Originally Posted by
eighballsidepocket
May I respectfully disagree?
Jesus "chose" by His own volition to not do any miracles or displays of His diety before Herod. If indeed He was who He claimed to be, He already knew that convincing Herod of who He was, was a "moot" point, or not unlike, "throwing your pearls to swine".
I believe even MORE importantly, if Jesus chose to perform a miracle to save his physical life, it'd mean no eternal salvation/relationships with God for untold billions. Christ knew he HAD to go through death to secure life for us.
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