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The day of Jesus trial before the Sanhedrin is the sixth day. The different gospels cover different aspects of the events in that day. The passages which deal with these events are Matthew 27:1-31 , Mark 15:1-20 , Luke 22:66- 23:65 , and John 18:28 - 19:16. For continuity, it seemed best to put the events in chronological order using the most complete passages from each gospel. I have endeavored to do so. Matthew 27:1-14 Jesus Delivered to Pilate 1 When morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him...

What is a community organizer? Barack Obama started out his career as a community organizer until he found out he could parlay the suffering and hardship of others into a lucrative profession. From there he made contacts to support his political ambitions into a mediocre career in the Illinois state legislature. His political potential and political connections allowed Mr. Obama to “buy” a Chicago mansion. With no major achievements he became the pawn of the Chicago political machine and was elected into the U.S. Senate where again his mediocrity was parleyed into 1 keynote speech at the ’04 democrat convention...

Recently the Obama campaign and its surrogates have been putting forth the preposterous proposition that Jesus Christ was a "community organizer", and that Pontius Pilate was a "governor". The obvious connection they want us to make is that Barack Obama is like Jesus Christ, and Sarah Palin is like Pontius Pilate. I guess one could possibly draw those conclusions if they knew nothing about Jesus Christ or community organizing. However, when one examines the facts, one could very well come up with the exact opposite conclusion. First let us begin with a working definition of "community organizer" and see if...

Many years ago, a Christian friend excitedly shared with me a document collection he had found. The front cover proclaimed the collection to be "Historical Court Records Concerning JESUS the CHRIST, Found in the Libraries at Rome and Constantinople." And, sure enough, there they were: Caiphas' reports to the Sanhedrin on the execution and resurrection of Jesus, Pilate's report to Tiberius on Jesus' arrest, trial and crucifixion, Herod Antipas' letter to the Roman Senate justifying the execution of John the Baptist, and a series of letters from Rabbi Hillel describing his reaction to the preaching and teaching of Peter and...

CHOOSING BARABBAS   by James Kiefer   "Not this man, but Barabbas!" It is often said that Christianity is at its roots anti-Jewish, that it encourages hatred for Jews by teaching that they are responsible for the death of Jesus. Moreover, it is said, this is not just a distortion of the Christian faith by a few misguided fanatics -- it is the teaching of the New Testament itself. In this essay, I should like to examine in what sense, if any, this is so. Before examining the question of how the Christian Scriptures interpret the events, where they...

When Senator Howard Baker was a candidate in the 1980 Presidential election, he ran across strong criticism of his support for Jimmy Carter's return of the Panama Canal to Panama from a Republican woman in Vermont. "Well, madam," replied the senator with sweet reasonableness, "I must have cast thousands of votes during my time in the Senate. You probably agree with almost all of them. Why focus on the one issue where we disagree?" "pontius Pilate probably made lots of good decisions too," responded the lady. "But we only remember one." She had grasped an important point that seems to...

Jesus' Final Days, Take 2: Pilate Is the Bad Guy By ALESSANDRA STANLEY Published: March 8, 2004 When Tim Matheson ("Animal House") appears in flowing robes to portray Pontius Pilate in tonight's ABC movie, "Judas," two words come to mind. "Toga party!" There are quite a few silly moments in this well-meaning biography of the Bible's great betrayer, but the timing, at least, is flawless. "Judas" is not just a PG version of Mel Gibson's "Passion of the Christ"; it is a politically correct Judeo-Christian rebuttal. Mr. Gibson, a traditionalist Catholic who rejects many of the liturgical reforms of the...

Persecution? Posted: October 10, 2003 1:00 a.m. Eastern © 2003 WorldNetDaily.com David Limbaugh has written an amazing book about Christian persecution – not in Sudan, not in China, but right here in the United States. It begins with the story of a judge threatening students in a public high school with arrest and incarceration for six months if they dare mention the name of Jesus. And the horror stories of anti-Christian bias, censorship and official intimidation continue throughout in his best-selling "Persecution." I had the pleasure of interviewing the WorldNetDaily columnist and author on my radio program yesterday. He explained...

John.18 [1] When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Cedron, where was a garden, into the which he entered, and his disciples. [2] And Judas also, which betrayed him, knew the place: for Jesus ofttimes resorted thither with his disciples. [3] Judas then, having received a band of men and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches and weapons. [4] Jesus therefore, knowing all things that should come upon him, went forth, and said unto them, Whom seek ye? [5] They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth....