Loading…

A Book of Evidence: The Trials and Execution of Jesus is unavailable, but you can change that!

Jesus was a Jew, living in a Jewish culture under Jewish laws that governed the people of Israel at a time of conflict with their Roman overlords. A Book of Evidence takes into consideration the history of first-century Jerusalem. It is a unique presentation of the passion event, written from a Jewish legal standpoint. Kuehl explains why and how Jesus came to trial, and how the politics of the...

sister of the youth whom Jesus loved and his mother and Salome were there, and Jesus did not receive them”.71 Since Eleazar and the “rich young ruler” appear to be the same man, we must recommend that he, as a member of the aristocratic ruling class, was also a member of the Sanhedrin. The same designation (“ruler”) is used to describe Nicodemus and others who held that official capacity. The use of the term “Jews” in the Gospel of John has sometimes been said to refer to the ruling class, i.e.,
Page 90
Buy this book at Logos.com