Then the Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus,
Parallel translations
- WEB Then the Pharisees and some of the scribes gathered together to him, having come from Jerusalem.
- KJV Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem.
- NKJV Then the Pharisees and some of the scribes came together to Him, having come from Jerusalem.
- NASB The Pharisees and some of the scribes *gathered to Him after they came from Jerusalem,
- NLT One day some Pharisees and teachers of religious law arrived from Jerusalem to see Jesus.
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Pharisees and scribes from Jerusalem came to scrutinize Jesus. It sets up a major confrontation over tradition versus God's commandment.
Overview
Religious leaders traveled from Jerusalem, the center of Jewish authority, to investigate and oppose Jesus. Their arrival signals official, organized hostility rather than honest inquiry. The encounter that follows exposes the gulf between human tradition and the true heart of God's law.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- Matt 15:1–20Then some Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and asked,
- Mark 3:22And the scribes who had come down from Jerusalem were saying, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and, “By the prince of the demons He drives out demons.”
- Luke 11:53–54As Jesus went on from there, the scribes and Pharisees began to oppose Him bitterly and to ply Him with questions about many things,
- Luke 5:17One day Jesus was teaching, and the Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there. People had come from Jerusalem and from every village of Galilee and Judea, and the power of the Lord was present for Him to heal the sick.
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