Growing

Opposition
Against
Jesus

By: Russel Hans Gamboa

&

Kiel Rycel Gannaban

Jesus and His Disciples
 As early as the beginning of Jesus
public life in Nazareth his person
and authority were put in question.
His deeds and words were
considered a sign of
contradiction by religious
authorities in Jerusalem (Lk 2:33-
34). Nevertheless Jesus continued
proclaiming the Kingdom in the
face of all opposition.
 Jesus became very popular among the
common people, but to he authorities he
was considered an impostor (MT 2:63), a
false prophet who was leading the people
astray (Jn 7:12), the evil one in league
with Satan (Mt 12:24), a blasphemer (Mk
14:64), a glutton and drunkard (Mt 11:19).
The Jewish Authorities was scandalized,
angered, and threatened by Jesus
behavior because of the miracles he has
done.
 The more the Pharasees, scribes, and
Sadducess tried to discredit Jesus
among the common people,the more
the common people believed in him.
At his triumphal entry into Jerusalem
recounted in John 12:12-19, amidst
the cheering and waving of palms by
the crowd, the Pharasees remarked
in exasperation, You see that you
are gaining nothing. Look, the whole
world has gone after him (Jn12:19)