Whereas Mathew and Mark emphasized Jesus’ interrogation during the night where His guilt was predetermined, and John—who wrote after the other gospels had already reported the essential account—added the initial examination with Annas to emphasize his role in the injustice, Luke emphasized the official trial before the Sanhedrin. It was a kangaroo court convened at…
Thursday morning of Passion Week was now dawning. Earlier that night Jesus had been arrested in the Garden of Gethsemane and brought for interrogation to the palace of the high priest. Having appeared first before Annas and then before Caiaphas and his cronies, they had settled upon the charges they would present before a formal…
After being arrested in the garden of Gethsemane on the Mount of Olives Jesus was interrogated first by Annas, the former high priest who still wielded the power of the office due to his respected age, and then by his son-in-law Caiaphas who was the acting high priest. They were looking for, and had now…
In the wee hours of Thursday morning while Jesus was being interrogated by Caiaphas and his yes-men from the Sanhedrin, Peter was facing his own interrogation of sorts by the servants and officers gathered in the courtyard of the high priest’s palace. But whereas Jesus, strengthened by His prayer in the garden, had the wisdom…
In the very early morning hours on Thursday of passion week Jesus was subjected to an inquisition led by Caiaphas, the high priest. Having just arrested Him in the middle of the night, they were looking for whatever grounds they could dredge up to deliver Him to the Romans and have Him put to death. …
In the very early morning hours on Thursday of Passion week Jesus was found guilty by Caiaphas and supporting members of the Sanhedrin whom he could count upon to follow his lead for what he and his father-in-law Annas advocated was the greater good of the nation (see Joh 11:49-50), but that was actually motivated…
In the very early morning hours on Thursday of Passion week, before the sun had risen, Jesus was interrogated by Caiaphas, the acting High Priest, after being taken first to Annas, his father-in-law, who was the former high priest, and who as his elder still wielded the power of the office. Jesus’ teaching and cleansing…
In order to present their case against Jesus to the Sanhedrin at the break of day on Thursday morning of Passion Week, Caiaphas and his yes-men interrogated Him in the middle of the night to come up with whatever they could find to have Him put to death. Because the false charges made against Him…
In the wee hours of Thursday morning of Passion Week Jesus was subjected to an inquisition first by Annas and then by Caiaphas and his cronies from the Sanhedrin in order to come up with charges they could use to prosecute Jesus to the Romans. They were chasing the darkness to have Him put to…
In order to come up with charges they could use to prosecute Jesus to the Romans, immediately after His arrest in Gethsemane in the middle of Wednesday night of Passion Week He was subjected to an inquisition, first by Annas, and then by Caiaphas, the high priest, and his yes-men from the Sanhedrin. For immediately…