• He showed and preached compassion to people whom Jews commonly regarded as unclean or wicked, such as lepers, tax collectors, prostitutes, and Romans. • He engaged Pharisees in debate over matters pertaining to the Jewish Law (Torah). • He went to Jerusalem at Passover the week of his death. • He caused a disturbance in the temple in Jerusalem a few days before his arrest. • He had a final meal with his inner circle of disciples that became the basis for the rite that Christians call the Last Supper
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