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Let us probe further, asking in what way and to what extent the priests and the Sanhedrin were involved. A distinguished Jewish commentator on the trial of Jesus, Paul Winter, would give priority to ...

Apart from the trial of Jesus, it is said that there ... the Roman commissioner, not the Sanhedrin, who had judged Jesus. Crucifixion was an ancient method of execution in which the victim ...

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Michael J. Cook questions whether the trial of Jesus ever took place, suggesting “that the belated tradition of a Sanhedrin trial contributed to the goal of casting Jesus as a common ally of both Rome ...

Eventually, it was Nicodemus who reminded the Sanhedrin that Jesus had the right to a trial. Together with St. Joseph of Arimathea, he prepared Jesus' body and placed him in the tomb.

Pope Francis’s recent death invites reflection on the office of Peter’s successor. This Sunday’s readings, meanwhile, are ...

And it is highly unlikely that the Sanhedrin, the supreme Jewish council, would assemble for Jesus' trial on either the day before Passover or on the day of the holiday itself. In fact ...

Jesus lived outside the box we like to put God in! Finally, during his trial and sentencing we see yet another unexpected response. When accused by the Sanhedrin and by Pontius Pilate, Jesus is ...