Have you ever noticed that economic interested are often the wrapped up in religious piety (or political piety)? We demand that something is done but for selfish reasons.
A couple of interesting things has about mobs can be discovered in this passage. People who join crowds often have no real idea what the issue is. Benjamin Franklin said that a mob was “a monster with heads enough, but no brains.”
In Acts everytime Paul is brought before the Roman authorities the charges were always trumped up! He was never found guilty of any of the charges leveled against him. Mobs respond to an emotional plea with little or no substance.
One Bible scholar said "Max Lerner wrote in The Unfinished Country, 'Every mob, in its ignorance and blindness and bewilderment, is a League of Frightened Men that seeks reassurance in collective action.' It was a 'religious mob' that shouted 'Crucify Him! Crucify Him!' to Pilate, and eventually got its way. Had this Ephesian mob succeeded in its plans, Paul would have been arrested and executed before the law could have stepped in to protect him."
25,000 people in an arena most of them with no idea why they were there but all of them expressing their opinion with no idea what the true issues were.
Wisdom is rarely found in mobs!
This week's podcast has some interesting discussion on these topics.
These non-denominational Bible studies are led by Dr. Val and recorded live. Some 20-25 men meet weekly at 6:30 AM for an hour. They study and discuss a passage from Scripture. Questions are encouraged and often lead to interesting rabbit trails that help us discover and process additional Biblical truths.
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