But some of them went their ways to the Pharisees, and told them what things Jesus had done.
After the raising of Lazarus some of those who had stood about the grave and heard and saw what Jesus did went away to the Pharisees, to the priests and rulers, and reported what Jesus had done, amid public excitement over Him and the miracle. Those who went were not converted and did not believe, but remained hardened and steeled their hearts against the evidence of their own eyes and ears, despite its overwhelming power. What they refused was the crowning miracle of Christ and of His ministry, the crowning evidence of His divine power and authority over death, and the crowning manifestation offered by God to man as proof that He had sent His Son into the world for the salvation of the human race. It was performed in the full light of day before a crowd of witnesses, giving unquestionable proof that Jesus was the Son of God, sufficient to convince any mind under the control of reason and enlightened conscience.
By rejecting that mighty evidence instead of accepting it they hardened themselves against it, increased in malice, went deeper into unbelief and under Satan's influence, exposing a Satanic unbelief that no power in heaven nor on earth could overcome. Their report renewed and intensified the hatred and jealousy of the Pharisees and priests toward Jesus, whose jealousy grew with each act of His mercy, and strengthened their resolve to destroy Him. The leaders had rejected all lesser evidence, so they were only enraged by this new miracle, and for this very reason their hate grew deadlier. No artifice of theirs could explain away such evidence of raising the dead, and because Jesus' works were undermining their influence and they feared the people would believe in Him and they would lose their position and influence, they watched for every opportunity to accomplish their secret purpose to destroy Him, being already murderers in heart, and plotted to kill both Jesus and Lazarus and to turn the people back toward human traditions.
After the raising of Lazarus some of those who had stood about the grave and heard and saw what Jesus did went away to the Pharisees, to the priests and rulers, and reported what Jesus had done, amid public excitement over Him and the miracle. Those who went were not converted and did not believe, but remained hardened and steeled their hearts against the evidence of their own eyes and ears, despite its overwhelming power. What they refused was the crowning miracle of Christ and of His ministry, the crowning evidence of His divine power and authority over death, and the crowning manifestation offered by God to man as proof that He had sent His Son into the world for the salvation of the human race. It was performed in the full light of day before a crowd of witnesses, giving unquestionable proof that Jesus was the Son of God, sufficient to convince any mind under the control of reason and enlightened conscience.
By rejecting that mighty evidence instead of accepting it they hardened themselves against it, increased in malice, went deeper into unbelief and under Satan's influence, exposing a Satanic unbelief that no power in heaven nor on earth could overcome. Their report renewed and intensified the hatred and jealousy of the Pharisees and priests toward Jesus, whose jealousy grew with each act of His mercy, and strengthened their resolve to destroy Him. The leaders had rejected all lesser evidence, so they were only enraged by this new miracle, and for this very reason their hate grew deadlier. No artifice of theirs could explain away such evidence of raising the dead, and because Jesus' works were undermining their influence and they feared the people would believe in Him and they would lose their position and influence, they watched for every opportunity to accomplish their secret purpose to destroy Him, being already murderers in heart, and plotted to kill both Jesus and Lazarus and to turn the people back toward human traditions.