I’m not calling it mumbo jumbo from the thoughtful bible observer’s perspective, but the angry men’s. They wouldn’t know Melchizadek from a hole in the wall (if they did, then they wouldn’t have treated Christ that way in the first place).
Anyhow qua God he had absolute right to pardon.
“I’m not calling it mumbo jumbo from the thoughtful”
I had a feeling you weren’t and yes I do agree that “hepped” up angry men, who were really attempting to trap Jesus, wouldn’t have gone in for the Melchizidek stuff!