"THE TRIAL OF JESUS"
Matthew 26:57-68

I. AN UNGODLY ASSEMBLY (V.57-58)
A. The Court - The Great Sanhedrin (John 3)
(Scribes - Teachers) (Elders - Rulers)
B. The Coward Peter - (Afar Off - Backsliding)
"He went In" Not To Count but To Crowd
"To See The End" Not Concern But Curious

II. UNTRUTHFUL WITNESSES (V. 59-62)
A. Notice the Number of Witnesses (Many)
B. Notice Their Testimony (False) (50:60-61)
C. Notice The Accusation (John 2:21) (Temple of
Body)

III.AN UNPARALLED STATEMENT (V. 64)
A. He Would Not Disown the Truth
B. He Would Not Decline the Suffering
C. He Would One Day Display His Dignity And
Dominion (A Bar Now - A Throne Later)

IV. UNANIMOUS DECISION (V. 65-68)
A. Jesus' So-Called Crime - Blasphemy (v. 65)
B. Caiaphas' Appeal to the Bench (v. 66)
C. The Court's Concurrence (v. 66)
D. He Was A Condemned Prisoner under the
Protection of Law. (I Tim. 3:3) (Spit - Buffeted -
Harass)

Willard Thomas