The NIV Standard Lesson Commentary, 2017

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The NIV Standard Lesson Commentary is perfect as the primary resource for an adult Sunday school class and personal study or as a supplemental resource for any curriculum that follows the ISSL/Uniform Series. Standard Lesson Commentaries combine thorough Bible study with relevant examples and questions to provide 52 weeks of lessons in a single volume.

temple of Jerusalem and served as something of a combination legislature and judiciary. Members of the council had seen in Jesus a rival to council authority and vested interest (John 11:48). Thus council members had fomented the movement to put him to death, although the decision was not unanimous (Luke 20:19; 22:66–23:1, 50, 51). The people feared the council (John 7:13; etc.), but the council also feared the people (Mark 11:18, 32; Luke 20:19; 22:2; etc.). The center of the council’s power was

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