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Sep 14, 2026
Greg LaurieHOST
"There arose a loud outcry.
Greg LaurieHOST
And the scribes of the Pharisees' party arose and protested, saying, 'We find no evil against this man, but if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him, let us not fight against God.' Now there arose a great dissension, and the commander, fearing that Paul might be pulled to pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him by force from among them, and bring him to the barracks.
Greg LaurieHOST
And the following night the Lord stood by him and said, 'Be of good cheer, Paul, for you have testified of me in Jerusalem, and now you're gonna also bear witness in Rome.'" We'll stop there.
Greg LaurieHOST
So here is Paul in prison again.
Lauren GeertsenGUEST
And there's one other note, I'll just mention this briefly because it took a couple chapters in my book, was Jesus' Essene connections.
Lauren GeertsenGUEST
So in the Bible, people are familiar with the Pharisees and the Sadducees, which were two main groups, branches of Judaism at Jesus' time.
Lauren GeertsenGUEST
We know that Jesus had some bones to pick with them, right? He criticized them in certain ways.
Lauren GeertsenGUEST
Well, the other main branch of Jews at the time were the Essenes, and I see these as like the Quaker version of a, you know, a, a Jewish denomination.
Lauren GeertsenGUEST
This was another mind-blowing piece for me to discover as I went deep into translations and context.
Lauren GeertsenGUEST
Now, a big piece of context here is that ancient Jews during Jesus' time had very different beliefs about the afterlife.
Lauren GeertsenGUEST
So the Pharisees and the Sadducees believed different things, two main sects of, of Jews.
Lauren GeertsenGUEST
I believe it-- I might have these reversed, but the Pharisees did believe in an afterlife and a bodily resurrection of righteous individuals.
Jack GrahamHOST
It was an act that shocked and offended religious leaders, as Jesus was claiming now that he has the authority that only God has, the authority to forgive.
Jack GrahamHOST
We also heard how Jesus once again stirred the anger of the Pharisees when he called Matthew, a tax collector, a hated, despised tax collector, to be one of his disciples.
Jack GrahamHOST
Jesus made it abundantly clear to them that he had come to heal the sick and to help the sinner, not the righteous or the self-righteous.
Jack GrahamHOST
Today, we'll hear how Jesus ultimately assembles his group of 12 disciples.
Todd HaberkornNARRATOR
Some of His critics were in attendance as well, waiting for any cause to rebuke Him.
Todd HaberkornNARRATOR
As Jesus entered, He saw a man with a withered hand.
Todd HaberkornNARRATOR
The Pharisees watched Jesus closely as He approached the man.
Todd HaberkornNARRATOR
They were waiting for Him to heal him.
J. Vernon McGeeSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And that is the thing that the children of Israel were told to avoid.
J. Vernon McGeeSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And when our Lord made it very clear that it couldn't be good, he said, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees.
J. Vernon McGeeSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And actually the disciples at that time thought he meant physical bread.
J. Vernon McGeeSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Then they understand later that he meant the doctrine of the Pharisees.
J. Vernon McGeeSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
That which is evil, you say.
J. Vernon McGeeSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And that principle is put down here.
Jackie Hill PerryHOST
Many of the Jews, therefore, who had come with Mary and had seen what he did, believed in him.
Jackie Hill PerryHOST
But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.
Jackie Hill PerryHOST
So the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered the council and said, What are we to do? For this man performs many signs.
Jackie Hill PerryHOST
If we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.
Jackie Hill PerryHOST
But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, You know nothing at all, nor do you understand that it is better for you that one man should die for the people, not that the whole nation should perish.
Jackie Hill PerryHOST
and there he stayed with the disciples.
Jackie Hill PerryHOST
Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand, and many went up from the country to Jerusalem before the Passover to purify themselves.
Jackie Hill PerryHOST
They were looking for Jesus and saying to one another as they stood in the temple, What do you think, that he will not come to the feast at all? Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone knew where he was, he should let them know, so that they might arrest him.
Todd WornerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
They crucified him.
Todd WornerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The Pharisees and the scribes took Jesus' claim to divinity seriously.
Todd WornerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
They clamored for his crucifixion.
Todd WornerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Why don't we...
Robert BarronSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
He has to engage that power.
Robert BarronSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And then what you see throughout his public life is just that, is the powers that you can see opposing him.
Robert BarronSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Think of scribes, Pharisees, and so on and so forth.
Robert BarronSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
But then behind them, the invisible power.
Christine CaineHOST
This is the word of the Lord.
Christine CaineHOST
Then one of the Pharisees invited him to eat with him.
Christine CaineHOST
He entered the Pharisee's house and reclined at the table.
Christine CaineHOST
And a woman in the town who was a sinner found out that Jesus was reclining at the table in the Pharisee's house.
Christine CaineHOST
She bought an alabaster jar of perfume and stood behind him at his feet weeping and began to wash his feet with the tears.
Christine CaineHOST
She wiped his feet with her hair, kissing them and anointing them with the perfume.
Christine CaineHOST
When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, This man, if he were a prophet, would know who and what kind of woman this is who is touching him.
Christine CaineHOST
She's a sinner.
Megan KleinschmidtGUEST
Mm-hmm.
Colin SmithHOST
And so, um, it's helpful for you to draw attention to the words of Jesus in John 9, because that's very plain that Jesus is saying, "Don't go there." That's what the Pharisees were doing.
Colin SmithHOST
Um, and what Jesus said is very wonderful, that actually, um, uh, this man's affliction was the occasion of God's glory-
Megan KleinschmidtGUEST
Mm-hmm
Ray OrtlundHOST
Many of the Jews therefore who had come with Mary and had seen what he did, believed in him.
Ray OrtlundHOST
But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.
Ray OrtlundHOST
So the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered the council and said, What are we to do? For this man performs many signs.
Ray OrtlundHOST
If we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.
Ray OrtlundHOST
But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, You know nothing at all.
Ray OrtlundHOST
Jesus therefore no longer walked openly among the Jews, but went from there to the region near the wilderness, to a town called Ephraim, and there he stayed with the disciples.
Ray OrtlundHOST
Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand, and many went up from the country to Jerusalem before the Passover to purify themselves.
Ray OrtlundHOST
They were looking for Jesus and saying to one another as they stood in the temple, What do you think, that he will not come to the feast at all? Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone knew where he was, he should let them know so that they might arrest him.
Shane IdlemanHOST
Verse by verse.
Shane IdlemanHOST
So, The Lord Jesus, He knew that the Pharisees had heard that He was baptizing people.
Shane IdlemanHOST
And even though He didn't baptize people, His disciples did.
Shane IdlemanHOST
I don't know if it was causing an uproar, but He left Judea and He departed again to Galilee.
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