17: The Powerful Influencers in Jesus' World
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The gospels include many characters and groups of people that the original readers and listeners would’ve recognized, but these characters may not be familiar to us. Meet the powerful political and Jewish influencers of first-century Jerusalem to better understand Jesus’ interactions with them.
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