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175:4.1 At the conclusion of [[Jesus]]' last [[discourse]] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_temple the temple], [[the apostles]] once more were left in [[confusion]] and consternation. Before [[the Master]] began his terrible [[denunciation]] of the [[Jewish]] rulers, [[Judas Iscariot|Judas]] had returned to the [[temple]], so that all twelve heard this latter half of [[Jesus]]' last [[discourse]] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_temple the temple]. It is unfortunate that [[Judas Iscariot]] could not have heard the first and [[mercy]]-proffering half of this [[farewell]] address. He did not hear this last offer of [[mercy]] to the Jewish rulers because he was still in [[conference]] with a certain [[group]] of [[Sadducees|Sadducean]] relatives and [[friends]] with whom he had lunched, and with whom he was conferring as to the most fitting [[manner]] of dissociating himself from [[Jesus]] and his fellow [[apostles]]. It was while [[listening]] to [[the Master]]'s final [[indictment]] of the [[Jewish]] [[leaders]] and rulers that [[Judas Iscariot|Judas]] finally and fully made up his [[mind]] to [[forsake]] the [[gospel]] [[movement]] and wash his hands of the whole [[enterprise]]. Nevertheless, he left [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_temple the temple] in company with [[the twelve]], went with them to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_of_Olives Mount Olivet], where, with his fellow [[apostles]], he [[listened]] to that fateful [[discourse]] on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destruction_of_Jerusalem destruction of Jerusalem] and the end of the [[Jewish]] [[nation]], and remained with them that Tuesday night at the new camp near [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gethsemane Gethsemane].
175:4.2 [[The multitude]] who heard [[Jesus]] swing from his [[merciful]] [[appeal]] to the [[Jewish]] [[leaders]] into that sudden and scathing [[rebuke]] which bordered on ruthless [[denunciation]], were stunned and bewildered. That night, while the [[Sanhedrin]] sat in [[death]] [[judgment]] upon [[Jesus]], and while [[the Master]] sat with his [[apostles]] and certain of his [[disciples]] out on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_of_Olives Mount of Olives] [[foretelling]] the [[death]] of the [[Jewish]] [[nation]], all [[Jerusalem]] was given over to the serious and suppressed [[discussion]] of just one question: " What will they do with [[Jesus]]? "
175:4.3 At the [[home]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicodemus Nicodemus] more than thirty prominent [[Jews]] who were [[secret]] [[believers]] in [[the kingdom]] met and [[debated]] what [[course]] they would pursue in case an open break with the [[Sanhedrin]] should come. All present [[agreed]] that they would make open acknowledgment of their [[allegiance]] to [[the Master]] in the very hour they should hear of his [[arrest]]. And that is just what they did.
175:4.4 The [[Sadducees]], who now [[control]]led and [[dominated]] the [[Sanhedrin]], were desirous of making away with [[Jesus]] for the following reasons:
*1. 175:4.5 They [[feared]] that the increased [[popular]] [[favor]] with which [[the multitude]] regarded him threatened to endanger the [[existence]] of the [[Jewish]] [[nation]] by possible involvement with the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_governor Roman authorities].
*2. 175:4.6 His [[zeal]] for [[temple]] [[reform]] struck directly at their [[revenues]]; the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_173#173:1._CLEANSING_THE_TEMPLE cleansing of the temple] affected their pocketbooks.
*3. 175:4.7 They felt themselves [[responsible]] for the [[preservation]] of [[Society|social order]], and they feared the [[consequences]] of the further spread of [[Jesus]]' [[strange]] and new [[doctrine]] of the brotherhood of man.
175:4.8 The [[Pharisees]] had [[different]] [[motives]] for wanting to see [[Jesus]] put to [[death]]. They [[feared]] him because:
*1. 175:4.9 He was arrayed in telling [[opposition]] to their [[traditional]] hold upon [[the people]]. The [[Pharisees]] were ultraconservative, and they bitterly resented these supposedly [[radical]] attacks upon their vested [[prestige]] as [[religious]] [[teachers]].
*2. 175:4.10 They held that [[Jesus]] was a [[Criminal|lawbreaker]]; that he had shown utter disregard for the [[Sabbath]] and numerous other [[legal]] and [[ceremonial]] requirements.
*3. 175:4.11 They charged him with [[blasphemy]] because he alluded to [[God]] as his [[Father]].
*4. 175:4.12 And now were they thoroughly [[angry]] with him because of his [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_175#175:1._THE_DISCOURSE last discourse] of bitter [[denunciation]] which he had this day delivered in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_temple the temple] as the concluding portion of his [[farewell]] address.
175:4.13 The [[Sanhedrin]], having formally [[decreed]] the [[death]] of [[Jesus]] and having issued orders for his [[arrest]], adjourned on this Tuesday near midnight, after appointing to meet at ten o'clock the next [[morning]] at the home of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caiaphas Caiaphas] the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kohen_Gadol high priest] for the [[purpose]] of [[formulating]] the charges on which [[Jesus]] should be brought to [[trial]].
175:4.14 A small [[group]] of the [[Sadducees]] had actually [[proposed]] to dispose of [[Jesus]] by [[assassination]], but the [[Pharisees]] utterly refused to countenance such a [[procedure]].
175:4.15 And this was the situation in [[Jerusalem]] and among men on this [[event]]ful day while a vast [[concourse]] of [[celestial]] [[beings]] hovered over this momentous scene on [[earth]], [[anxious]] to do something to [[assist]] their [[Master Son|beloved Sovereign]] but powerless to [[act]] because they were [[effectively]] restrained by their commanding superiors.
