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173:2.1 On Sunday [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_172 the triumphal entry] into [[Jerusalem]] so overawed the [[Jewish]] [[leaders]] that they refrained from placing [[Jesus]] under [[arrest]]. Today, this [[spectacular]] [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_173#173:1._CLEANSING_THE_TEMPLE cleansing of the temple] likewise effectively postponed [[the Master]]'s apprehension. Day by day the [[Sanhedrin|rulers of the Jews]] were becoming more and more [[determined]] to [[Kill|destroy]] him, but they were distraught by [[two]] [[fears]], which [[conspired]] to [[delay]] the hour of striking. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kohen_Gadol chief priests] and the [[scribes]] were unwilling to [[arrest]] [[Jesus]] in [[public]] for fear the multitude might turn upon them in a [[fury]] of [[resentment]]; they also dreaded the [[possibility]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_soldier Roman guards] being called upon to quell a [[popular]] [[Revolution|uprising]].

173:2.1 On Sunday [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_172 the triumphal entry] into [[Jerusalem]] so overawed the [[Jewish]] [[leaders]] that they refrained from placing [[Jesus]] under [[arrest]]. Today, this [[spectacular]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_173#173:1._CLEANSING_THE_TEMPLE cleansing of the temple] likewise effectively postponed [[the Master]]'s apprehension. Day by day the [[Sanhedrin|rulers of the Jews]] were becoming more and more [[determined]] to [[Kill|destroy]] him, but they were distraught by [[two]] [[fears]], which [[conspired]] to [[delay]] the hour of striking. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kohen_Gadol chief priests] and the [[scribes]] were unwilling to [[arrest]] [[Jesus]] in [[public]] for fear the multitude might turn upon them in a [[fury]] of [[resentment]]; they also dreaded the [[possibility]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_soldier Roman guards] being called upon to quell a [[popular]] [[Revolution|uprising]].

173:2.2 At the noon session of the [[Sanhedrin]] it was [[unanimously]] [[agreed]] that [[Jesus]] must be speedily [[Murder|destroyed]], inasmuch as no [[friend]] of [[the Master]] attended this meeting. But they could not [[agree]] as to when and how he should be taken into [[custody]]. Finally they [[agreed]] upon appointing five [[groups]] to go out among [[the people]] and seek to entangle him in his [[teaching]] or otherwise to discredit him in the [[sight]] of those who [[listened]] to his instruction. Accordingly, about two o'clock, when [[Jesus]] had just begun his [[discourse]] on " The [[Liberty]] of [[Sonship]], " a group of these [[elders]] of [[Israel]] made their way up near [[Jesus]] and, interrupting him in the customary [[manner]], asked this question: " By what [[authority]] do you do these things? Who gave you this authority? "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_20]

173:2.2 At the noon session of the [[Sanhedrin]] it was [[unanimously]] [[agreed]] that [[Jesus]] must be speedily [[Murder|destroyed]], inasmuch as no [[friend]] of [[the Master]] attended this meeting. But they could not [[agree]] as to when and how he should be taken into [[custody]]. Finally they [[agreed]] upon appointing five [[groups]] to go out among [[the people]] and seek to entangle him in his [[teaching]] or otherwise to discredit him in the [[sight]] of those who [[listened]] to his instruction. Accordingly, about two o'clock, when [[Jesus]] had just begun his [[discourse]] on " The [[Liberty]] of [[Sonship]], " a group of these [[elders]] of [[Israel]] made their way up near [[Jesus]] and, interrupting him in the customary [[manner]], asked this question: " By what [[authority]] do you do these things? Who gave you this authority? "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_20]

