7. Summary
The arrest, trial, sentencing and execution of Christ were unjust and unlawful:
- Unjust: Jesus’ friends did not pray with him
- Unjust: His disciple betrayed him
- Unjust: His followers abandoned him
- Illegal: The Sanhedrin bribed Judas
- Illegal: Jesus was arrested at night
- Illegal: There were two high priests
- Unjust: Peter denied knowing Jesus
- Illegal: There was an extra interrogation before only one judge
- Unjust: A servant hit Jesus
- Unjust: Jesus was charged with blasphemy
- Unjust: The Sanhedrin spat on Jesus
- Illegal: The Sanhedrin brought the charges
- Illegal: The witnesses did not agree
- Illegal: The high priest tore his clothes
- Illegal: The Sanhedrin convened before dawn
- Illegal: The trial only took one day
- Illegal: The trial was on the day before the Passover
- Illegal: The verdict was unanimous
- Illegal: The sentence was based on His own confession
- Illegal: Sentence was pronounced in a forbidden place
- Illegal: The judges were not impartial
- Illegal: There was no defence
- Unjust: The charges were inconsistent
- Unjust: The Sanhedrin kept ceremonially clean but committed murder
- Unjust: The crowd chose to free Barabbas rather than Jesus
- Unjust: Pilate found Jesus innocent
- Illegal: Herod was out of his area of jurisdiction
- Unjust: Jesus was almost certainly flogged more than 39 times
- Unjust: The Roman soldiers put a crown of thorns on Jesus
- Unjust: The curse of death by crucifixion
- Unjust: Jesus was crucified between two thieves
Introduction
1. Background
2. The arrest
3. The trial
4. The sentencing
5. The judges
Previous post – 6. The execution
7. Summary
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