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164:2.1 [[Jesus]] had attended the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feast_of_Tabernacles feast of tabernacles] that he might [[proclaim]] the [[gospel]] to the [[pilgrims]] from all parts of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire empire]; he now went up to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feast_of_the_Dedication feast of the dedication] for just one [[purpose]]: to give the [[Sanhedrin]] and the Jewish [[leaders]] another [[chance]] to see the [[light]]. The principal [[event]] of these few days in [[Jerusalem]] occurred on Friday night at the [[home]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicodemus Nicodemus]. Here were gathered [[together]] some twenty-five Jewish [[leaders]] who believed [[Jesus]]' teaching. Among this group were fourteen men who were then, or had recently been, members of the [[Sanhedrin]]. This meeting was attended by Eber, [[Matadormus]], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_of_Arimathea Joseph of Arimathea].

164:2.1 [[Jesus]] had attended the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feast_of_Tabernacles feast of tabernacles] that he might [[proclaim]] the [[gospel]] to the [[pilgrims]] from all parts of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire empire]; he now went up to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feast_of_the_Dedication feast of the dedication] for just one [[purpose]]: to give the [[Sanhedrin]] and the Jewish [[leaders]] another [[chance]] to see the [[light]]. The principal [[event]] of these few days in [[Jerusalem]] occurred on Friday night at the [[home]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicodemus Nicodemus]. Here were gathered [[together]] some twenty-five Jewish [[leaders]] who believed [[Jesus]]' teaching. Among this group were fourteen men who were then, or had recently been, members of the [[Sanhedrin]]. This meeting was attended by Eber, [[Matadormus]], and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_of_Arimathea Joseph of Arimathea].

164:2.2 On this occasion [[Jesus]]' hearers were all [[Intellectual|learned]] men, and both they and his two [[apostles]] were [[amazed]] at the breadth and depth of the remarks which [[the Master]] made to this distinguished [[group]]. Not since the times when he had taught in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria Alexandria], [[Rome]], and in the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_130_-_On_the_Way_to_Rome#PAPER_130:_ON_THE_WAY_TO_ROME islands] of the [[Mediterranean]], had he exhibited such [[learning]] and shown such a grasp of the affairs of men, both [[secular]] and [[religious]].

164:2.2 On this occasion [[Jesus]]' hearers were all [[Intellectual|learned]] men, and both they and his two [[apostles]] were [[amazed]] at the breadth and depth of the remarks which [[the Master]] made to this distinguished [[group]]. Not since the times when he had taught in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria Alexandria], [[Rome]], and in the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_130_-_On_the_Way_to_Rome#PAPER_130:_ON_THE_WAY_TO_ROME islands] of the [[Mediterranean]], had he exhibited such [[learning]] and shown such a grasp of the affairs of men, both [[secular]] and [[religious]].

164:2.3 When this little meeting broke up, all went away [[mystified]] by [[the Master]]'s [[personality]], [[charmed]] by his [[gracious]] [[manner]], and in [[love]] with the man. They had sought to advise [[Jesus]] concerning his [[desire]] to win the remaining members of the [[Sanhedrin]]. [[The Master]] [[listened]] attentively, but [[silently]], to all their [[proposals]]. He well knew none of their [[plans]] would [[work]]. He surmised that the [[majority]] of the Jewish [[leaders]] never would [[accept]] the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]]; nevertheless, he gave them all this one more [[chance]] to [[choose]]. But when he went forth that night, with [[Nathaniel]] and [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]], to [[Sleep|lodge]] on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_of_Olives Mount of Olives], he had not yet decided upon the [[method]] he would pursue in bringing his [[work]] once more to the [[Attention|notice]] of the [[Sanhedrin]].

164:2.3 When this little meeting broke up, all went away [[mystified]] by [[the Master]]'s [[personality]], [[charmed]] by his [[gracious]] [[manner]], and in [[love]] with the man. They had sought to advise [[Jesus]] concerning his [[desire]] to win the remaining members of the [[Sanhedrin]]. [[The Master]] [[listened]] attentively, but [[silently]], to all their [[proposals]]. He well knew none of their [[plans]] would [[work]]. He surmised that the [[majority]] of the Jewish [[leaders]] never would [[accept]] the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]]; nevertheless, he gave them all this one more [[chance]] to [[choose]]. But when he went forth that night, with [[Nathaniel]] and [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]], to [[Sleep|lodge]] on the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_of_Olives Mount of Olives], he had not yet decided upon the [[method]] he would pursue in bringing his [[work]] once more to the [[Attention|notice]] of the [[Sanhedrin]].

164:2.4 That night [[Nathaniel]] and [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]] [[slept]] little; they were too much [[amazed]] by what they had heard at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicodemus Nicodemus]'s house. They [[thought]] much over the final remark of [[Jesus]] regarding the offer of the former and present members of the [[Sanhedrin]] to go with him before the seventy. [[The Master]] said: " No, my brethren, it would be to no [[purpose]]. You would multiply the [[wrath]] to be visited upon your own heads, but you would not in the least mitigate the [[hatred]] which they bear me. Go, each of you, about [[the Father]]'s business as [[Thought Adjuster|the spirit]] [[leads]] you while I once more bring [[the kingdom]] to their notice in the [[manner]] which my [[the Father|Father]] may direct. "

164:2.4 That night [[Nathaniel]] and [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]] [[slept]] little; they were too much [[amazed]] by what they had heard at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicodemus Nicodemus]'s house. They [[thought]] much over the final remark of [[Jesus]] regarding the offer of the former and present members of the [[Sanhedrin]] to go with him before the seventy. [[The Master]] said: " No, my brethren, it would be to no [[purpose]]. You would multiply the [[wrath]] to be visited upon your own heads, but you would not in the least mitigate the [[hatred]] which they bear me. Go, each of you, about [[the Father]]'s business as [[Thought Adjuster|the spirit]] [[leads]] you while I once more bring [[the kingdom]] to their notice in the [[manner]] which my [[the Father|Father]] may direct. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_164_-_At_the_Feast_of_Dedication]

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