Jesus in the Talmud

62 Chapter 5unauthorized and misused power. It is just shegaga—a mistake, an unfortunateerror. 65 Hence, our story ultimately conveys the message: this Jesusand his followers claim to have the keys to heaven, 66 to use their magicalpower with divine authorization—but they are dead wrong! The fact thatheaven accepts what they do does not mean that it approves of it. On thecontrary, they are tricksters and impostors who abuse their power. The realpower and authority still rest with their opponents, the rabbis.