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Gospel Luke Bible Study #73
Luke 22:63-71 Jesus was tried by the council

1. ( ) Jesus is my Christ and my King.
( ) I am my own king. I don’t have a king over me.

2. Who were the men who were beating Jesus? 22:63
=temple guards
How did they mock Jesus? 22:64
=they blindfolded him and demanded “Prophesy! Who hit you?”
Why did they beat and mock Jesus?
=for fun
How did Jesus respond to their beating and mocking? Isaiah 53:7.
=He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; he was led like a lamb to the slaughter

3. The court of Sanhedrin; sinners judge God.
=highest court in mankind
=they applied God’s truth in this court.
What was the authority of the Sanhedrin?
Who were the members of the Sanhedrin?
=teachers of the Laws
=Chief priests
=Elders
=70 people
=High priest
Some of the Sanhedrin rules –
time and place to meet: during day time, temple (the Hall of Heaven)
How to establish guilt: by two or more witnesses (what they saw and what they went through)
How to debate: criticize and support only
How to vote: youngest person
When to free the guilty
When to carry on a capital punishment: they can’t carry on execution same day.
They were required fasting for death sentence.
4. “If you are the Christ, tell us.”
=Jesus raised three dead persons alive.
=Jesus healed many people
=Jesus opened the blind
=Jesus fed 5000 people and 3000 people
=they established guilt from Jesus’ answers.
=there are no two witnesses
=they started with are you the Christ? (messiah=king=savior)
=they have no intention to know
What is wrong with this question?
What did Jesus answer them? 22:67b, 68
=If I tell you, you will not believe me, and if I asked you, you would not answer.
What kind of heart attitude did they have? 22:67b, 68
=arrogant
Who was their king?
=Herod, own evil desire
The Sanhedrin and Jesus came to a deadlock. What new direction did Jesus move to? 22:69
=But from now on, the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the mighty God.
Who is Jesus? 22:69
=Savior and King who came to save us from our sins

5. “Are you then the Son of God?”
How was this second question different from the first question?
=Are you the Christ? – the Son of David: human
=Are you the son of God – deity: God
What passages tell of the deity of Christ? Isaiah.7:14, 9:6, Lk.1:35, 3:22
=Isaiah 7:14 Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: the virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and
You will call him Immanuel.
What did Jesus answer? 22:70
=You say that I am
What guilt did they find from Jesus’ answer? 22:71
=dishonoring God
What rules of the Sanhedrin court did they violate in Jesus’ trial?
=no two witnesses, by own words
=vote procedure
=at daybreak
=no investigate
=they already made their decision

6. The court of God; God will judge sinners.
Who is the judge?
Can anyone avoid this trial? Rev.20:12
=Rev. 20:12 And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened.
Another book was opened, which is the book of life.
How will the violent guards who beat Jesus be judged?
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How will the Sanhedrin members who put Jesus to death be judged?
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Who has already been forgiven from this judgment?
=whoever believes in Jesus

6. Who gave Jesus beating, mocking, and death?
=myself
=my sin
=we can see ourselves through people at the court