Friend or Foe? That was the question the Pharisees and religious gatekeepers were asking when Jesus’s popularity began to grow. Was he on their side or a threat to be eliminated? What should they do with this rabbi that was doing things they had never seen? We know from the gospels that the Pharisees would play the role of chief antagonist, but it didn’t always have to be that way. What if they had chosen to see Jesus differently? What if they had listened to his message?