Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me?
Didn't Moses give you the law? And yet none of you actually follow it. So why are you trying to kill me?
Jesus called out the hypocrisy, you can't claim to follow God's rules while plotting to break the biggest one.
📚 Historical Context
In the time of Jesus, the Jewish people held the Law of Moses in high esteem as the foundation of their covenant with God, including commandments like the Ten Commandments that governed moral and religious life. Jesus was speaking during the Feast of Tabernacles in Jerusalem, a major festival where He publicly challenged the religious leaders for their hypocrisy in claiming to follow the Law while plotting to kill Him, which directly violated it. This confrontation highlighted the deeper issue of internal obedience versus outward appearances in Jewish society.
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