The Officers Fail to Arrest Christ
John 7:45-53
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Published September 24th, 2020; Updated November 26th, 2020
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This passage reveals the outlook of two types of leaders. One is caring, blessing, and equipping those who follow and trust. The other is using them for themselves. Challenge: Are you a leader? What is your outlook? 7:45-46 No one ever could speak like this Man. He made super-natural claims, such as having rivers of water flow from those who believe in Him (7:38). An insane statement if facts do not match the meaning of those words (Acts 2:4). 7:47-49 Pharisees see themselves as a standard by which things must be judged. Their job was to lead the people, glorify God, and do what is good for them and the nation, but they abused their position for personal gain. 7:50-52 The Pharisees did not hesitate to attack one of their own on this matter. Nicodemus's fair response to the Pharisees' unjust judgment was shut down based on their ignorance. Jonah was actually out of Galilee. The truth and the law functionally didn't matter to the chief priests and Pharisees on this matter.
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John 7:45-53
nkjv
The officers amazed about Jesus
Then the officers came to the chief priests
and Pharisees,
who said to them,
“Why have you not brought Him?”
Content
The officers answered,
Answer
“No man ever spoke like this Man!”
Then the Pharisees answered them,
“Are you also deceived?
Content #1
Have any of the rulers or the Pharisees believed in Him?
Ground
But this crowd ... is accursed.”
Content #2
that does not know the law
Context
Nicodemus ... said to them,
Response
(he who came to Jesus by night,
being one of them)
“Does our law judge a man
before it hears him
Temporal
and knows what he is doing?”
They answered and said to him,
“Are you also from Galilee?
Content #1
Search and look,
Content #2
for no prophet has arisen
out of Galilee.”
Source
And everyone went to his own house.
phrasing
Main point summary
The Pharisees attack Nicodemus for his courage to uphold the law. They also scowl the guards for failing to arrest Jesus.
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editing
John 7:45-53
Then the officers came to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them,
“Why have you not brought Him?”
ideaexplanation
The officers answered,
“No man ever spoke like this Man!”
questionanswer
Then the Pharisees answered them,
“Are you also deceived?
Have any of the rulers or the Pharisees believed in Him?
ground
But this crowd that does not know the law is accursed.”
progression
Nicodemus (he who came to Jesus by night, being one of them) said to them,
“Does our law judge a man
before it hears him
temporal
and knows what he is doing?”
actionresult
They answered and said to him,
“Are you also from Galilee? Search and look,
for no prophet has arisen out of Galilee.”
situationresponse
And everyone went to his own house.
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