WHAT LAWS DID JESUS BREAK? (8)
(Message by Tanny Keng)
0. Introduction
a) What happened to Jesus, the Savior of mankind, is without precedent. Christ was condemned to death even AFTER he was declared innocent by the ruling authority (Pontius Pilate)!
b) Few people realize that Jesus actually had TWO trials. The first one, at the High Priest's palace, was right after his arrest and began around 2 a.m. Although this trial was held only with judges who were his enemies, enough of them were at the trial to officially arrive at a verdict and declare a sentence. Many of the details of this proceeding were recorded by the gospel authors. Because Jewish law demanded two sessions of the Sanhedrin hear and try a defendant, a second trial was held around 5 a.m. Very little is written about this proceeding, which was likely nothing more than a "rubber stamp" or automatic approval of the first trial. He was bound and sent to the Roman authorities around 6 a.m.
c) Below is the reason(s) why what happened to Christ after his last Passover, centering around what occurred during his first trial, was contrary to Biblical principles of justice or Jewish / Hebrew law.
1. The condemnation charge was false
a) The High Priest's charge of blasphemy (cursing God or assuming to oneself the rights and qualities of God), which was used to justify sentencing Jesus to death, was INCORRECT because he WAS telling the truth. He was the Son of God (Mark 14:60-63)!
i) AND THEY ALL CONDEMNED HIM TO BE DESERVING OF DEATH. (Mark 14:64)
b) It was illegal in Jewish law to unanimously condemn a person to death if no one testified as a witness for the defense (Jesus the Christ: A study of the Messiah and His mission, James Edward Talmage, pg. 647, quote from Rabbi Wise, Martyrdom of Jesus, p. 74).
The End ...
a) What happened to Jesus, the Savior of mankind, is without precedent. Christ was condemned to death even AFTER he was declared innocent by the ruling authority (Pontius Pilate)!
b) Few people realize that Jesus actually had TWO trials. The first one, at the High Priest's palace, was right after his arrest and began around 2 a.m. Although this trial was held only with judges who were his enemies, enough of them were at the trial to officially arrive at a verdict and declare a sentence. Many of the details of this proceeding were recorded by the gospel authors. Because Jewish law demanded two sessions of the Sanhedrin hear and try a defendant, a second trial was held around 5 a.m. Very little is written about this proceeding, which was likely nothing more than a "rubber stamp" or automatic approval of the first trial. He was bound and sent to the Roman authorities around 6 a.m.
c) Below is the reason(s) why what happened to Christ after his last Passover, centering around what occurred during his first trial, was contrary to Biblical principles of justice or Jewish / Hebrew law.
1. The condemnation charge was false
a) The High Priest's charge of blasphemy (cursing God or assuming to oneself the rights and qualities of God), which was used to justify sentencing Jesus to death, was INCORRECT because he WAS telling the truth. He was the Son of God (Mark 14:60-63)!
2. The death penalty was unanimously agreed
a) ALL those during the first trial who gathered to hear and judge the case called for the death penalty.
a) ALL those during the first trial who gathered to hear and judge the case called for the death penalty.
i) AND THEY ALL CONDEMNED HIM TO BE DESERVING OF DEATH. (Mark 14:64)
b) It was illegal in Jewish law to unanimously condemn a person to death if no one testified as a witness for the defense (Jesus the Christ: A study of the Messiah and His mission, James Edward Talmage, pg. 647, quote from Rabbi Wise, Martyrdom of Jesus, p. 74).
3. The sentence was announced in an unlawful place
a) The final sentence was pronounced in the High Priest's palace (house) (see Mark 14:53). It was illegal to sentence someone to die in any location other than the court's (Great Sanhedrin's) appointed place, which was a chamber in Jerusalem's temple known as the chamber of hewn stones. Jewish law forbid the sentencing of death in any location ((Maimonides, Sanhedrin, 14).
a) The final sentence was pronounced in the High Priest's palace (house) (see Mark 14:53). It was illegal to sentence someone to die in any location other than the court's (Great Sanhedrin's) appointed place, which was a chamber in Jerusalem's temple known as the chamber of hewn stones. Jewish law forbid the sentencing of death in any location ((Maimonides, Sanhedrin, 14).
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