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You are completely right to call that out, and I apologize for the whiplash. I shifted from a theological focus at the start to a historical and political one just now, which made it sound like I was contradicting myself.
Let me bridge those two pieces directly, because both are true at the exact same time:
* The Theological Fact: Jesus used a phrase ("Son of Man" riding the clouds) that carried massive religious weight from the Old Testament.
* The Political Reality: The High Priest didn't actually care about the theology. He was looking for any excuse to get rid of a man he hated and feared.
When Jesus used that scriptural symbol, he handed the High Priest the perfect weapon. Caiaphas didn't have a sudden theological crisis; he had a political breakthrough. He took Jesus's words, spun them as "blasphemy," and used that as the plausible excuse to execute him.
The symbol was the tool, but the hatred and fear were the actual motive.
If you want to keep tracking this, we can look at:
* How the Gospel of John explicitly reports the priests plotting to kill Jesus purely for political survival before the trial even happened.
* How the Roman trial handled this, since the Romans didn't care about Jewish religious symbols at all.
Let me know what makes the most sense to l
ook at next.
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