Saturday, June 06, 2009

Sanhedrin

Christ Before Caiaphas: The Sanhedrin Trial of Jesus is an event reported by all four Gospels, in Mark 14:53-65, Matthew 26:57-68, Luke 22:63-71 and John 18:12-24.A Sanhedrin (Hebrew: סנהדרין Greek: συνέδριον synedrion, "sitting together," hence "assembly" or "council" from a presumed derivative of a compound of "syn" Union and "hedraios" from a derivative of hezomai "to sit"). It is an assembly of 23 judges biblically required in every city. The Great Sanhedrin is an assembly of 71 of the greatest Jewish judges who constituted the supreme court and legislative body of ancient Israel. The make-up of the Great Sanhedrin included a chief justice (Nasi), a vice chief justice (Av Beit Din), and sixty-nine general members who all sat in the form of a semi-circle when in session. "The Sanhedrin" without qualifer normally refers to the Great Sanhedrin. When the Temple in Jerusalem was standing, (prior to its destruction in 70 CE), the Great Sanhedrin would meet in the Hall of Hewn Stones in the Temple during the day, except before festivals and Shabbat (Hebrew for the Sabbath).

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