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==PAPER 184: BEFORE THE SANHEDRIN COURT==

==PAPER 184: BEFORE THE SANHEDRIN COURT==

184:0.1 Representatives of Annas had secretly instructed the captain of the Roman soldiers to bring Jesus immediately to the palace of Annas after he had been arrested. The former high priest desired to maintain his prestige as the chief ecclesiastical authority of the Jews. He also had another purpose in detaining Jesus at his house for several hours, and that was to allow time for legally calling together the court of the Sanhedrin. It was not lawful to convene the Sanhedrin court before the time of the offering of the morning sacrifice in the temple, and this sacrifice was offered about three o'clock in the morning.

184:0.1 [[Representatives]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annas Annas] had [[secretly]] instructed the captain of the [[Roman]] [[soldiers]] to bring [[Jesus]] [[immediately]] to the [[palace]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annas Annas] after he had been [[arrested]]. The former [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kohen_Gadol high priest] [[desired]] to maintain his [[prestige]] as the chief [[ecclesiastical]] [[authority]] of the [[Jews]]. He also had another [[purpose]] in detaining [[Jesus]] at his house for several hours, and that was to allow [[time]] for [[legally]] calling [[together]] the [[court]] of the [[Sanhedrin]]. It was not lawful to [[convene]] the [[Sanhedrin]] [[court]] before the [[time]] of the offering of the morning [[sacrifice]] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_temple the temple], and this [[sacrifice]] was offered about three o'clock in the [[morning]].

184:0.2 Annas knew that a court of Sanhedrists was in waiting at the palace of his son-in-law, Caiaphas. Some thirty members of the Sanhedrin had gathered at the home of the high priest by midnight so that they would be ready to sit in judgment on Jesus when he might be brought before them. Only those members were assembled who were strongly and openly opposed to Jesus and his teaching since it required only twenty-three to constitute a trial court.

184:0.2 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annas Annas] knew that a [[court]] of [[Sanhedrists]] was in waiting at the [[palace]] of his son-in-law, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caiaphas Caiaphas]. Some thirty members of the [[Sanhedrin]] had gathered at the [[home]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kohen_Gadol high priest] by midnight so that they would be ready to sit in [[judgment]] on [[Jesus]] when he might be brought before them. Only those members were assembled who were strongly and openly [[opposed]] to [[Jesus]] and his [[teaching]] since it required only twenty-three to constitute a [[trial]] [[court]].

184:0.3 Jesus spent about three hours at the palace of Annas on Mount Olivet, not far from the garden of Gethsemane, where they arrested him. John Zebedee was free and safe in the palace of Annas not only because of the word of the Roman captain, but also because he and his brother James were well known to the older servants, having many times been guests at the palace as the former high priest was a distant relative of their mother, Salome.

184:0.3 [[Jesus]] spent about three hours at the [[palace]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annas Annas] on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_of_Olives Mount Olivet], not far from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gethsemane garden of Gethsemane], where they [[arrested]] him. [[John Zebedee]] was [[free]] and safe in the [[palace]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annas Annas] not only because of the [[word]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centurion Roman captain], but also because he and his [[brother]] [[James, the Apostle|James]] were well known to the older [[servants]], having many times been guests at the [[palace]] as the former [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kohen_Gadol high priest] was a distant [[relative]] of their [[mother]], http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebedee Salome].

==184:1. EXAMINATION BY ANNAS==

==184:1. EXAMINATION BY ANNAS==