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To: Mr. Whist who wrote (162129)7/18/2001 1:55:59 PM
From: PROLIFE  Respond to of 769670
 
to avoid giving the Pharisees and Saducees (right-wingers) what they wanted: hard evidence of sedition

and the reason they wanted Jesus out of the way???

Then the chief priests and the Pharisees called a meeting of the Sanhedrin. "What are we accomplishing?" they asked. "Here is this man performing many miraculous signs.
If we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him, and then the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation."

Hey, seems they like the prestige and power, and the finest things. They cared little for the people...which is why Jesus gave them such a hard time.



To: Mr. Whist who wrote (162129)7/18/2001 2:06:47 PM
From: Neocon  Respond to of 769670
 
The Sadducees were collaborationists, which is not precisely the same as being "right wing". The Pharisees were a progressive element in Judaism, and harbored strong Messianic yearnings. One of the greatest, Rabbi Akiva, was a supporter of Bar Kochba, and was executed for supporting insurrection.......