Were of Jerusalem] RV 'come from Jerusalem.' The active hostility of the hierarchy, strikingly manifested by the sending of these emissaries, is explained by the fact (known to us only from the Fourth Gospel) that Jesus had already preached in Jerusalem, and defied the authorities there.
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Matthew 15:1
1 Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying,