Jesus Crucifixion Case

In this paper I am going to discuss the trials that took place before Jesus' crucifixion. I will discuss this from a legal perspective using scripture. This paper is inspired by my father who is a lawyer and knowledgeable on the subject. I started thinking about this recently because it is right before Easter and it is a subject that really interests me. Jesus was unlawfully sentenced to death through the Jewish legal system and the Roman legal system. There were many opportunities for the legal systems to save him from being crucified. He was convicted wrongly under two failed legal systems. Interestingly, legal systems in place over two thousand years ago had procedures and laws to prevent an innocent person from being convicted of a crime.
26:59-61) “Now the chief priests and the whole Council kept trying to obtain false testimony against Jesus, so they might put Him to death. They did not find any, even though many false witnesses came forward. But later on two came forward, and said, 'This man stated, I am able to destroy the temple of God and to rebuild it in three days'” By Mosaic Law, a person could only be convicted of a capital offense if there were two witnesses in agreement testifying against the accused. This law was violated because the testimony of the two final witnesses at Jesus’ trial was inconsistent. This can be seen in this Scripture: (Mark 14:59) “Not even in this respect was their testimony consistent.” This is additional information about the statements of the witnesses. Therefore, Jesus should not have been convicted because there was no basis for the capital offense.
Also under Mosaic law, a conviction could never be based solely on the confession of the accused. There had to be other corroborating evidence. Chandler, M. Walter. The Trial of Jesus Therefore, this law was violated because Jesus' conviction was based solely on His
“And they began to accuse Him, saying, 'We found this man misleading our nation and forbidding to pay taxes to Caesar, and saying that He Himself is Christ, a King.'” So Pilate proceeded to conduct a new trial of Jesus on the charge of treason. Jesus was carefully examined, especially regarding the allegations that Jesus claimed to be a king. A claim to be a king, would be a direct challenge to Caesar, and if true, would be grounds to put Jesus to death under Roman law. However, after examining Jesus, Pilate understood that Jesus was not claiming or seeking to be a king over a worldly empire. (John 18:33-37) “Therefore Pilate entered again into the Praetorium, and summoned Jesus and said to Him, 'Are you the King of the Jews?' Jesus answered, 'Are you saying this on your own initiative, or did others tell you about Me?' Pilate answered, 'I am not