Gino (23 Apr 2023)
"to justify themselves?"


Is it possible that those against Jesus would have tried to use the scriptures, falsely, in order to justify their wanting to kill Jesus?

Deuteronomy 21:20 And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.
  21 And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.

Perhaps they were thinking of this, to justify themselves, when they falsely accused Jesus:

Luke 7:33 For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil.
  34 The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!