The Galilee area is known for being a hot bed of dissent against Rome. When they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say with unwashed in hands, they found fault. Traditions about how much you need to wash were in flux and they were changing. So it got somewhat beyond the norm probably because he calls them hypocrites.
Who do you say Jesus is? Dr. Kerry Muhlestein explores how God’s covenant path creates a kingdom of priests and priestesses, how humility helps avoid hypocrisy, and how formal covenants change our natures.
- 00:00 Part 1–Dr. Kerry Muhlestein
- 00:56 Introduction of Dr. Kerry Muhlestein
- 02:14 Background about Pharisees, Saduccees, and how they vary by region
- 09:17 Ritual cleanliness and Jewish law and customs regarding parents
- 16:15 Rationalization and loopholes
- 17:46 What defiles a person
- 21:53 Finding fault
- 23:28 Jesus casts out an unclean spirit north of the Sea of Galilee
- 28:39 Jesus teaching Jews, Samaritans, and Gentiles
- 32:19 Jesus returns to Capernaum and Decapolis and performs miracles
- 35:40 Jesus heals with touch, spit, clay, etc. and the symbolism connected
- 37:30 Some Pharisees and Saducees asked Jesus for a sign
- 41:43 When asking for a sign is a mistake
- 42:28 Bread, yeast, and metaphors of corruption
- 47:47 The challenge of the world’s influence
- 51:02 Jesus heals a blind man in stages
- 56:20 End of Part 1–Dr. Kerry Muhlestein
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