What a muddle we humans create! Learned authorities are sometimes less insightful than the uneducated; those who are confused or undecided sometimes have a flash of uncanny wisdom; location, location, location is not always the best metric for judging merit. My favorite line from this passage is the last: “Then each of them went home.” Perhaps to ponder how their assumptions may need to be recalibrated, perhaps to pray for clarity of vision. May we all be free of muddled suppositions.
Namaste! Amen!
The Readings
Jeremiah 11:18-20
Psalm 7:2-3,9-12
John 7:40-53
When they heard these words, some in the crowd said, ‘This is really the prophet.’ Others said, ‘This is the Messiah.’ But some asked, ‘Surely the Messiah does not come from Galilee, does he? Has not the scripture said that the Messiah is descended from David and comes from Bethlehem, the village where David lived?’ So there was a division in the crowd because of him. Some of them wanted to arrest him, but no one laid hands on him.
Then the temple police went back to the chief priests and Pharisees, who asked them, ‘Why did you not arrest him?’ The police answered, ‘Never has anyone spoken like this!’ Then the Pharisees replied, ‘Surely you have not been deceived too, have you? Has any one of the authorities or of the Pharisees believed in him? But this crowd, which does not know the law—they are accursed.’ Nicodemus, who had gone to Jesus before, and who was one of them, asked, ‘Our law does not judge people without first giving them a hearing to find out what they are doing, does it?’ They replied, ‘Surely you are not also from Galilee, are you? Search and you will see that no prophet is to arise from Galilee.’ Then each of them went home.
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