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Luke 20:1

Sammie Barnes — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:58:20 +0000

Luke 20:1
While Jesus Was Teaching and Preaching, His Adversaries Were Sneaking and Scheming

Chief Priests
Teachers of the Law
(Jewish Council?) Elders

One day as he was teaching the people in the temple courts and preaching the gospel, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, together with the elders, came up to him.

The Usual Suspects Were Suspicious (and Predictable)

Luke 23:13

Sammie Barnes — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:29:16 +0000

Luke 23:13
Pilate Shared the Wealth (of His Shameful Act) with …

Chief Priests
Rulers
the People
- of Jerusalem?
- the Jewish People?
- the Mob Arranged and Managed by Pilate?

Pilate called together the chief priests, the rulers and the people …

Pilate Had an Understanding, It Seems, with the Usual Suspects: the Power-Gluttons, the Power-Hungry, and the Otherwise-Powerless

Acts 22:4-5

Sammie Barnes — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 07:40:35 +0000

Acts 22:4-5
Saul’s Lifestyle of Christian-Abuse Was Well-Documented and Well-Known

Persecuted (arresting … imprisoning)
Obtained
Went (brought … punished)

I persecuted the followers of this Way to their death, arresting both men and women and throwing them into prison, as also the high priest and all the Council can testify. I even obtained letters from them to their brothers in Damascus, and went there to bring these people as prisoners to Jerusalem to be punished. NIV

Paul’s Past Helped Make the Case for the Credibility of His Conversion to Christ