Let’s set up this story. This is Tuesday of the week when Jesus is going to be betrayed on Thursday and crucified on Friday by groups of people who were working against him. These groups have coordinated efforts to pepper him with questions, all with the intent of trapping Jesus and trying to bring him down. At the end of our last study, we read that after Jesus’ responses, no one dared to ask him any more questions, at which point Jesus decided that he was going to ask a question of his own.