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====The Setting of the Stage====  

====Setting the Stage====  

   

   

A '''distinguished''' congregation greeted Jesus at three o'clock on this exquisite Sabbath afternoon in the new Capernaum synagogue. The day before, '''fifty-three Pharisees and Sadducees''' had arrived from Jerusalem. More than '''thirty of the leaders and rulers of the neighboring synagogues''' were also present. These Jewish religious leaders were acting directly under orders from the '''Sanhedrin at Jerusalem''', and they constituted the '''orthodox vanguard''' that had come to inaugurate '''open warfare''' on Jesus and his disciples.  

A '''distinguished''' congregation greeted Jesus at three o'clock on this exquisite Sabbath afternoon in the new Capernaum synagogue. The day before, '''fifty-three Pharisees and Sadducees''' had arrived from Jerusalem. More than '''thirty of the leaders and rulers of the neighboring synagogues''' were also present. These Jewish religious leaders were acting directly under orders from the '''Sanhedrin at Jerusalem''', and they constituted the '''orthodox vanguard''' that had come to inaugurate '''open warfare''' on Jesus and his disciples.