Rulers Are Not the Standard

Note from today’s Bible reading: John 7

During the Feast of Booths, the Jewish leaders expected Jesus to be in Jerusalem and were looking for an opportunity to kill Him (John 7:1-2, 11). After Jesus began to teach and “many of the crowd believed in Him…the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers to seize Him” (John 7:31-32).

Later, the officers returned without Jesus. Naturally, the chie…