He saved all His insults for the Pharisees and Jewish elites too, calling them vipers.
For the prince of peace to call a group of people "the synagogue of satan" should not be overlooked.
In todays terms, he ripped these people a new one while calling out their lies and bullshit IN PUBLIC for other people to witness.
If you understood what their archaic utterances meant, you would understand Jesus cussed these people out HARD, not just for the sake of "disrspecin' fools" like you and I know in todays culture - but to free those around him from the lies of the snake oil salesman and the spiritual/emotional bondage.
These people were economic terrorists shaking people down with fear and guilt for the little money they had.
Anybody who tells you Jesus isnt the fucking man is siding with, or at worst ignoring his struggle against, 2000 year old usury tax collector kikels who were spiritual snakeoil salesmen.
These people
wereare economic terrorists shaking people down with fear and guilt for the little money they had.
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