Jesus is Essential
John 7:45–49: Then the officers came to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, “Why have you not brought Him?” The officers answered, “No man ever spoke like this Man!” Then the Pharisees answered them, “Are you also deceived? Have any of the rulers or the Pharisees believed in Him? But this crowd that does not know the law is accursed.”
The temple guards, who were sent to arrest Jesus (v. 32) returned without Him. Responding to the question Why? the guards answered, No one ever spoke the way this Man does.
Literally this is, “Never spoke thus a man,” which implies that the guards sensed that He was most unusual or perhaps more than a man. The Gospels often reveal Jesus as a most impressive Teacher and Speaker. Though Jesus was opposed, many of those who heard Him were moved by Him. 1
Walking with Jesus
What is the greatest evidence about your life that proves you are not being spiritually deceived?
And no one was able to answer Him a word, nor from that day on did anyone dare question Him anymore. Matthew 22:46
To oppose Jesus, is to live in darkness and deception, both now and forever.
Praying
Lord, thank You for taking me out of the darkness and into Your marvelous light.
1. Walvoord, John F., & Zuck, R. B., Dallas Theological Seminary. (1985). The Bible Knowledge Commentary.
