Not Guilty!
He Was Jerusalem's Most Wanted Man.
And Outside The Hall Of Judgement The Mob Howled,
"Crucify Him! Crucify Him!"---Unaware Those Words
Would Echo Throughout The Centuries...
Not Guilty As Charged
The pages of human history present no
stronger case of judicial murder than the
trial and crucifixion of Jesus Of Nazareth, for the
simple reason that laws were outraged and
trampled underfoot in the proceedings instituted
against Him. Any post-mortem on the trial of Christ
proves that His condemnation wasn't based upon
legal procedures. What the facts do prove is that
Jesus Christ was never legally tried and convicted.
Following are just some of the trial errors and gross
injustices that crucified Christ.
The Arrest Of Jesus Was Illegal
*The arrest took place at night.
*It was effected through the agency of a traitor
and informer, in violation of a provision of the
Mosaic Code and of Rabbinic rule.
*It wasn't the result of a legal mandate from a court
whose intentions were to conduct a legal trial for
the purpose of reaching a righteous judgment>
The Private Examination Of Jesus
Before Caiaphas Was Illegal
*The examination was conducted at night and was
concluded in one day.
*No judge, sitting alone, could interrogate an accused
but this rule was ignored.
*Private preliminary examination of accused persons
wasn't allowed.
The Trial Before The Sanhedrin Was Illegal
*The accusation at trial was vague and indefinate.
Since there was no defense, there was no legal trial,
as the right to combat the allegations in the indictment
is the essential principle of liberty.
*The trial commenced at night and concluded in one day.
*The accused was asked to confess.
*The leading witnesses, not Caiaphas, should have
presented the charge.
*The trial occured in an illegal place, the palace of
Caiaphas, rather than the Hall of Hewn Stones.
*The proceedings were conducted on the day preceeding a
Jewish Sabbath and on the first day of the Feast
of Unleavened Bread. If the trial was recorded on
this day, it was illegal since writing was forbidden
on this day. If the trial was not recorded it was illegal.
The Trial Before Pontius Pilate
Jesus was acquitted and should have been released.
The Trial Before Herod Antipas
Jesus was acquitted and should have been freed.
The Second Trial Before Herod
*Jesus was acquitted and should have been freed.
*Scourging was illegal.
*No actual sentence was ever pronounced by Herod.
Trial Errors
*Illegal interrogation. It was improper for Annas
to interrogate Jesus without other judges present.
*Presumption of Guilt. The court didn't take into
consideration the innocence of Jesus. According
to the law, the procedures of the Sanhedrin should
have encouraged an actual bias in favor of the accused.
*Violation of the Sabbath. It was forbidden to hold
trials on the Sabbath holy days or preparation days.
The proceedings against Jesus took place on the
Sedar night.
Never in human history has there been a
travesty of justice equal to that observed
in the trial of Christ.
NOT GUILTY
But God is sovereign. And the death of Christ
by crucifixion was divinely ordained and predicted
thousands of years before the event. Christ's death
may have been brutally illegal, but Christ did
not die in vain.
"But He was pierced for our transgressions,
He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment
that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His
wounds we are healed" (Isa. 53:5)
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