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Text: Luke 23: 1-2

THE PLOT OF THE SANHEDRIN COUNCIL

1. They plotted to condemn the Lord Jesus of a sin so serious that it deserved the death penalty.

2. When they heard the Lord Jesus saying He was the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of God, they condemned Him for speaking blasphemy.

a. They reasoned that no Man can sit at the right hand of God.

b. To be able to do that, He would have to be the Son of God.

c. To the Council, this was blasphemy and deserving of death.

BRINGING THE LORD JESUS TO THE ROMAN GOVERNOR

1. The Jewish Council had a major problem.

a. They had no authority to put a person to death.

b. Only the Roman Governor in Jerusalem had the power of life and death.

2. Pontius Pilate, the Roman Governor

a. He had the authority to cause a person to be executed.

b. He also had the power to free a person.

c. Much depends on the case that was brought before him to judge.

3. Bringing the Lord Jesus before the Roman Governor.

“Then the whole multitude of them arose and led Him to Pilate. And they began to accuse Him, saying, ‘We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to pay taxes to Caesar, saying that He Himself is Christ, a King.’”

Luke 23:1-2

a. The Multitude

i. The Council Members

ii. Their cronies

b. They brought the Lord Jesus before Pontius Pilate.

4. Not a religious Charge.

a. They did not accuse the Lord Jesus of blasphemy before Pilate.

b. The Governor would dismiss the multitude and the case brought before him.

c. He would not rule on matters involving religion.

5. Criminal Charges

a. The Lord Jesus was charged with perverting the nation.

b. He was forbidding people to pay taxes to Caesar.

c. He was promoting Himself to be a political King.

d. The Messiah (The Christ) was meant to be the King of Israel.

6. How true were these charges?

a. The answer is obvious! All the charges were false!

b. The Lord Jesus urged the people to pay taxes to Caesar.

“Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s”

Luke 20:25

c. He was indeed the Christ, but He preached about a spiritual kingdom and not a political one.

经文：路加福音 23：1-2

公会的阴谋

1. 他们密谋把主耶稣定罪，罪孽深重以致死刑

2. 当他们听见主耶稣说自己是坐在上帝右边的人子时，就以亵渎之罪定祂的罪

a. 他们辩说没有人可以坐在上帝的右边

b. 要能够做到这一点，祂必须是上帝的儿子

c. 对公会来说，这是亵渎的话且该受死

将主耶稣带到罗马巡抚面前

1. 犹太公会有一个大问题

a. 他们无权处死一个人

b. 只有耶路撒冷的罗马巡抚才有判生死的权柄

2. 罗马巡抚彼拉多

a. 他有权处决一个人

b. 他也有能力释放一个人

c. 大部分取决于提交给他审判的案件

3. 把主耶稣带到罗马巡抚面前

“众人都起来，把耶稣解到彼拉多面前，就告他说：‘我们见这人诱惑国民，禁止纳税给恺撒，并说自己是基督，是王。’”

《路加福音 23：1-2》

a. 众人

i. 公会

ii. 他们的亲信

b. 他们把主耶稣带到彼拉多面前

4. 不是属宗教指控

a. 他们没有在彼拉多面前控告主耶稣亵渎之罪

b. 巡抚将驳回众人和提交给他的案件

c. 他不会对涉及宗教的事件做出裁决

5. 属刑事指控

a. 主耶稣被指控诱惑国民

b. 祂禁止国民纳税给恺撒

c. 祂自我宣扬是政治君王

d. 弥赛亚（基督）本应成为以色列的君王

6. 这些指控是否真实？

a. 答案很明显！所有指控都是假的！

b. 主耶稣鼓励人们纳税给恺撒

“耶稣说：‘这样，恺撒的物当归给恺撒，神的物当归给神。’”

《路加福音 20:25》

c. 祂确实是基督，但祂传讲的是一个属灵的国度，而不是一个属政治的国度