45Finally 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? 49No! But this mob that knows nothing of the law—there is a curse on them.”
50Nicodemus, 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?”
52They replied, “Are you from Galilee, too? Look into it, and you will find that a prophet does not come out of Galilee.” (John 7:45-52)
Thoughts: The Temple guards even recognized Jesus' great teaching. But the Temple priests did not want to hear. Nicodemus tried to stand up for at least a fair trial. Ironically the leaders were acting by mob rule and calling the crowd a "mob."
There have always been people who persecute believers for their stand for truth.
There have always been people who persecute believers for their stand for truth.
Prayer: Lord, help us to live by your rule, and not by our own.
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