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Arrest of Jesus. The arrest of Jesus was a pivotal event in Christianity recorded in the canonical gospels. It occurred shortly after the Last Supper (during which Jesus gave his final sermon), and immediately after the kiss of Judas, which is traditionally said to have been an act of betrayal since Judas made a deal with the chief Israelite ...
- He should have never been arrested. Judas took a bribe from the judges. And those same judges (which included the priests and the elders) were involved in the arrest of Jesus.
- No legal proceedings should have taken place at night. According to Jewish law: “Let a capital offense be tried during the day, but suspend it at night.”—
- No trial for a capital offense could begin on a Friday or the day before an annual festival day. According to Isaac Wise, “No court of justice in Israel was permitted to hold sessions on Sabbath or any of the seven Biblical holidays.
- A trial for a capital offense should take more than one day. According to the Mishnah, “If a sentence of death is to be pronounced, it a criminal charge cannot be concluded before the following day" (Mishnah, "Sanhedrin" IV, 1).
- Jesus Was Arrested illegally.
- It Was A Private Night proceeding.
- The Sanhedrin Illegally Proceeded to Hold Its Trial of Jesus Before Sunrise.
- The Trial of Jesus Was Illegal Because It Was Concluded in One Day.
- The Indictments Against Jesus Were False Or unproven.
- The Sentence Against Jesus Was Pronounced in A Place Forbidden by Law.
- Most Sanhedrin Members Themselves Were Legally Disqualified to Try Jesus.
“Then Judas, having received a detachment of troops, and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, came there with lanterns, torches, and weapons. Jesus therefore … went forward and said to them, ‘Whom are you seeking?’ They answered Him, ‘Jesus of Nazareth.’ Jesus said to them, ‘I am He.’ … ‘Therefore, if you seek Me, let these go their way’”...
The first step in Jesus’ trial was a preliminary examination in a private night proceeding before Annas, who had been high priest. This was an unproductive meeting because Caiaphas (Annas’ son-in-law) was actually the high priest that year. Annas finally bound Jesus and sent Him to Caiaphas (John 18:12-13, 19-23). The French twin brothers Augustin ...
Notice that the preliminary investigation before Annas brought forth no evidence whatsoever. Instead of dismissing the case, they proceeded to hold an illegal court. Why was it illegal? Mendelsohn states, “Criminal cases can be acted upon by the various courts during day time only, by the Lesser Synhedrions from the close of the morning service til...
Jewish law states, “A criminal case resulting in the acquittal of the accused may terminate the same day on which the trial began. But if a sentence of death is to be pronounced, it cannot be concluded before the following day” (Mishnah, “Sanhedrin” IV, 1). This was to allow sufficient opportunity for any witnesses in support of the accused to pres...
The court pronounced sentence on Jesus with no real supporting evidence. The only evidence presented by witnesses to the court was given by false witnesses.The court pronounced sentence on Jesus with no real supporting evidence. The only evidence presented by witnesses to the court was given by false witnesses. But their testimony was not even used...
Jesus was brought into the house of Caiaphas, the high priest. The trial of Jesus wasn’t even held in a court of law! “Having arrested Him, they led Him and brought Him into the high priest’s house” (Luke 22:54). According to Jewish law, “A sentence of death can be pronounced only so long as the Sanhedrin holds its sessions in the appointed place.”...
Some of the judges were elected unfairly. From the Bible and from the Jewish historian Josephus, we have the names of most of the men who were on the Sanhedrin at the time of Jesus. Men such as Caiaphas, Eleazar, Jonathan, Theophilus, Matthias, Ismael, Simon, John, Alexander and Ananias were, according to Josephus, recipients of bribes and appointe...
In this chapter, I will focus on only one aspect of the trial of Jesus as recorded in John 18:29–30. The accusation in those verses holds a key for understanding the legal cause of action and strategy of the chief priests before Pilate in the proceedings against Jesus. The focus here is only on John 18:29–30; this is not an attempt to give ...
Before there could be an arrest; before a trial could even begin; there had to be a charge citing which specific law(s) the accused is alleged to have broken. No charge was presented until the end of His second trial. Jesus's arrest and subsequent trials in the home of Annas and later Caiaphas was a trial in search of a crime.
The trial of Jesus Christ was without legal precedent. Although Pilate found him innocent, he was convicted and executed. The following are twelve reasons that the arrest, trial, and conviction of Jesus was illegal. There was no legal basis for Jesus' arrest, because no one had presented a formal charge of any crime; he was simply taken.
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They wanted to subvert the entire legal process so that they could "legally" murder him! Perverting justice is condemned in scripture (see Exodus 23:2, Deuteronomy 16:19 and Leviticus 19:15 - 16). The arrest of Jesus was a conspiracy by his enemies to subvert and pervert the entire legal process so that he could be put to death.
