2017-02-26: Luke-The Investigative Gospel – Jesus Before the Council

Sermon Audio: Jesus Before the Council
Speaker: Pastor Val Watkins
Scripture Text: Luke 22:63-71
Duration: 21:14
Size: 9.72 MB

Luke-The Investigative Gospel
Jesus Before the Council
Luke 22:63-71

The Great Sanhedrin in Jerusalem was the final judicial authority in Israel, comparable to the Supreme Court of the United States.

The witnesses were to attest to the identity of the party, and to depose to the month, day, hour, and circumstances of the crime.

But in their zeal to destroy Jesus they committed a number of violations against their own system of jurisprudence.

I. Jesus Was Mocked and Blasphemed (Luke 22:63-65)

Jesus was innocent of all wrongdoing, and the soldiers were mocking him, beating him, and blaspheming him.

II. Jesus Was Charged with Blasphemy (Luke 22:66-71)

The Greek word for Christ is the same as the Hebrew word “Messiah,” and it literally means, “one who has been anointed.”

The title Jesus most often used to refer to himself was “Son of Man.” But this title is often misunderstood. (Daniel 7:13-14)

So, the term “Son of Man” is really expressing the deity – rather than the humanity – of Jesus.

It was this assertion that Jesus is the Son of God that was particularly problematic to the council. They believed that this assertion was blasphemy.