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Compare Luke 21:37; John 8:1-2; 11:45-53
Jesus is forcing a confrontation with the Jerusalem elite. He’s challenging them. His raising of Lazarus and his cleansing of the temple, in which he’s now teaching, have made him more and more public, and they have no choice but to react. Of course, they could have accepted him. That would have been one reaction. But they chose another path.
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