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Hanukkah, The Feast of Dedication

Jesus Ministers in Perea (Luke 13:23-35; Luke 14:1-24; Luke 15; Luke 16)

While in Perea, Jews traveled there to see Jesus perform miracles and hear His teachings. Jesus’
enemies also traveled there as a part of the ploy to get the Romans to move against Him. Jesus
continued to be popular with the masses and the Jewish leaders knew they could not simply spirit Jesus
away to His death without the opposition of the crowds, so they sought to get the Roman authorities
involved in His demise. However, they really could not do
that in Perea as they could not influence the Antipas to act
against Jesus. So, they went there to seek “evidence”
against Rome, so that if Jesus returned to Judea, He could
be arrested and killed.

Jesus answered the trickery of the religious leaders in
reminding them that it is in Jerusalem that they killed the
prophets of God. He told them that Jerusalem would not
see Him until they welcomed Him as Messiah.

When questioned concerning the number of people who
would be saved, Jesus hinted that it would be only a few
(Luke 13:23, 24). Stressing that the way to salvation is
more difficult than the way to damnation, He urged

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