>Then was Jesus being hypocritical by
>not following Old Testament laws,
>some of which I believe
>were proscribed by the local
>gov't. Or were these laws
>just social customs, not laws?
>I'll try to come with
>specifics.

Responce: No not at all. Jesus fufilled the Law to a tee. Meaning that all those laws that you see in the Old Testamenat Jesus did 100%. Also it should be noted that the goverment in the Old Testament was called a theocractic kingdom( meaning God himself was the governer and king of Isreal).