What is the Sanhedrin?
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The Sanhedrin appears to be the the highest court of the Jews which met in Jerusalem and consisted of a counsel of leaders. For More Information please View http://carm.org/questions/other-questions/what-was-sanhedrin
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- So, what is the Sanhedrin? In the New Testament context, the Sanhedrin is not explained specifically, but it appears to be the highest court of the
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- Jews which met in Jerusalem and consisted of a council of leaders. In Luke 22, 66, we see
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- Jesus being tried before the council of elders, which consisted of both chief priests and scribes.
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- The term comes from the Greek sunedrion, and the word occurs over 20 times in the
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- New Testament. In Mark 15, verse 1, Jesus is before the elders and scribes and the whole council, the
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- Sanhedrin, before being delivered to Pilate. In Acts 4, the Sanhedrin sat in judgment of the preaching of Peter and John.
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- And in Acts 23, both Pharisees and Sadducees sat on the Sanhedrin. The Harper's Bible Dictionary says that, quote, a variety of theories have developed concerning the
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- Sanhedrin of the Jewish leadership in Jerusalem. The three most prevalent are that the Sanhedrin was composed of political leaders, including some priests and aristocrats, that the
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- Sanhedrin was composed of religious leaders, knowledgeable in the law, including priests and Pharisees and scribes, and third, that there were two