1943 The Truth Shall Make You Free - A2Z.org

12 "THE TRUTH SHA MAKE YOU FREE"Jerusalem and returned to Caesarea . Yet laterhe caused some inscribed shields to be hung upin Jerusalem, and it was finally by order fromEmperor Tiberius himself that those thingsesteemed defiling were removed from the city .These and other unwise moves stood out as sorespots in the struggle for freedom of worshipaccording to the dictates of Jewish conscience .Continual vigilance was the price of their libertyfrom defilement .Now another thing had appeared to disturb,and that from their own midst . A man had suddenlyrisen up from Galilee. "A Nazarene" theycalled him . For this reason the "holier thanthou" religious leaders despised him . It wasknown he had been baptized in Jordan river .It was thought that he had thereby acknowledgedhimself to be a sinner . For three yearshe had gone about Palestine, tramping fromplace to place and preaching and teaching in thesynagogues, in the homes of the people, in themountains, at the seaside, and in the temple .Indeed he was in the temple this very day .The whole nation was in a ferment religiously .This unusual man from "Galilee of the Gentiles"had come out for the worship of God clean andpure, not only from Gentile defilements such asimage-bearing standards and inscribed shields,but also from all religion . He had taken issuewith the religious practices of the Jewish elders,scribes, evites, priests, Sadducees and Pharisees. A number of these were members of theSanhedrin, the Supreme Court, having power