you are [[influenced]] by the [[behavior]] of this [[ignorant]] multitude who know not [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torah the law] or [[Hebrew Prophets|the prophets]]? Do you not know that such untaught people are ac[[curse]]d? " And then answered Eber: " Even so, my masters, but this man [[speaks]] to the multitude [[words]] of [[mercy]] and [[hope]]. He cheers the downhearted, and his [[words]] were [[comfort]]ing even to our [[souls]]. What can there be wrong in these [[teachings]] even though he may not be the [[Messiah]] of the [[Scriptures]]? And even then does not our [[law]] require [[fairness]]? Do we [[condemn]] a man before we hear him? " And the chief of the [[Sanhedrin]] was [[wroth]] with Eber and, turning upon him, said: " Have you gone mad? Are you by any [[chance]] also from [[Galilee]]? Search the [[Scriptures]], and you will [[discover]] that out of [[Galilee]] arises no [[prophet]], much less [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Messianism the Messiah]. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_7]

162:2.10 The [[Sanhedrin]] disbanded in [[confusion]], and [[Jesus]] withdrew to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethany Bethany] for the night.

162:2.10 The [[Sanhedrin]] disbanded in [[confusion]], and [[Jesus]] withdrew to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethany Bethany] for the night.

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