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Luke: is the Son, and the Promised , the Son of Man “The Six Trials of Jesus: The Religious Trials” Part 1 Luke 22:63-71

Introduction- To understand what Jesus endured in the horrific miscarriage of justice that led to His crucifixion, consider the following chronology of the six trials He endured: Trial #1: Jesus was taken to , father-in-law of , high priest Jn. 18:12-24 Trial #2: Jesus taken Caiaphas in the night Matt. 26:59-66; :55-64 Trial #3: Because Jewish regulations forbade trying a prisioner at night, Caiaphas convened an early morning meeting of the to have them declare Jesus guilty Luke 22:66-71; :1; :1 Trial #4: Jesus was taken for the first meeting with Pilate Matthew 27:2,11-14; Mark 15:1-5; :1-5; :29-38 Trial #5: Pilate sent Jesus to Herod Luke 23:6-12 Trial #6: Pilate got Jesus back for a second, more public meeting before Pilate and the people Luke 23:13-16; Matt. 27:15-23; Mark 15:6-14; Luke 23:17-23; John 18:39-40

I. The First Religious Trial with Annas, Father-in-Law of Caiaphas John 18:12-24; John 18:12-13, 12 So the Roman cohort and the commander and the officers of the Jews, arrested Jesus and bound Him, 13 and led Him to Annas first; for he was father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high priest that year. 14 Now Caiaphas was the one who had advised the Jews that it was expedient for one man to die on behalf of the people. John 18:19-24, 19 The high priest then questioned Jesus about His disciples, and about His teaching. 20 Jesus answered him, “I have spoken openly to the world; I always taught in synagogues and in the temple, where all the Jews come together; and I spoke nothing in secret. 21 Why do you question Me? Question those who have heard what I spoke to them; they know what I said.” 22 When He had said this, one of the officers standing nearby struck Jesus, saying, “Is that the way You answer the high priest?” 23 Jesus answered him, “If I have spoken wrongly, testify of the wrong; but if rightly, why do you strike Me?” 24 So Annas sent Him bound to Caiaphas the high priest. A. Who was Annas? John 18:12-14 1. Annas was high priest emeritus, ran the show 2. This first trial is a preliminary hearing to produce a guilty verdict

B. Jesus has nothing to hide about all He taught :19-21

C. An officer struck Jesus, Jesus declares He speaks the truth John 19:22,23

D. Annas sends Jesus “bound” to Caiaphas John 19:24; Ps. 118:27; Gen. 22:9 II. The Soldiers Blaspheme Jesus Christ Luke 22:63-65; Mark 14:65? Luke 22:63-65, 63 Now the men who were holding Jesus in custody were mocking Him and beating Him, 64 and they blindfolded Him and were asking Him, saying, “Prophesy, who is the one who hit You?” 65 And they were saying many other things against Him, blaspheming. A. The men holding Jesus were mocking and beating Him in order to discredit Jesus as prophet Luke 22:63,64

B. The mockery and beating were blasphemy against God, the Son Luke 22:65

III. The Second Religious Trial with Caiaphas Matt. 26:57-66; Mark 14:53-64 Matthew 26:57-66, 57 Those who had seized Jesus led Him away to Caiaphas, the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were gathered together. 58 But Peter was following Him at a distance as far as the courtyard of the high priest, and entered in, and sat down with the officers to see the outcome. 59 Now the chief priests and the whole Council kept trying to obtain false testimony against Jesus, so that they might put Him to death. 60 They did not find any, even though many false witnesses came forward. But later on two came forward, 61 and said, “This man stated, ‘ able to destroy the temple of God and to rebuild it in three days.’” 62 The high priest stood up and said to Him, “Do You not answer? What is it that these men are testifying against You?” 63 But Jesus kept silent. And the high priest said to Him, “I adjure You by the living God, that You tell us whether You are the Christ, the Son of God.” 64 Jesus *said to him, “You have said it yourself; nevertheless I tell you, hereafter you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming on the clouds of heaven.” 65 Then the high priest tore his robes and said, “He has blasphemed! What further need do we have of witnesses? Behold, you have now heard the blasphemy; 66 what do you think?” They answered, “He deserves death!” A. Who was Caiaphas? Matthew 26:57,58

B. Difficulty finding false testimony against Jesus Matthew 26:59-62

C. Inconsistent testimony about destroying the temple Mark 14:57,58

D. Jesus silent before His accusers Matthew 26:63a

E. Jesus declares Himself Son of God and Son of Man who will be sitting at the “right hand of Power and coming on the clouds of heaven” Matthew 26:63b,64

F. Caiaphas tore his robes, declared Jesus guilty of blasphemy, condemns Him to death Matthew 26:65,66