They had neither Grace nor Truth

It just dawned on me that many of us incorrectly believe that the Jewish religious leaders of Jesus’ day possessed the truth of God yet were poor administrators of such truth because they lacked the necessary accompanying grace. This couldn’t be further from the truth. According to Jesus the religious leaders were completely bankrupt in both departments. They were devoid of truth and as a consequence devoid of grace as well. Jesus brought both “grace and truth.” He didn’t add grace as an improvement to an existing truth establishment. He brought truth and grace because we had neither.