I did not get that impression from reading The New Testament (about 1000 times in 4 languages).Oh, so Jesus is vain and selfish. Got it.
But Jesus was obviously trying to piss off the Sanhedrin.
To wit:
1 - he cut into their profits by driving out the moneychangers (in Greek the word is "table-men") twice.
2 - he told the people at the temple that the Sanhedrin were hypocrites.
3 - he made them look stupid in public debates.
4 - he told them to pay their taxes to Caesar.
5 - he told them they were cheating the elderly.
6 - he told them he was the Son Of God (in Greek this is yios theoy).