Trial before the Sanhedrin
Jesus is tried before the Jewish council. False witnesses testify against him. The high priest asks if he is the Christ. Jesus affirms it, and they condemn him as deserving death.
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John records a preliminary hearing before Annas, not mentioned in the Synoptics. Luke places the formal trial in the morning rather than at night.
Jesus responds: "You have said so. But I say to you, from now on you will see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of Power."
Jesus replies "I am" directly to the high priest's question.
The trial occurs at daybreak; Jesus asks, "If I tell you, you will not believe."
Focuses on the hearing before Annas; Jesus is sent bound to Caiaphas.
From the triumphal entry into Jerusalem through the crucifixion and burial of Jesus.
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