The Trials of Jesus

Topic : Jesus, trials of


Trial	Scripture	Judge	Decision
*Religious Jewish Trials*
First	Jn. 18:12-14	Annas	Go - signal given to liquidate Jesus

Second	Mt. 26:57-68	Caiaphas	Death sentence, charge of blasphemy
Third	Mt. 27:1-2	Sanhedrin	Death sentence made legal
*Civil Roman Trials*
Fourth	Jn. 18:28-38	Pilate	Not guilty
Fifth	Lk. 23:6-12	Herod	Not guilty
Sixth	Jn. 18:39, 19:6	Pilate	Not guilty, but turned over to the Jews

The New Unger’s Bible Handbook, Merrill F. Unger, Revised by Gary N. Larson, Moody Press, Chicago, 1984, p. 419.