Judge not according to the appearance, but judge with righteous judgment — Jesus calls for true judgment (krisis dikaia) rather than judgment based on surface appearances (opsis). The authorities judge him by externals: he breaks the Sabbath, he has no formal training, he is not from Jerusalem's power structure. True judgment would recognize the redemptive significance of what he does, not merely condemn the violation of rules. This is the epistemological call of the Gospel: don't judge by appearances alone; judge with the eye opened to God's redemptive action.

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