Jesus Before the Sanhedrin
You will need ...
A quiet space, 20 minutes – half an
hour, a picture of your town hall or your council leaders, and your bible or a
printout of the bible reading below ...
Instructions ...
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- Ask Jesus to guide
your thoughts
- Look deeply at these
unjust judges
- Look at the picture of
your town hall
- Pray for our judicial authorities and leaders
Have you ever judged others from a
biased standpoint? Or been too highly
influenced by the cries of others while forming an opinion
- Ask for forgivness …
- As an individual …
- As a nation …
Before
the Sanhedrin
53They took Jesus to the high
priest, and all the chief priests, elders and teachers of the law came
together. 54Peter followed him at a distance, right into
the courtyard of the high priest. There he sat with the guards and warmed
himself at the fire.
55The chief
priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for evidence against Jesus so that
they could put him to death, but they did not find any. 56Many testified
falsely against him, but their statements did not agree.
57Then some
stood up and gave this false testimony against him: 58"We heard him
say, 'I will destroy this man-made temple and in three days will build another,
not made by man.' " 59Yet even then their testimony did not
agree.
60Then the
high priest stood up before them and asked Jesus, "Are you not going to
answer? What is this testimony that these men are bringing against you?" 61But Jesus
remained silent and gave no answer.
Again the high priest asked him, "Are
you the Christ,[a] the Son
of the Blessed One?"
62"I
am," said Jesus. "And you will see the Son of Man sitting at the
right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven."
63The high
priest tore his clothes. "Why do we need any more witnesses?" he
asked. 64"You
have heard the blasphemy. What do you think?"
They
all condemned him as worthy of death. 65Then some began to spit at him; they
blindfolded him, struck him with their fists, and said, "Prophesy!"
And the guards took him and beat him.