For those who dwell in Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they did not know Him, nor even the voices of the Prophets which are read every Sabbath, have fulfilled them in condemning Him.

1. Back in Jerusalem - the rulers, scribes, sect leaders, lawyers, and priests - did not recognize, realize or know that this Jesus, in their midst, was the Messiah.

2. They read the law and the prophets each Sabbath, but they did not realize that Jesus was the fulfillment of those Scriptures.

3. To use a modern proverb - They could not see the forest for the trees. They were reading these passages every Sabbath, but they could not recognize the fulfillment was walking among them.

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