Jesus of Nazareth, poor and uneducated, created constant trouble for one specific affluent, highly educated class of people—the Pharisees, elders, and chief priests. The life they’d carefully built and curated was dramatically interrupted by this homeless man, disturbing them to their core.
They had spent much of the previous three years trying to discredit and trap this Jesus so they could get rid of Him. He was ruining everything for them. But once He was on the cross that Good Friday morning, they were finally relieved, satisfied that they had successfully eliminated the threat He posed to their way of life. Happily, I imagine, they returned to their duties performing Passover sacrifices in the temple now that the nuisance Jesus was gone.
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