The Jewish Leaders Unjustly Try Jesus, Part 2 (TMF:637)

Tuesday, May 02, 2017
Peace to Live By: The Jewish Leaders Unjustly Try Jesus, Part 2 (TMF:637) - Daniel Litton
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        We can see the violence and malice of the Jewish leaders when Jesus went from trial to trial, in a hurried up, illegal way in order to have him put to death. As we are in Luke chapter 22, let’s go ahead and look at Jesus before the Jewish council. Let’s pick up in verse 66: “When day came, the assembly of the elders of the people gathered together, both chief priests and scribes. And they led him away to their council, and they said, “If you are the Christ, tell us.” But he said to them, “If I tell you, you will not believe, and if I ask you, you will not answer. But from now on the Son of Man shall be seated at the right hand of the power of God.” So they all said, “Are you the Son of God, then?” And he said to them, “You say that I am.” Then they said, “What further testimony do we need? We have heard it ourselves from his own lips” (Luke 22:66-71, ESV). So, Jesus makes it clear to them that he is in fact the Christ, the Son of God. But like he told the leaders, they wouldn’t believe him. They thought there was no way this man could be the Messiah, for he didn’t do things the way they did them and he wasn’t full of pride and pomp like they were.