7:19
One of the key lines of thoughts that the religious leaders followed was that they were following the Law of Moses and they saw themselves as guardians of the Law. Jesus points out a certain flaw in their thinking, they were not keeping the Law! They were not keeping the Law in the general sense that no one keeps the Law perfectly, but there were also specific instances. The specific way in which they were breaking the Law was their planning to kill Jesus. “Thou shalt not kill.” When we are acting or speaking out of our own understanding, living out of the flesh, claiming our own righteousness, which is what the religious leaders were doing, our flesh rises us up, and we so easily become blinded to what we are doing.
7:20
While Jesus' primary dialogue was with the religious leaders, “the Jews”, it seems that the crowds were listening in. They would be unaware of the religious leader’s plots to kill Jesus, so they accuse Jesus of being mad, or having a demon that was leading Him to make these outrageous claims. Sometimes the “common people” will be more aware of the truth than the so-called educated classes. Today transgenderism is a prime example of this. Most people know full well the difference between male and female, and the immutability of that difference. The so-called “elite” seem to live on another planet (and not one where intelligent life is found!).
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