Kakou at Easter

Jesus was 'tried' for blasphemy, but executed for sedition, but the irony is that anyone in the mob could be more legitimately charged rather than the accused. And the double irony is they had released a prisoner who was guilty of sedition. They may have had leave to have a guilty man released at the feast, but no such leave to have an innocent man tried. And so the substitution begins. “We found this man misleading our nation and forbidding us to give tribute to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ, a king.” Lies! Lies! Lies!

1. Capital cases were to be tried during the daytime, and the verdict had to also be reached during the day. The Gospels are clear that Jesus was taken from the Garden of Gesthemane, tried and sentenced during the night.

2. Trials were not to be held on the day before a Sabbath or the day before a Holy Day or Festival. We also know from the Gospels that Jesus was tried during the Passover.

3. ...the Jewish system of law required that a trial begin with reasons why the accused was innocent, not reasons why the accused was guilty. There is no record of Jesus' innocence ever being discussed. Instead, His trial was full of false-witnesses. No effort was ever made to find witnesses to testify for the defense.

4. Innocent verdicts could be reached on the same day a trial began. However, guilty verdicts had to be rendered after a "night's sleep". You could not simply do a quick trial, sentence the accused to death and then carry out the sentence. There had to be time to think through the evidence.

5. A guilty verdict could only be reached if two witnesses' testimony agreed. The Bible is clear that when the false witnesses came, no two testimonies matched up. According to Jewish law (stated in the Old Testament) if two reliable witnesses could not be found, the case must be thrown out.

6. The Sanhedrin (Jewish court system) was to meet in an inner court of the temple to try cases. Not so with Jesus. His trial took place in the high priest's home.