40 Some of the
people in the crowd heard him said this and said, "This man is really the
prophet!"
41 Others
said, "He is the Messiah!" But others said, "The Messiah will
not come from Galilee!
42 The
scripture says that the Messiah will be a descendant of King David and will be
born in Bethlehem, the town where David lived."
43 So there
was a division in the crowd because of Jesus.
44 Some wanted
to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him.
45 When the
guards went back, the chief priests and Pharisees asked them, "Why did you
not bring him?"
46 The guards
answered, "Nobody has ever talked the way
this man does!"
47 "Did
he fool you, too?" the Pharisees
asked them.
48 "Have
you ever known one of the authorities or one Pharisee to believe in him?
49 This crowd
does not know the Law of Moses, so they are under God's curse!"
50 One of the
Pharisees there was Nicodemus, the man who had gone to see Jesus before. He
said to the others,
51
"According to our Law we cannot condemn a man before hearing him and
finding out what he has done."
52
"Well," they answered, "are you from Galilee? Study the scriptures and you will learn that
no prophet ever comes from Galilee. "
Reflection:
“Nobody has
ever talked like this man does!”
The guards did
not bring Jesus to the Pharisees because Jesus spoke like no other. So the
Pharisees thought that the guards were fooled.
Many from us
are close-hearted. Meaning to say, they’re closing their heart in appreciation
for small things; even for things that are big. There are many blessings every
day. Waking up in the morning, the food that we eat. Many have forgotten those
because they expect more. Just like the woman in the story I mentioned two days
ago. She expects that God would be the one to rescue her, without knowing that
God was acting through our fellow human being. The woman was not aware of the
help coming from God because she might be thinking of other things.
Appreciation is part of giving love or contentment. If
you appreciate someone, it means that you are contented with what he has. A
person that doesn’t appreciate his fellow will never learn to love. God made
everything for everyone because He loves us. Be contented with what we have and
appreciate everything we can do for Him. How about you? Do you appreciate all
the
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