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_175 Go to Paper 175]</center>
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents Go to Table of Contents]</center>
[[Category:Paper 175 - The Last Temple Discourse]]
175:4.1 At the conclusion of [[Jesus]]' last [[discourse]] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_temple the temple], [[the apostles]] once more were left in [[confusion]] and consternation. Before [[the Master]] began his terrible [[denunciation]] of the [[Jewish]] rulers, [[Judas Iscariot|Judas]] had returned to the [[temple]], so that all twelve heard this latter half of [[Jesus]]' last [[discourse]] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_temple the temple]. It is unfortunate that [[Judas Iscariot]] could not have heard the first and [[mercy]]-proffering half of this [[farewell]] address. He did not hear this last offer of [[mercy]] to the Jewish rulers because he was still in [[conference]] with a certain [[group]] of [[Sadducees|Sadducean]] relatives and [[friends]] with whom he had lunched, and with whom he was conferring as to the most fitting [[manner]] of dissociating himself from [[Jesus]] and his fellow [[apostles]]. It was while [[listening]] to [[the Master]]'s final [[indictment]] of the [[Jewish]] [[leaders]] and rulers that [[Judas Iscariot|Judas]] finally and fully made up his [[mind]] to [[forsake]] the [[gospel]] [[movement]] and wash his hands of the whole [[enterprise]]. Nevertheless, he left [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_temple the temple] in company with [[the twelve]], went with them to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_of_Olives Mount Olivet], where, with his fellow [[apostles]], he [[listened]] to that fateful [[discourse]] on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destruction_of_Jerusalem destruction of Jerusalem] and the end of the [[Jewish]] [[nation]], and remained with them that Tuesday night at the new camp near [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gethsemane Gethsemane].
175:4.2 [[The multitude]] who heard [[Jesus]] swing from his [[merciful]] [[appeal]] to the [[Jewish]] [[leaders]] into that sudden and scathing [[rebuke]] which bordered on ruthless [[denunciation]], were stunned and bewildered. That night, while the [[Sanhedrin]] sat in [[death]] [[judgment]] upon [[Jesus]], and while [[the Master]] sat with his [[apostles]] and certain of his [[disciples]] out on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_of_Olives Mount of Olives] [[foretelling]] the [[death]] of the [[Jewish]] [[nation]], all [[Jerusalem]] was given over to the serious and suppressed [[discussion]] of just one question: " What will they do with [[Jesus]]? "
175:4.3 At the [[home]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicodemus Nicodemus] more than thirty prominent [[Jews]] who were [[secret]] [[believers]] in [[the kingdom]] met and [[debated]] what [[course]] they would pursue in case an open break with the [[Sanhedrin]] should come. All present [[agreed]] that they would make open acknowledgment of their [[allegiance]] to [[the Master]] in the very hour they should hear of his [[arrest]]. And that is just what they did.
175:4.4 The [[Sadducees]], who now [[control]]led and [[dominated]] the [[Sanhedrin]], were desirous of making away with [[Jesus]] for the following reasons:
*1. 175:4.5 They [[feared]] that the increased [[popular]] [[favor]] with which [[the multitude]] regarded him threatened to endanger the [[existence]] of the [[Jewish]] [[nation]] by possible involvement with the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_governor Roman authorities].
*2. 175:4.6 His [[zeal]] for [[temple]] [[reform]] struck directly at their [[revenues]]; the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_173#173:1._CLEANSING_THE_TEMPLE cleansing of the temple] affected their pocketbooks.
*3. 175:4.7 They felt themselves [[responsible]] for the [[preservation]] of [[Society|social order]], and they feared the [[consequences]] of the further spread of [[Jesus]]' [[strange]] and new [[doctrine]] of the brotherhood of man.
175:4.8 The [[Pharisees]] had [[different]] [[motives]] for wanting to see [[Jesus]] put to [[death]]. They [[feared]] him because:
*1. 175:4.9 He was arrayed in telling [[opposition]] to their [[traditional]] hold upon [[the people]]. The [[Pharisees]] were ultraconservative, and they bitterly resented these supposedly [[radical]] attacks upon their vested [[prestige]] as [[religious]] [[teachers]].
*2. 175:4.10 They held that [[Jesus]] was a [[Criminal|lawbreaker]]; that he had shown utter disregard for the [[Sabbath]] and numerous other [[legal]] and [[ceremonial]] requirements.
*3. 175:4.11 They charged him with [[blasphemy]] because he alluded to [[God]] as his [[Father]].
*4. 175:4.12 And now were they thoroughly [[angry]] with him because of his [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_175#175:1._THE_DISCOURSE last discourse] of bitter [[denunciation]] which he had this day delivered in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_temple the temple] as the concluding portion of his [[farewell]] address.
175:4.13 The [[Sanhedrin]], having formally [[decreed]] the [[death]] of [[Jesus]] and having issued orders for his [[arrest]], adjourned on this Tuesday near midnight, after appointing to meet at ten o'clock the next [[morning]] at the home of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caiaphas Caiaphas] the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kohen_Gadol high priest] for the [[purpose]] of [[formulating]] the charges on which [[Jesus]] should be brought to [[trial]].
175:4.14 A small [[group]] of the [[Sadducees]] had actually [[proposed]] to dispose of [[Jesus]] by [[assassination]], but the [[Pharisees]] utterly refused to countenance such a [[procedure]].
175:4.15 And this was the situation in [[Jerusalem]] and among men on this [[event]]ful day while a vast [[concourse]] of [[celestial]] [[beings]] hovered over this momentous scene on [[earth]], [[anxious]] to do something to [[assist]] their [[Master Son|beloved Sovereign]] but powerless to [[act]] because they were [[effectively]] restrained by their commanding superiors.
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_175 Go to Paper 175]</center>
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents Go to Table of Contents]</center>
[[Category:Paper 175 - The Last Temple Discourse]]