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The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah Vol 1 - Predestination

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»sot.»» who act like Zimri, but expect <strong>the</strong> reward<br />

<strong>of</strong> Phinehas.' * Besides, <strong>the</strong> Pharisees may have<br />

used Antipas as <strong>the</strong>ir tool, <strong>and</strong> worked upon his<br />

wretched superstition to effect <strong>the</strong>ir own purposes.<br />

And this is what we suppose to have been <strong>the</strong> case.<br />

<strong>The</strong> reference to <strong>the</strong> Pharisaic spying <strong>and</strong> to <strong>the</strong>ir<br />

comparisons between <strong>the</strong> influence <strong>of</strong><br />

'StJohBir. <strong>Jesus</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>of</strong> John,^ which led to <strong>the</strong><br />

withdrawal <strong>of</strong> Christ into Galilee, seems to imply<br />

that <strong>the</strong> Pharisees had something to do with <strong>the</strong><br />

imprisonment <strong>of</strong> John. <strong>The</strong>ir connection with<br />

Herod appears even more clearly in <strong>the</strong> attempt to<br />

induce Christ's departure from Galilee, on precext<br />

<strong>of</strong> Herod's machinations. It will be remembered<br />

that <strong>the</strong> Lord unmasked <strong>the</strong>ir hypocrisy by bidding<br />

<strong>the</strong>m go back to Herod, showing that He fully knew<br />

that real danger threatened Him,<br />

-8t Lake not from <strong>the</strong> Tetrarch, but from <strong>the</strong> leaders<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> party in Jerusalem.® Our inference <strong>the</strong>refore<br />

is, that Pharisaic intrigue had a very large share in<br />

giving effect to Herod's fear <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Baptist <strong>and</strong> <strong>of</strong>

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