That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed,
–That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government,
laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.
(Declaration of Independence)
John 11:50
I think the context of the these verses is more about the political situation that was occurring within the Sanhedrin after the Maccabean revolt, and even the history of OT Kings and Prophets.
In context of the Declaration of Independence (1776 language) the ancient terminology “right hand” Matthew 5:30 was modernized as conflicts between Government and the Right of the People. (Capital words in old English always have a deeper political:religious meaning)
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