173:2.3 It was altogether proper that the [[temple]] rulers and the officers of the Jewish [[Sanhedrin]] should ask this [[question]] of anyone who [[presumed]] to [[teach]] and [[perform]] in the extraordinary [[manner]] which had been characteristic of [[Jesus]], especially as concerned his recent [[conduct]] in [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_173#173:1._CLEANSING_THE_TEMPLE clearing the temple] of all [[commerce]]. These traders and [[money]]-changers all operated by direct [[license]] from the highest rulers, and a percentage of their gains was supposed to go directly into the [[temple]] [[treasury]]. Do not forget that [[authority]] was the watchword of all [[Judaism|Jewry]]. The [[prophets]] were always stirring up [[trouble]] because they so [[boldly]] [[presumed]] to teach without [[authority]], without having been duly instructed in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbinic_Judaism rabbinic academies] and subsequently regularly [[ordained]] by the [[Sanhedrin]]. Lack of this [[authority]] in pretentious [[public]] teaching was looked upon as indicating either [[ignorant]] [[presumption]] or open [[rebellion]]. At this time only the [[Sanhedrin]] could [[ordain]] an [[elder]] or [[teacher]], and such a [[ceremony]] had to take place in the [[presence]] of at least [[three]] [[persons]] who had previously been so [[ordained]]. Such an ordination conferred the title of " [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbi rabbi] " upon the [[teacher]] and also qualified him to [[act]] as a [[judge]], " binding and loosing such matters as might be brought to him for [[adjudication]]. "

173:2.3 It was altogether proper that the [[temple]] rulers and the officers of the Jewish [[Sanhedrin]] should ask this [[question]] of anyone who [[presumed]] to [[teach]] and [[perform]] in the extraordinary [[manner]] which had been characteristic of [[Jesus]], especially as concerned his recent [[conduct]] in [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_173#173:1._CLEANSING_THE_TEMPLE clearing the temple] of all [[commerce]]. These traders and [[money]]-changers all operated by direct [[license]] from the highest rulers, and a percentage of their gains was supposed to go directly into the [[temple]] [[treasury]]. Do not forget that [[authority]] was the watchword of all [[Judaism|Jewry]]. The [[prophets]] were always stirring up [[trouble]] because they so [[boldly]] [[presumed]] to teach without [[authority]], without having been duly instructed in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbinic_Judaism rabbinic academies] and subsequently regularly [[ordained]] by the [[Sanhedrin]]. Lack of this [[authority]] in pretentious [[public]] teaching was looked upon as indicating either [[ignorant]] [[presumption]] or open [[rebellion]]. At this time only the [[Sanhedrin]] could [[ordain]] an [[elder]] or [[teacher]], and such a [[ceremony]] had to take place in the [[presence]] of at least [[three]] [[persons]] who had previously been so [[ordained]]. Such an ordination conferred the title of " [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbi rabbi] " upon the [[teacher]] and also qualified him to [[act]] as a [[judge]], " binding and loosing such matters as might be brought to him for [[adjudication]]. "

173:2.4 The rulers of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_temple the temple] came before [[Jesus]] at this afternoon hour [[challenging]] not only his [[teaching]] but his [[acts]]. [[Jesus]] well knew that these very men had long [[publicly]] taught that his [[authority]] for teaching was [[Satan]]ic, and that all his [[Miracle|mighty works]] had been wrought by the [[power]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beezlebub prince of devils]. Therefore did [[the Master]] begin his answer to their [[question]] by asking them a counter-question. Said [[Jesus]]: " I would also like to ask you one question which, if you will answer me, I likewise will tell you by what [[authority]] I do these [[works]]. The [[baptism]] of [[John the Baptist|John]], whence was it? Did John get his [[authority]] from [[heaven]] or from men? "

173:2.4 The rulers of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_temple the temple] came before [[Jesus]] at this afternoon hour [[challenging]] not only his [[teaching]] but his [[acts]]. [[Jesus]] well knew that these very men had long [[publicly]] taught that his [[authority]] for teaching was [[Satan]]ic, and that all his [[Miracle|mighty works]] had been wrought by the [[power]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beezlebub prince of devils]. Therefore did [[the Master]] begin his answer to their [[question]] by asking them a counter-question. Said [[Jesus]]: " I would also like to ask you one question which, if you will answer me, I likewise will tell you by what [[authority]] I do these [[works]]. The [[baptism]] of [[John the Baptist|John]], whence was it? Did John get his [[authority]] from [[heaven]] or from men? "

