You are not also from Galilee, are you? Search, and see that no prophet arises out of Galilee

 Good morning. So now everyone is stirred up over Jesus and His words. Some said that He was the Prophet; others the Christ. Surely the Christ is not going to come from Galilee, is He? Scriptures say that the Christ will come from the descendants of David and from Bethlehem. They did not realize that both were true of Jesus. Remember that the chief priests and the Pharisees had sent officers to seize Him. They returned and said never has a man spoken in the way this man speaks. The Pharisees replied, no one of the rulers or Pharisees has believed in Him, has he? This was not true because Nicodemus had come to Jesus. He then tries to speak up for Jesus. Our law does not judge a man unless it first hears from him and knows what he’s doing, does it? You are not also from Galilee, are you? Search, and see that no prophet arises out of Galilee. My Bible says that they are mistaken because Jonah came from Galilee and perhaps others as well. There is a dispute that the story about the woman caught in adultery may not have belonged originally to the Gospel of John. There are certain places where it seems to be stuck in there. Nevertheless, it does seem like something that Jesus would have done. Now everyone went to his home, but Jesus went to the mount of olives. Early in the morning He came again to the temple and sat down and began to teach. The scribes and Pharisees brought a woman caught in adultery and said, teacher, this woman has been caught in adultery, in the very act. In the law Moses commanded us to stone such women; what then do You say? They were trying to find reasons to accuse Jesus of doing something wrong. We’ll see next time what Jesus did and said. Father thank You that You are in control of everything that happens. Help us to listen carefully and to hear what You are trying to say to us that we should do.

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