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But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, "Why do you test me, you hypocrites?
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A Display of Divine Insight
Commentators unanimously assert that Jesus' ability to perceive his questioners' "wickedness" was not just sharp intuition but a display of His divine omniscience. Scholars like John Calvin and Albert Barnes state that only God can truly know the hidden motives of the heart. This moment serves as a clear proof of Jesus' divinity, as He saw past their flattering words directly into their malicious intent.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Jesus perceived their wickedness. This must have been done by His power of searching the heart and proves that He was omniscient. No mere …
19th Century
Anglican
You hypocrites — The special form of the hypocrisy was that the questioners had come, not openly as disputants, but as just me…
Baptist
Our great thought-reading King was not to be deceived either by their flattery or their crafty questioning.
But Jesus perceived their wicked…
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But Jesus will not be forced into a yes or no reply. He recognizes the duplicity of his opponents. Jesus chooses to answer them on his own terms an…
16th Century
Protestant
Knowing their malice. They had opened the conversation in such a manner that they did not appear to differ at all from excellent scholars.…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But Jesus perceived their wickedness Luke says, "their craftiness"; and Mark says, "knowing their hypocrisy"; for there w…
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The Pharisees sent their disciples with the Herodians, a party among the Jews who favored full subjection to the Roman emperor. Though opposed to e…
13th Century
Catholic
Above, the Lord refuted the Pharisees by a parable; here, He manifests His wisdom in a second way by disputing with them. He does so in two ways:
