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The Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels bridges the gap between scholars and those pastors, teachers, students and lay people desiring in-depth treatment of select topics in an accessible and summary format. The topics range from cross-sectional themes (such as faith, law, and Sabbath), to methods of interpretation (such as form criticism, redaction criticism, and sociological approaches), from...

. Did the Sanhedrin in the time of Jesus retain the right to sentence and execute criminals? Much hangs on this question which admits no easy solution. The standard view, that the “Roman government retained for itself the right of life and death” (Mommsen, 240), implies a curtailment of the Sanhedrin’s powers as John 18:31 precisely states: The Jews might pass a death sentence but the power to execute lay in the hands of the Roman procurator alone (Lohse, 865). Few had disputed
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