Daily Devotions
My Song In The Night (Gospel of John)
我夜间的歌曲 (约翰福音）
An Evil Response Noted
Text: John 11: 47-48
AN EVIL RESPONSE NOTED
Iniquity and evil are closely related. The decision of the Pharisees was incomprehensibly wicked.
“Then the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered a council and said, ‘What shall we do? For this Man works many signs. If we let Him alone like this, everyone will believe in Him, and the Romans w6ll come and take away both our place and nation.’”
John 11:47-48
1. “Then the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered a council”
a. The Sanhedrin Council was made up of about 70 leaders.
b. The following groups were found in the Council:
i. Chief priests
ii. Scribes
iii. Lawyers
iv. Sadducees
v. Elders
vi. The High Priest
2. “And said, ‘What shall we do? For this Man works many signs’”
a. There was an open discussion.
b. It revolved around Jesus whom they regarded as a mere “Man”.
c. But they did take note: Jesus had performed many signs.
3. What the Council did not consider:
a. That Jesus could be the Messiah.
b. That He could be the Saviour sent by the LORD.
c. That what He had taught was true.
d. That they needed to find faith in Him.
4. “If we let Him alone like this, everyone will believe in Him”
They feared that all in Israel would come to faith in Jesus.
5. “And the Romans will come and take away both our place and nation”
a. This was an unfounded fear.
b. The Council feared that the Romans might find them inept and incompetent.
c. The Romans might even take away their nation! This was nothing more than wild imagination!
经文：约翰福音 11：47-48
凶恶的反应
罪孽与邪恶是息息相关的。法利赛人作出了使人费解的邪恶决定。
“祭司长和法利赛人聚集公会，说：‘这人行好些神迹，我们怎么办呢？ 若这样由着他，人人都要信他，罗马人也要来夺我们的地土和我们的百姓。’”
《约翰福音 11：47-48》