Matt.26 Pt.11 – Jesus On Trial Before The Jews (Pt.2)

by Michael Robson

The religious leaders realised that they couldn’t depend on the false and conflicting testimonies of those who claimed that Jesus said that He would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days. And besides, that was somewhat of the expectation of what The Messiah was to do in building a New temple. So, seeing that they were getting nowhere, the High Priest Caiaphas invoked the law to adjure the witness to answer the accusations. And this time Jesus confirmed that He was indeed not only The Messiah but also the Son of God, as spoken of in Psalm 2. Now they had a problem! To accept Jesus and His claims or reject them, because to accept them meant that they now had their long awaited Messiah. And that would spell trouble in the eyes of the Romans and that was have had a domino effect on their cushy lifestyles wherein they had ruled the roost. So there was no alternative for them but to reject Jesus’ claims. In fact no matter who the Messiah would turn out to be, they would have had to do the same thing. However, they knew that they couldn’t legally impose the death penalty, but they felt that they had found Jesus guilty of blasphemy and for that reason was to receive the death penalty under their law, if they could have carried it out. But as we shall see, they found a way to make Jesus’ guilt in their eyes, also be a grounds for accusing Him before the Romans.

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Michael Robson