Welcome to part two, Dr. Keith Wilson, Matthew 21 through 23, Mark 11, Luke 19 through 20, and John chapter 12.

Right after cursing the fig tree then you'll notice there it says chief priests verse 23 and the elders of the people came

unto him teaching and said by what authority so they challenge him see he's salate right into the temple.

Kind of commandeers the temple doesn't exactly he's throwing over the tables of the money changers and everything else.

And then he sort of sealed it by healing people and things like that, but they will not let it go because this is their life.

This is the way they control the public. And so they say who gave you authority to be in here, which is a big question in Judaism.

Who authorized you? Where'd you get your credentials?

Who's your rabbi? Who taught you? Yeah.

Exactly Keith, let's make sure that our listeners understand he's not in the temple.

He's on the temple grounds. What did you say?

Yeah. And now usually it's still considered to be in the temple to be on the temple grounds because that was still sacred space and things, but you're right.

It's like being in temple square, but not actually being in the temple itself.

Very close parallel because temple square has a fence around the temple proper and ancient Judaism.

Herod's temple there was a large wall around it and very much a restricted entrance to it. So yeah, so he's out there probably in Solomon's porches and places like that where they would have had tables set up selling these doves.

And they come to him then and challenge him.

Who gave you authority to do this?

And they have him they have him cornered on that because it's a very rigid procedure as to how you become a chief priest, a sadducee, Pharisee, and the scribe.

What's his response?

He knows he can't do battle with them on their ground.

Answer is a question with a question.

Yeah, I'll answer that if you answer this.

Exactly.

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