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Jesus is betrayed by Judas, arrested in the Garden of Gethsemane, taken to the high priests Annas and Caiaphas. Peter denies him three times. Jesus is tried before Pilate, who finds him innocent. Jesus speaks to him of his heavenly kingdom, of truth, and of God's sovereignty.
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Jan 4, 2022 · Jesus was tried before Annas, the former high priest; Caiaphas, the current high priest; and the Sanhedrin. He was charged in these “ecclesiastical” trials with blasphemy, claiming to be the Son of God, the Messiah.
As the soldiers stepped forward to arrest Jesus, “one of the disciples” (we all know it is Peter, thanks to John 18:10) pulled out his sword and cut off the ear of Malchus (again, we have his name thanks to John), the slave of the high priest.
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 priests to arrest Jesus.
In the New Testament, the Sanhedrin trial of Jesus refers to the trial of Jesus before the Sanhedrin (a Jewish judicial body) following his arrest in Jerusalem and prior to the trial before Pontius Pilate.
The Jewish trial. The purpose of the Jewish leaders was to “arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him” ( Matt 26:4 ). This, not legality, was the controlling principle of the trial and the reason for the many irregularities. 1. Preliminary examination.
