To present the chief events of Jesus' triumphant entry into Jerusalem and cleansing the Temple. To identify the points of controversy between Christ and the Jewish religious leaders. Content of Lecture 1. Also, animals were as much as fifteen times greater in price inside the Temple than outside. In the Synoptics, this event was the key in the religious leaders' decision to do away with Jesus.
Faith produces prayer, both require forgiveness.
Even though the Son is rejected, the Father must be reckoned with. Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob are alive, not dead. The Sadducees not only misunderstood resurrection, they were ignorant in their knowledge of the Old Testament. Originally, they were merely copyists of the scrolls. They received places of honor at synagogues and feasts.