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What happened when Jesus appeared before the Sanhedrin? Who was there? What was he charged with? Was fair process observed? What was he convicted of? What was the plan of the high priests having secured a conviction on religious grounds?
Who was Annas? Why was Jesus taken to him first? What was the Sanhedrin? How did it originate? How did it change over time? What do we know (or not know) about its procedures? What was going on with Peter in the courtyard below?
Who wanted Jesus put on trial? What issues concerned them? What was their plan for his arrest? What happened in the Garden of Gethsemane? Who was there? Were Romans there?
What are the sources for information on the Trial of Jesus? How do scholars divide, more or less, in their treatment of the Trial? What are the strengths and limitations of the historical-critical method? What sense can be made giving serious regard to Scripture, history, and theology?
Who was the Centurion at the foot of the Cross? What do we know about centurions in history and in Scripture? What do we make of his words, "Truly, this was God's Son?"
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