Saturday 14th October
Read John 7:45-52
“Finally the temple guards went back to the chief priests and the Pharisees, who asked them, ‘Why didn’t you bring him in?’
46 ‘No one ever spoke the way this man does,’ the guards replied.
47 ‘You mean he has deceived you also?’ the Pharisees retorted. 48 ‘Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed in him? 49 No! But this mob that knows nothing of the law – there is a curse on them.’
50 Nicodemus, who had gone to Jesus earlier and who was one of their own number, asked, 51 ‘Does our law condemn a man without first hearing him to find out what he has been doing?’
52 They replied, ‘Are you from Galilee, too? Look into it, and you will find that a prophet does not come out of Galilee.’” (NIVUK)
No one laid a hand on Him, not even the temple guards sent to arrest Him. Why? Because of the way He spoke. They were captivated. Were they persuaded?
The conclusion of the authorities though is that they were deceived. They were deceived because they were stupid and uneducated and perhaps even evil. A harsher judgment would be hard to find.
How quick are you to judge others?
