“Mike Tyson’s famous quote, “Everyone has a plan until they get hit,” doesn’t end there. No one ever says the rest of the line, but here’s what Iron Mike said in full: “Everybody has a plan until they get hit. Then, like a rat, they stop in fear and freeze.”
That’s exactly what happens to the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders here. They are exposed as phonies, as hypocrites. They did not care if John was a prophet. They only cared about holding onto their own power and influence over the crowds, who they did not care about or respect.”
