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William Hendriksen · Citado em PreceptAustin
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Hendriksen has an interesting comment - “Not at the Festival,” said the plotters. “At the Festival,” said the Almighty; “after two days,” echoed Jesus. His words and those of the conspirators seem to have been spoken at the same time, for the context seems to imply that here, for once, the full temporal sense must be given to the opening word of verse 3, “Then.” The divine decree always wins; in the interest of the kingdom, and to God’s glory (Ps. 2:4+; Psalm 33:10, 11). (BORROW Exposition of the gospel according to Matthew PAGE 896) Note the time phrase Not during the festival which supports the premise that they planned to carry out their nefarious plot after the festival. But Jesus was the Passover Lamb and He was divinely destined to die on Passover in fulfillment of God's timetable. As always God's sovereignty overrules men's plans. The mind of man plans his way, But the LORD directs his steps. --- Proverbs 16:9 Many plans are in a man’s heart, But the counsel of the LORD will stand. Arthur Carr - At a Passover, less than 30 years before, the people, partly to avenge the death of two Rabbis, rose against Archelaus, and were cruelly repressed with a slaughter of 3000 men (Joseph. Ant. XVII. 9. 3); see also XVII. 10. 2, where a similar rising against Sabinus, during the feast of Pentecost, is described. NET NOTE - The suggestion here is that Jesus was too popular to openly arrest him.
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Hendriksen: Jesus calls what she did “a beautiful thing,” And such it was indeed: unique in its thoughtfulness, regal in its lavishness, and marvelous in its timeliness.