Jesus Teaches at the Feast
Scripture
John 7:14-24
Commentary
A number of issues come out as Jesus teaches at
the feast. The first involves His teaching. Other
rabbis spent their time quoting from more famous previous
rabbis. What they taught was not their own ideas but
instead someone else's. When Jesus taught, He didn't quote
previous rabbis.
Jesus points out that His teaching is that of
God the Father. When He taught, He didn't do so with the
expectation that everyone would marvel at His great learning
like the other rabbis. Instead He simply teaches what God
has given Him.
Jesus knows that the people are conspiring to
kill Him because of healing on the Sabbath but most people think
that He is crazy and demon possessed for saying this. In
His defense, Jesus points out that circumcisions are performed
on the Sabbath according to tradition. The healing of a
person should be all the more acceptable on the Sabbath because
it is not a matter of ritual but instead it is important to a
person's well being.
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