154:3.2 On Saturday night, May 21, [[word]] reached [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiberias Tiberias] that the civil [[authorities]] at [[Jerusalem]] had no objection to the [[agreement]] between [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herod_Antipas Herod] and the [[Pharisees]] that [[Jesus]] be seized and carried to [[Jerusalem]] for [[trial]] before the [[Sanhedrin]] on charges of flouting the [[sacred]] [[laws]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judaea_%28Roman_province%29 Jewish nation]. Accordingly, just before midnight of this day, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herod_Antipas Herod] signed the [[decree]] which [[authorized]] the officers of the [[Sanhedrin]] to seize [[Jesus]] within Herod's [[domains]] and forcibly to carry him to [[Jerusalem]] for [[trial]]. Strong [[pressure]] from many sides was brought to bear upon [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herod_Antipas Herod] before he [[consented]] to grant this [[permission]], and he well knew that [[Jesus]] could not [[expect]] a [[fair]] [[trial]] before his bitter [[enemies]] at [[Jerusalem]]. | 154:3.2 On Saturday night, May 21, [[word]] reached [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiberias Tiberias] that the civil [[authorities]] at [[Jerusalem]] had no objection to the [[agreement]] between [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herod_Antipas Herod] and the [[Pharisees]] that [[Jesus]] be seized and carried to [[Jerusalem]] for [[trial]] before the [[Sanhedrin]] on charges of flouting the [[sacred]] [[laws]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judaea_%28Roman_province%29 Jewish nation]. Accordingly, just before midnight of this day, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herod_Antipas Herod] signed the [[decree]] which [[authorized]] the officers of the [[Sanhedrin]] to seize [[Jesus]] within Herod's [[domains]] and forcibly to carry him to [[Jerusalem]] for [[trial]]. Strong [[pressure]] from many sides was brought to bear upon [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herod_Antipas Herod] before he [[consented]] to grant this [[permission]], and he well knew that [[Jesus]] could not [[expect]] a [[fair]] [[trial]] before his bitter [[enemies]] at [[Jerusalem]]. |