Did the chief priests understand that Jesus claimed God's authority?

tonychanyt · May 27, 2024

Matthew 21:

23 When he entered the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came up to him as he was teaching, and said, “By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?”

They challenged Jesus' authority, which they were entitled to, by being authority themselves. However, instead of answering them directly,

24 Jesus answered them, “I also will ask you one question, and if you tell me the answer, then I also will tell you by what authority I do these things. 25 The baptism of John, from where did it come? From heaven or from man?”

Jesus answered their question with more questions. He hinted to them that John's and his source of authority were one and the same.

And they discussed it among themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say to us, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’ 26 But if we say, ‘From man,’ we are afraid of the crowd, for they all hold that John was a prophet.” 27 So they answered Jesus, “We do not know.”

They faced the horns of the dilemma and could not decide.

And he said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.

Even though Jesus did not give them a direct answer, did they get Jesus' point that God gave him the authority?

Jesus continued:

33 “Hear another parable. There was a master of a house who planted a vineyard and put a fence around it and dug a winepress in it and built a tower and leased it to tenants, and went into another country. 34 When the season for fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to get his fruit. 35 And the tenants took his servants and beat one, killed another, and stoned another. 36 Again he sent other servants, more than the first. And they did the same to them. 37 Finally he sent his son to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’ 38 But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and have his inheritance.’ 39 And they took him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. 40 When therefore the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?” 41They said to him, “He will put those wretches to a miserable death and let out the vineyard to other tenants who will give him the fruits in their seasons.”

The master was the Father, and the son was Jesus. God sent Jesus, and Jesus had God's authority.

45 When the chief priests and Pharisees heard His parables, they knew that Jesus was speaking about them.

They were the bad tenants. They got Jesus' point but were afraid of the crowds.

46 Although they wanted to arrest Him, they were afraid of the crowds, because the people regarded Him as a prophet.

They refused to accept Jesus' authority because of their stubborn hearts. They wanted to hold on to their own authority, and they did not want to be subordinated to Jesus.

Stephen Andrew · Jun 13, 2024

tonychanyt said:
Even though Jesus did not give them a direct answer, did they get Jesus' point that God gave him the authority?

Jesus continued:

The master was the Father, and the son was Jesus. God sent Jesus, and Jesus had God's authority.

Thanks Tony,

To me, this is the beginning of the Gospel According to John.

In the beginning was the Word, the spirit that is the Divine will of The Father void of internal temptations and void of any chance of failure.
And the Word was With God, the Word that became flesh as Jesus in the Authority the law, the eternal heavenly authority.
And the Word was God, the Creator, The Father.

To me, this is the Logic of the Divine spirit amd is three persons in the One God as united in The Christ., the Body of God.

And please I leave this open to verification through the Logic that is present in the teachings of The Christ.
Thanks for, Tony for your help in my wording in an earlier post to help all in His Will as united.

Peace always,
Stephen Andrew

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