rise from an committed by the latter against the rules concerning the observation of sabbath when cured the with the withered hand it is said in t ic j out and held a council it t t vi xii mark iii g vi and in like on the occasion of sabbath cure at the pool of did the us and after mentioning a declaration of proceeds thus j the the more to k him v � � ill the life op but immediately after point the account of the relation in question from that of john la the the next offence is given by the neglect of washing before meals on the part of and his with the sharp which when called to account on the subject he launched forth against the spirit of petty and the and spirit of persecution it was in the and lawyers after all which it is said that the latter conceived a deep against him and tried to him and him by dangerous questions in order to obtain grounds of accusation against him xi � xv ff vii ff on his last journey to the gave a warning against xiii apparently had no other object than fo induce him to leave the the next cause of offence to tlie party was the striking homage paid to by the people on entrance into and the of the temple which lie undertook but they were still from any violent measures towards him by the strength of his interest with people xxi f ix xix f which was the sole reason why they did not possess themselves of his after the manner in wliich he had in the of of the x i f after these it needed the anti discourse to make the chief priests the and i c the in the palace of the high priest shortly before the for a consultation if take by and kill him xxvi ft n the fourth gospel also the great number of c of among the people is sometimes it is true described as the reason why hia enemies desired to seize him vii iv ff and his solemn entrance into them here also xii sometimes their designs arc without any motive stated vii viii but the main cause of offence in tliis lies in the of concerning his exalted dignity even on the occasion of the cure of the lame man on the sabbath what irritated the jews was that justified it by to the agency of god as his which in their opinion was a of equal i t l v when he spoke of his divine mission they sought to lay hold on him vii viii on his asserting that he was before ihey took up stones to cast at viii tliey did the same when he declared that he and the father were x and when he asserted that the father was in him and he in the father they again to seize him x but that which according to the fourth gospel turns the scale and causes the hostile party to take a formal resolution against is the enemies of je u of tliis act was reported to the and chief priests a council of the in the of deliberation was tliat if continued to perform so would at to and then the roman would be exerted to the destruction of the nation the high priest pronounced the momentous decision it was better for one n an to die for the people than for the whole nation to his death was now determined upon and it was on one to point out hia abode that he might be arrested xi ff regard to this difference modern that we should not at all the turn of the fate of je the accounts and that john alone opens to us a glance into tlie n� in which step by step the breach between the party and was in short that in this point also the representation of the fourth cl shows a one which that of other is not but what it is in which the gospel of john in and progress it is difficult to see since the very first definite statement concerning the enmity v contains the extreme of the n n� e f e i god and the extreme of the enmity ts it to kill so tiiat all which is further concerning the hostility of the jews ia mere repetition and the fact which presents itself as a step towards more decided measures is the resolution of the xi this of however is not wanting in the account also here we have the transition from wait for and tiie l e done to aim xl vi or as it is more precisely given in i xii and in mark the taking l how might him to the definite resolve as to the manner and time j iv r xxvi fl � it is especially made a reproach to the three first that in passing over he of they omitted that incident which gave the final impulse to the fate of je us t if we on the contrary in virtue of the above result of our criticism of this miraculous narrative t rather praise the that do not represent as the point in the fate of an incident which never really hap so the fourth list by the manner in which he relates the resolve to which it was the immediate by no himself as one whose authority can be held by us a sufficient warrant for the truth of his narrative the ho to the high priest the gilt of prophecy without doubt in accordance with a su idea of lis age and regards bis � vn s f i i s is s t � u ve n t the t view oil point we t the life of speech as a of the death of would certainly not 