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WEEK 4
TOPIC: THE TRIAL OF JESUS
BIBLICAL REFERENCES: Matt. 26: 36-75, Mk 14: 53- 75, Matt. 27: 11-31, Matt. 23: 1-25, Luke 23:6-12
CONTENTS:
- Christ before the high priest; Matt. 26: 36-75, Mk 14: 53- 75
- Christ before Pilate Matt. 27: 11-31, Matt. 23: 1-25
- Christ before Herod Luke. 23: 6-12
Trials is defined in Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary “as examinations of evidence in law court by a judge and often a jury to decide if one accused of a crime is innocent.”
Jesus Christ underwent several trials in the course of His ministry when He was betrayed by Judas Iscariot. He was tried by the High Priest (Sanhedrin), Pontius Pilate, King Herod and back to Pontius Pilate.
SUB-TOPIC 1: CHRIST BEFORE THE HIGH PRIEST
After the arrest of Jesus in the garden of Gethsemane by the people Judas Iscariot brought, He was taken into the court room of the High Priest Caiaphas where He was tried by the High Priest in company of the Elders and Scribes. Two persons were brought who presented false charges against Jesus claiming He said He would destroy the temple in three days and rebuild it again in three days, which was considered as blasphemy.
The High Priest asked Jesus to defend Himself of the charges leveled against Him but Jesus kept quiet. He was then asked if He was the Christ, the son of God, to which he responded “You have said so” implying that he was indeed the Christ, the son of God. At this point, the High Priest said Jesus had committed Blasphemy punishable by death under the Jewish law. The people answered that Jesus deserve to die. They spat on His face, struck and slapped Him and requested him to prophesy to them who had slapped Him.
Meanwhile Peter, one of His disciples that followed Him into the courtyard of the High Priest was being confronted by maids and bystanders as one of Jesus’ disciples, to which Peter denied three times. Immediately the cock crewed the second time, Peter remembered that he had being warned by Jesus earlier of his denial of Christ. Peter went out and wept bitterly.
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