Later they sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians to Jesus to catch him in his words. (Mark 12:13)
The parable of the tenants and the matter to pay tax to Caesar which is about to mention soon doesn’t connected each other directly. Though it was the independent transmission it was bound into one place by the author of Mark’s gospel. So the author might explain that the people who were criticized by the parable of the tenants sent the Pharisees and Herodians to provoke Jesus’ word.
The people who were criticized by Jesus through the parable of the tenants were the high priests, the scribes and the elders were the key member of Sanhedrin. The Pharisees and the Herodians sent them to Jesus to spy out him. Normally these five power groups were not in collusion. However, now they were of a mind to plot an evil.
Why people are of a mind of plot an evil? It might be two reasons. One is to get a mutual benefit through evil. Though some may get more while some less with combining each other at the point to get benefit through evil, it works mightily even the benefit is small.
The other is the nature of man. Man has originally a strong curiosity for evil. Sadism is a psychological interest in destroying other. Not only psychological patient but all people have a symptom of sadism. Mostly it doesn’t give any harm to normal life but if it goes in serious status it occurs troubles. We are only to live by controlling such psychology though a consciousness by moral education or through legal force.
At this point, the complete salvation of man cannot be established in the earth. We have to wait the time of changing into resurrection life, the totally different life. The time hasn’t come yet. So we have to pray today that evil may not rule over our life.
The parable of the tenants and the matter to pay tax to Caesar which is about to mention soon doesn’t connected each other directly. Though it was the independent transmission it was bound into one place by the author of Mark’s gospel. So the author might explain that the people who were criticized by the parable of the tenants sent the Pharisees and Herodians to provoke Jesus’ word.
The people who were criticized by Jesus through the parable of the tenants were the high priests, the scribes and the elders were the key member of Sanhedrin. The Pharisees and the Herodians sent them to Jesus to spy out him. Normally these five power groups were not in collusion. However, now they were of a mind to plot an evil.
Why people are of a mind of plot an evil? It might be two reasons. One is to get a mutual benefit through evil. Though some may get more while some less with combining each other at the point to get benefit through evil, it works mightily even the benefit is small.
The other is the nature of man. Man has originally a strong curiosity for evil. Sadism is a psychological interest in destroying other. Not only psychological patient but all people have a symptom of sadism. Mostly it doesn’t give any harm to normal life but if it goes in serious status it occurs troubles. We are only to live by controlling such psychology though a consciousness by moral education or through legal force.
At this point, the complete salvation of man cannot be established in the earth. We have to wait the time of changing into resurrection life, the totally different life. The time hasn’t come yet. So we have to pray today that evil may not rule over our life.
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