And some of the Pharisees from the crowd, said to Him, “Teacher, rebuke Your taught ones.”
O יהוה, Your hand is high, they do not see. They see the ardour of the people and are ashamed; also, let the fire for Your adversaries consume them.
Then Herodes, having called the Magi secretly, learned exactly from them what time the star appeared.
“But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you shut up the reign of the heavens before men, for you do not go in, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in.
And the chief priests resolved to kill Elʽ
The Pharisees then said among themselves, “You see how you are getting nowhere at all. Look, the world has gone after Him!”
Or do you think that the Scripture speaks to no purpose? Does the Spirit which dwells in us intensely crave unto envy?