Daily Devotions
My Song In The Night (Gospel of John)
我夜间的歌曲 (约翰福音）
Reporting to the Chief Priests and Pharisees
Text: John 7: 45-49
REPORTING TO THE CHIEF PRIESTS AND PHARISEES
The officers who had been sent to arrest Jesus returned to the chief priests empty-handed. They could not arrest Him as they were ordered!
“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.’”
John 7:45-49
1. “Then the officers came to the chief priests and Pharisees”
a. Identification of the people who ordered the arrest of Jesus.
i. They were chief priests.
ii. Some of the people were Pharisees.
b. They questioned the officers sent out.
Why had they not brought Jesus back in custody?
2. The honest reply of the officers
a. They heard Jesus even as they waited for an opportunity to arrest Him.
b. They were deeply impressed and impacted by Jesus.
c. Thus they declared: “No man ever spoke like this Man!”
3. The retort of the Pharisees
a. They were angry with these officers.
b. Accusingly they spoke, “Are you also deceived?”
4. Further worries of the chief priests and Pharisees
a. They worried that the leaders of the nation had believed in Jesus.
b. They were concerned that “the rulers” had come to have faith in Him.
c. This would spell trouble for them.
5. A nasty remark
They described the multitude (the crowd) as people who did know the law and thus were accursed!
经文：约翰福音 7：45-49
向祭司长和法利赛人报告
被派去捉拿耶稣的差役空手回到祭司长那里。他们无法依据命令捉拿耶稣！
“差役回到祭司长和法利赛人那里，他们对差役说：‘你们为什么没有带他来呢？’差役回答说：‘从来没有像他这样说话的！’ 法利赛人说：‘你们也受了迷惑吗？官长或是法利赛人岂有信他的呢？但这些不明白律法的百姓是被咒诅的！’”
《约翰福音 7：45-49》