Surprise of the Day  

By the end of Jesus’ first year, the religious leaders were so jealous of him, the Bible says eight different times they kept trying to kill him…

Not counting the king’s failed attempt when he was a baby.

Matthew 12:14  –  Matthew 26:4  –  Mark 14:1  –  Luke 22:2  –  John 7:1-2  –  John 7:19-25, 30, 44  –  John 8:59  –  John 10:31 & 39  –  John 11:53;

Fact of the Day

For 2-1/2 years the religious leaders tried to kill Jesus.

1. Right after he healed on the Sabbath
2. Right after he fed 5000 miraculously
3. Right after he called himself the Bread of Life
4. Right after he told the religious leaders they were sons of Satan
5. Right after he told the religious leaders he could grant eternal life
6. Right after he brought Lazarus back to life
7. Right after his triumphal entry into Jerusalem as their king
8. Just before the 3^rd Passover during Jesus’s ministry.

How they hated their creator.