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154:4.1 On this same Saturday night, in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum] a [[group]] of fifty [[leading]] [[citizens]] met at the [[synagogue]] to [[discuss]] the momentous question: " What shall we do with [[Jesus]]? " They talked and [[debated]] until after midnight, but they could not find any common ground for [[agreement]]. Aside from a few [[persons]] who inclined to the [[belief]] that [[Jesus]] might be the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Messianism Messiah], at least a [[holy]] man, or perhaps a [[prophet]], the meeting was divided into four nearly [[equal]] groups who held, respectively, the following [[views]] of [[Jesus]]:

154:4.1 On this same Saturday night, in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum] a [[group]] of fifty [[leading]] [[citizens]] met at the [[synagogue]] to [[discuss]] the momentous question: " What shall we do with [[Jesus]]? " They talked and [[debated]] until after midnight, but they could not find any common ground for [[agreement]]. Aside from a few [[persons]] who inclined to the [[belief]] that [[Jesus]] might be the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Messianism Messiah], at least a [[holy]] man, or perhaps a [[prophet]], the meeting was divided into four nearly [[equal]] groups who held, respectively, the following [[views]] of [[Jesus]]:

*1. That he was a [[deluded]] and harmless [[religious]] [[fanatic]].

*1. That he was a [[deluded]] and harmless [[religious]] [[fanatic]].

*2. That he was a [[dangerous]] and designing [[agitator]] who might stir up [[rebellion]].

*2. That he was a [[dangerous]] and designing [[agitator]] who might stir up [[rebellion]].

*3. That he was in league with [[devils]], that he might even be a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beelzebub prince of devils].

*3. That he was in league with [[devils]], that he might even be a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beelzebub prince of devils].

*4. That he was [[Sanity|beside himself]], that he was mad, mentally unbalanced.

*4. That he was [[Sanity|beside himself]], that he was mad, mentally unbalanced.

154:4.2 There was much talk about [[Jesus]]' [[preaching]] [[doctrines]] which were upsetting for the common people; his [[enemies]] maintained that his [[teachings]] were impractical, that everything would go to pieces if everybody made an [[honest]] [[effort]] to live in [[accordance]] with his [[ideas]]. And the men of many subsequent [[generations]] have said the same [[things]]. Many [[intelligent]] and well-meaning men, even in the more [[enlightened]] age of [[Urantia Papers|these revelations]], maintain that [[modern]] [[civilization]] could not have been built upon the teachings of [[Jesus]]—and they are partially right. But all such doubters [[forget]] that a much better [[civilization]] could have been built upon his teachings, and sometime will be. This world has never seriously tried to carry out the teachings of [[Jesus]] on a large scale, notwithstanding that halfhearted attempts have often been made to follow the [[doctrines]] of so-called [[Christianity]].

154:4.2 There was much talk about [[Jesus]]' [[preaching]] [[doctrines]] which were upsetting for the common people; his [[enemies]] maintained that his [[teachings]] were impractical, that everything would go to pieces if everybody made an [[honest]] [[effort]] to live in [[accordance]] with his [[ideas]]. And the men of many subsequent [[generations]] have said the same [[things]]. Many [[intelligent]] and well-meaning men, even in the more [[enlightened]] age of [[Urantia Papers|these revelations]], maintain that [[modern]] [[civilization]] could not have been built upon the teachings of [[Jesus]]—and they are partially right. But all such doubters [[forget]] that a much better [[civilization]] could have been built upon his teachings, and sometime will be. This world has never seriously tried to carry out the teachings of [[Jesus]] on a large scale, notwithstanding that halfhearted attempts have often been made to follow the [[doctrines]] of so-called [[Christianity]].

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