CMP Review 2026-09-27

During Jesus’ last days in Jerusalem, He faced multiple attacks from the religious leaders of His day. In some of the most dramatic passages of the New Testament, Jesus brilliantly disarms questions from the Herodians, the Sadducees, and the Pharisees. Finally, Jesus begins to question them.

“What think ye of Christ?” (Matthew 22:42, KJV), He asks the assembled Pharisees. It is a question that echoes through the centuries, as every person who hears the name of Christ wrestles with it as well.

Jesus had been to Jerusalem before. On an earlier visit he had also engaged the party of the Pharisees — not as a group, but as a single man. That time it was neither an open nor public dispute. Rather, it was secretive, a meeting that took place at night. The Pharisee’s name was Nicodemus. “Rabbi,” he said, “we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him.”

Did Nicodemus pay this visit on his own initiative? Or was he sent? This intriguing thought plays a part in today’s poem by Charlotte Mason. It is a poem named after the question that all persons are asked: “What think ye of Christ?” Read or hear it here.

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🖼️: The Pharisees Question Jesus by James Tissot