• Build Embankment
• Encircle
• Hem in Every Side

The days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment against you and encircle you and hem you in on every side.

Jesus Spoke the Truth in Love about the Days to Come

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• Chief Priests
• Teachers of the Law
• Leaders Among the People

Every day he was teaching at the temple. But the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the leaders among the people were trying to kill him.

Jesus’s Actions Were Deeds Done in Daylight, but His Adversaries Preferred to Try Deeds of Darkness

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• 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

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• Righteous (Respecting God’s Ways?)
• God-Fearing (Respecting God’s Authority?)
• Respected (even by his formal “enemies”?)

The men replied, “We have come from Cornelius the centurion. He is a righteous and God-fearing man, who is respected by all the Jewish people. A holy angel told him to have you come to his house so that he could hear what you have to say.” NIV

Cornelius’ Credentials Were Notable: a God-Fearing, Godly-Living Man Who Was also a Soldier

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• Saw (Him)
• Stirred Up (the Whole Crowd)
• Seized (Him) with Shouting

Paul’s Enemies Claimed …

• Teaches All/Everywhere
  • Against Jewish People
  • Against Jewish Law
  • Against Jewish Temple
• Brings Gentiles into (a restricted part of the Temple
• Defiles God’s Holy Place (Temple)

When the seven days were nearly over, some Jews from the province of Asia saw Paul at the temple. They stirred up the whole crowd and seized him, shouting, “Men of Israel, help us!  This is the man who teaches all men everywhere against our people and our law and this place. NIV

Paul, in a Way, Paid for His Own Mob-Riot, Arrest, Beating, and Long-Term Imprisonment when He Paid for This Group-Rate Ritual of Worship– All for One Low Price. Such a Deal He Got!

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