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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? "[http://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 [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]]. "

173:2.4 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? "