173:2.5 And when his questioners heard this, they withdrew to one side to take [[counsel]] among themselves as to what answer they might give. They had [[thought]] to [[embarrass]] [[Jesus]] before [[the multitude]], but now they found themselves much [[confused]] before all who were assembled at that time in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_temple#Life_in_and_around_the_temple temple court]. And their discomfiture was all the more [[apparent]] when they returned to [[Jesus]], saying: " Concerning the [[baptism]] of [[John the Baptist|John]], we cannot answer; we do not know. " And they so answered [[the Master]] because they had [[reasoned]] among themselves: If we shall say from [[heaven]], then will he say, Why did you not [[believe]] him, and perchance will add that he [[received]] his [[authority]] from [[John the Baptist|John]]; and if we shall say from [[Human|men]], then might [[the multitude]] turn upon us, for most of them hold that [[John the Baptist|John]] was a [[prophet]]; and so they were compelled to come before [[Jesus]] and the people [[confessing]] that they, the [[religious]] [[teachers]] and [[leaders]] of [[Israel]], could not (or would not) [[express]] an [[opinion]] about [[John the Baptist|John]]'s [[mission]]. And when they had [[spoken]], Jesus, looking down upon them, said, " Neither will I tell you by what [[authority]] I do these things. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_20]

173:2.5 And when his questioners heard this, they withdrew to one side to take [[counsel]] among themselves as to what answer they might give. They had [[thought]] to [[embarrass]] [[Jesus]] before [[the multitude]], but now they found themselves much [[confused]] before all who were assembled at that time in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_temple#Life_in_and_around_the_temple temple court]. And their discomfiture was all the more [[apparent]] when they returned to [[Jesus]], saying: " Concerning the [[baptism]] of [[John the Baptist|John]], we cannot answer; we do not know. " And they so answered [[the Master]] because they had [[reasoned]] among themselves: If we shall say from [[heaven]], then will he say, Why did you not [[believe]] him, and perchance will add that he [[received]] his [[authority]] from [[John the Baptist|John]]; and if we shall say from [[Human|men]], then might [[the multitude]] turn upon us, for most of them hold that [[John the Baptist|John]] was a [[prophet]]; and so they were compelled to come before [[Jesus]] and the people [[confessing]] that they, the [[religious]] [[teachers]] and [[leaders]] of [[Israel]], could not (or would not) [[express]] an [[opinion]] about [[John the Baptist|John]]'s [[mission]]. And when they had [[spoken]], Jesus, looking down upon them, said, " Neither will I tell you by what [[authority]] I do these things. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_20]

173:2.6 [[Jesus]] never [[intended]] to [[appeal]] to [[John the Baptist|John]] for his [[authority]]; John had never been [[ordained]] by the [[Sanhedrin]]. [[Jesus]]' [[authority]] was in himself and in [[the Father|his Father]]'s [[eternal]] [[supremacy]].

173:2.6 [[Jesus]] never [[intended]] to [[appeal]] to [[John the Baptist|John]] for his [[authority]]; John had never been [[ordained]] by the [[Sanhedrin]]. [[Jesus]]' [[authority]] was in himself and in [[the Father|his Father]]'s [[eternal]] [[supremacy]].

