I. The First Trial – Christ Standing before Annas -- Luke 22:54a; John 18:12-14, 19-24
A. The soldiers arrested him John 18:12
B. Why did they take Him first to Annas? A Little History.
C. The Trial Before Annas John 18:19-23
II. The Second Trial -- Christ before Caiaphas -- John 18:24; Matthew 26:57-61; Luke 22:63-65
A. Christ Examined before the Sanhedrin -- Matt. 26:57-61
B. Are you the Christ, the Son of God? Matt. 26:62-63 1. The oath was brilliant strategy by Caiaphas 2. The charge was devilishly laid out. 3. Christ's Confession -- Matthew 26:64 4. The charge was the one that would be most inflammatory to the Jewish Sanhedrin – blasphemy – Matthew 26:65-68 5. Jesus beaten by the Jewish Temple Guards -- Luke 22:63-65
III. The Third “Mock” Trial – Before the Sanhedrin -- Luke 22:66-71
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“ Great Sermon! ” There is an excellent list of reason, given in this sermon, that the Sanhedrin may have come up with to accuse Jesus at His illegal trial. It's amazing that they finally settled on a charge that they knew was false by their own words in Matthew 27:63. I'm reminded of what Jesus said in Matthew 12:36,37 "“But I say to you that for every idle word men may speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment. “For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”"
Pastor Steve came to Christ at the age of 11. He graduated from Pacific Coast Baptist Bible College in 1979 with a B.A. in theology as the Valedictorian of his class. He joined our church in 1978, came on staff, full-time in 1980, was ordained as an Elder in 1982, and became...
