Getting to Know Jesus: Jesus the Confronter of the Powerful

Painting by James Tissot of Jesus confronting the Pharisees for their hypocrisy in the temple courts.

Jesus was kind and compassionate, but He was also the Confronter of hypocrisy. He corrected His disciples, rebuked religious leaders, and called out those who oppressed the powerless. In this post, we’ll see how Jesus confronted hypocrisy then, and why His truth still unsettles the powerful today.

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