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This is what surprised me as well. I'm still reading through the Bible for the first time. I had heard Jesus often rebuked the Pharisees, but had no idea it was often multiple times in every chapter, and that almost every one of his parables was intended to teach his own disciples, while simultaneously shaming and condemning the actions of the Pharisees.


Also, Jesus became quickly surrounded by tons of people wherever he went, after he began healing and teaching people. He could choose where to go. Still, often times he would be in the midst of Pharisees, and even have dinner with them. Even we he ate with them, he would rebuke them to their faces, at their own dinner table. Absolutely stalwart.


Reflecting on that, I think Jesus did that intentionally, to fulfill his need on earth. He used the evil of the Pharisees against them, letting them crucify him to give a pathway to all future Christians. He predicted his own death and crucifixion multiple times.