Speak with authority and love

Live to Love Scripture Encouragement · Aug 29, 2025 · 3m

John 7:45-46 The officers then came to the chief priests and Pharisees, and they said to them, “Why did you not bring Him?” The officers answered, “Never has a man spoken the way this man speaks.” We learn in these verses that the temple officers had been sent by the chief priests and Pharisees to seize Jesus and bring Him in for examination. They came back empty-handed. We learned in the previous verses that the temple officials and the hostile crowd didn’t lay a hand on Him. We also learn why they didn’t arrest Him—He spoke with authority and love. I assume that is what they meant by…