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Originally Posted by Ardhanareshvara
'The Rabbi's' were the Pharisees, they were the religious leaders, and Jesus spoke against them directly, eg. Matt 23-16 "You are in for trouble! You are supposed to lead others, but you are blind" - check out Matthew 23 for a full list . He also consistently reinterpreted the Law in ways that the Pharisees couldn't accept, eg. healing on the Sabbath, by Law a day that is meant to be absolute rest. So despite the amazing things that Jesus was doing, he was challenging accepted religious authority in all sorts of ways, and those authorities in general were not able to overcome their own ego and self interest to see that someone far greater than their way was amongst them.
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The Pharisees receive a bum rap in Christian scripture.
Furthermore, to refer to the Pharisees as the religious authorities of Jesus' time is to misunderstand the nature of 1st century Judaism.
L'shalom,
Peter