173:2.7 In employing this [[method]] of dealing with his [[adversaries]], [[Jesus]] did not mean to dodge the [[question]]. At first it may seem that he was [[guilty]] of a masterly [[evasion]], but it was not so. [[Jesus]] was never disposed to take unfair [[advantage]] of even his [[enemies]]. In this [[apparent]] evasion he really supplied all his hearers with the answer to the [[Pharisees]]' question as to the [[authority]] behind his [[mission]]. They had asserted that he [[performed]] by [[authority]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beezlebub prince of devils]. [[Jesus]] had [[repeatedly]] [[asserted]] that all his teaching and [[works]] were by the [[power]] and [[authority]] of [[the Father|his Father]] in [[heaven]]. This the [[Jewish]] [[leaders]] refused to [[accept]] and were seeking to corner him into admitting that he was an irregular [[teacher]] since he had never been [[sanctioned]] by the [[Sanhedrin]]. In answering them as he did, while not claiming [[authority]] from [[John the Baptist|John]], he so [[satisfied]] the people with the [[inference]] that the [[effort]] of his [[enemies]] to ensnare him was [[effectively]] turned upon themselves and was much to their discredit in the eyes of all present.

173:2.7 In employing this [[method]] of dealing with his [[adversaries]], [[Jesus]] did not mean to dodge the [[question]]. At first it may seem that he was [[guilty]] of a masterly [[evasion]], but it was not so. [[Jesus]] was never disposed to take unfair [[advantage]] of even his [[enemies]]. In this [[apparent]] evasion he really supplied all his hearers with the answer to the [[Pharisees]]' question as to the [[authority]] behind his [[mission]]. They had asserted that he [[performed]] by [[authority]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beezlebub prince of devils]. [[Jesus]] had [[repeatedly]] [[asserted]] that all his teaching and [[works]] were by the [[power]] and [[authority]] of [[the Father|his Father]] in [[heaven]]. This the [[Jewish]] [[leaders]] refused to [[accept]] and were seeking to corner him into admitting that he was an irregular [[teacher]] since he had never been [[sanctioned]] by the [[Sanhedrin]]. In answering them as he did, while not claiming [[authority]] from [[John the Baptist|John]], he so [[satisfied]] the people with the [[inference]] that the [[effort]] of his [[enemies]] to ensnare him was [[effectively]] turned upon themselves and was much to their discredit in the eyes of all present.

173:2.8 And it was this [[genius]] of [[the Master]] for dealing with his [[adversaries]] that made them so [[afraid]] of him. They attempted no more [[questions]] that day; they [[retired]] to take further [[counsel]] among themselves. But the people were not slow to [[discern]] the dishonesty and insincerity in these [[questions]] asked by the Jewish rulers. Even the common [[folk]] could not fail to [[distinguish]] between the [[moral]] [[majesty]] of [[the Master]] and the [[designing]] [[hypocrisy]] of his [[enemies]]. But the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_173#173:1._CLEANSING_THE_TEMPLE cleansing of the temple] had brought the [[Sadducees]] over to the side of the [[Pharisees]] in [[perfecting]] the [[plan]] to [[Murder|destroy]] [[Jesus]]. And the [[Sadducees]] now [[represented]] a [[majority]] of the [[Sanhedrin]].

173:2.8 And it was this [[genius]] of [[the Master]] for dealing with his [[adversaries]] that made them so [[afraid]] of him. They attempted no more [[questions]] that day; they [[retired]] to take further [[counsel]] among themselves. But the people were not slow to [[discern]] the dishonesty and insincerity in these [[questions]] asked by the Jewish rulers. Even the common [[folk]] could not fail to [[distinguish]] between the [[moral]] [[majesty]] of [[the Master]] and the [[designing]] [[hypocrisy]] of his [[enemies]]. But the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_173#173:1._CLEANSING_THE_TEMPLE cleansing of the temple] had brought the [[Sadducees]] over to the side of the [[Pharisees]] in [[perfecting]] the [[plan]] to [[Murder|destroy]] [[Jesus]]. And the [[Sadducees]] now [[represented]] a [[majority]] of the [[Sanhedrin]].

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[[Category:Paper 173 - Monday in Jerusalem]]

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[[Category: Authority]]

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