John records a lot of misconceptions that the crowd had about Jesus:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The officers then came to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, \u201cWhy did you not bring him?\u201d The officers answered, \u201cNo one ever spoke like this man!\u201d The Pharisees answered them, \u201cHave you also been deceived? Have any of the authorities or the Pharisees believed in him? But this crowd that does not know the law is accursed.\u201d Nicodemus, who had gone to him before, and who was one of them, said to them, \u201cDoes our law judge a man without first giving him a hearing and learning what he does?\u201d They replied, \u201cAre you from Galilee too? Search and see that no prophet arises from Galilee.\u201d (John 7.45 – 52, ESV)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n So many misconceptions: <\/p>\n\n\n\n And that’s the end of the chapter. No consensus. No mass conversions. Some believe. Some don’t. And the religious leaders are outright opposed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n And do you seek great things for yourself? Seek them not. (Jeremiah 45.5)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. Remember the word that I said to you: “A servant is not greater than his master.” If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you… (John 15.18 – 20, ESV)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" John records a lot of misconceptions that the crowd had about Jesus: The officers then came to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, \u201cWhy did you not bring him?\u201d The officers answered, \u201cNo one ever spoke like this man!\u201d The Pharisees answered them, \u201cHave you also been deceived? Have any of the … Continue reading More Misconceptions and Little Success<\/span> \n
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