The Jews there were more high-minded than those at Thessalonica, and received the message with great eagerness and studied the Scriptures every day, to find out whether it was true.

For to be physically minded means death, but to be spiritually minded means life and peace.

To the pure everything is pure, but to the evil-minded and unbelieving nothing is pure, but their very minds and consciences are unclean.

"Blessed are the humble-minded, for they will possess the land!

For to be physically minded means hostility to God, for it refuses to obey God's law, indeed it cannot obey it.

Such men are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own base passions, and with their plausible and flattering talk they deceive simple-minded people.

Let my yoke be put upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble-minded, and your hearts will find rest,

and to be sensible, pure-minded, domestic, kind, and submissive to their husbands, so as not to bring reproach on God's message.

But he gives all the greater blessing. As the Scripture says, "God opposes haughty persons, but he blesses humble-minded ones."

"He has done mighty deeds with his arm, He has routed the proud-minded,

with Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and all who belonged to the high priest's family.

Then the high priests and the elders of the people gathered in the house of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas,

For the Law appoints to the high priesthood men full of imperfection; but this utterance about the making of the oath, which came long after the Law, appoints a son, fully qualified to be high priest forever.

But every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices, and so this high priest also must have some sacrifice to offer.

They took Jesus away to the high priest, and all the high priests, elders, and scribes came together.

But Simon Peter and another disciple followed Jesus. This other disciple was an acquaintance of the high priest, and he went on with Jesus into the high priest's courtyard,