because on account of him many of the Jews were going away and believing in Jesus.
Many of the Jews therefore, who had come with Mary and had seen what he did, believed in him,
The reason why the crowd went to meet him was that they heard he had done this sign.
But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth. This is not the wisdom that comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic. For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every vile practice.
But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy and began to contradict what was spoken by Paul, reviling him.
“If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. Remember the word that I said to you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours. But all these things they will do to you on account of my name, because they do not know him who sent me. If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have been guilty of sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin.
If we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.”
Yet many of the people believed in him. They said, “When the Christ appears, will he do more signs than this man has done?”
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