The Unjust Trial | Mark 14:53-65

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Deuteronomy 16:18-20

18 “You shall appoint judges and officers in all your towns that the Lord your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment. 19 You shall not pervert justice. You shall not show partiality, and you shall not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the cause of the righteous. 20 Justice, and only justice, you shall follow, that you may live and inherit the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

  1. An Unjust Arraignment

  2. An Unjust Testimony

  3. An Unjust Interrogation

  4. An Unjust Sentence

Mark 14:53

53 And they led Jesus to the high priest. And all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes came together.

Religious Trials

 1. Before Annas                    John 18:12–14

 

2. Before Caiaphas               Matthew 26:57–68

 

3. Before the Sanhedrin      Matthew 27:1–2

Civil Trials

4. Before Pilate John 18:28–38

 

5. Before Herod                     Luke 23:6–12

 

6. Before Pilate                     John 18:39–19:6 

John 18:3

So Judas, having procured a band of soldiers and some officers from the chief priests and the Pharisees, went there with lanterns and torches and weapons.

  1. An Unjust Arraignment

Mark 14:53

53 And they led Jesus to the high priest. And all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes came together.

  • Jesus is Crucified by 9:00 AM.

  • The Judgment of God Falls Between 12:00 and 3:00 PM.

  • Jesus is Dead at 3:00 PM.

  • Jesus is Buried Before Sundown.

Mark 14:54

54 And Peter had followed him at a distance, right into the courtyard of the high priest. And he was sitting with the guards and warming himself at the fire.

Mark 14:54

54 And Peter had followed him at a distance, right into the courtyard of the high priest. And he was sitting with the guards and warming himself at the fire.

  1. An Unjust Arraignment

  2. An Unjust Testimony

Mark 14:55

55 Now the chief priests and the whole council[a] were seeking testimony against Jesus to put him to death, but they found none.

  • They Have No Crime

  • They Have No Witnesses

  • No Testimony is Given

  • It is The Middle of The Night

  • It Isn’t in A Court

  • There Aren’t Any Judges

  • There are No Legal Authorities, Prosecutors or Defenders

  • It is Held During Passover 

Mark 14:55-56

55 Now the chief priests and the whole council[a] were seeking testimony against Jesus to put him to death, but they found none. 56 For many bore false witness against him, but their testimony did not agree.

Mark 14:57-59

57 And some stood up and bore false witness against him, saying, 58 “We heard him say, ‘I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and in three days I will build another, not made with hands.’” 59 Yet even about this their testimony did not agree.

Deuteronomy 19:16-19

16 If a malicious witness arises to accuse a person of wrongdoing, 17 then both parties to the dispute shall appear before the Lord, before the priests and the judges who are in office in those days. 18 The judges shall inquire diligently, and if the witness is a false witness and has accused his brother falsely, 19 then you shall do to him as he had meant to do to his brother. So you shall purge the evil[a] from your midst.

Mark 14:57-59

57 And some stood up and bore false witness against him, saying, 58 “We heard him say, ‘I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and in three days I will build another, not made with hands.’” 59 Yet even about this their testimony did not agree.

  1. An Unjust Arraignment

  2. An Unjust Testimony

  3. An Unjust Interrogation

Mark 14:60-61

60 And the high priest stood up in the midst and asked Jesus, “Have you no answer to make? What is it that these men testify against you?”[a] 61 But he remained silent and made no answer. Again the high priest asked him, “Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?”

Isaiah 53:7

He was oppressed, and he was afflicted,
    yet he opened not his mouth;
like a lamb that is led to the slaughter,
    and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent,
    so he opened not his mouth.

Mishnah-  A Written Collection of Jewish Oral Traditions

  1. An Unjust Arraignment

  2. An Unjust Testimony

  3. An Unjust Interrogation

  4. An Unjust Sentence

Mark 14:61-62

61 But he remained silent and made no answer. Again the high priest asked him, “Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?” 62 And Jesus said, “I am, and you will see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of Power, and coming with the clouds of heaven.”

Exodus 20:7

“You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.

Mark 14:61

61 But he remained silent and made no answer. Again the high priest asked him, “Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?”

Mark 8:29

29 And he asked them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter answered him, “You are the Christ.”

Mark 14:61-62

61 But he remained silent and made no answer. Again the high priest asked him, “Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?” 62 And Jesus said, “I am, and you will see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of Power, and coming with the clouds of heaven.”

Daniel 7:13

13 “I saw in the night visions,

and behold, with the clouds of heaven
    there came one like a son of man,
and he came to the Ancient of Days
    and was presented before him.

Mark 14:63-64

63 And the high priest tore his garments and said, “What further witnesses do we need?64 You have heard his blasphemy. What is your decision?” And they all condemned him as deserving death.

  1. An Unjust Arraignment

  2. An Unjust Testimony

  3. An Unjust Interrogation

  4. An Unjust Sentence

Mark 14:65

65 And some began to spit on him and to cover his face and to strike him, saying to him, “Prophesy!” And the guards received him with blows.

Isaiah 50:6

I gave my back to those who strike,
    and my cheeks to those who pull out the beard;
I hid not my face
    from disgrace and spitting.

1 Peter 3:18

18 For Christ also suffered[a] once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit,

Jesus Was Judged Unjustly by Man, But Jesus Will One Day Judge Man Justly

2 Timothy 4:1

I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom:

Jesus Was Judged Unjustly by Man, But Jesus Will One Day Judge Man Justly

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