I admit they might have sucked up to Rome, but Rome did not appoint the Sanhedren, nor the Pharisees, nor the Sadduccees. Their actions were strictly their own politics. The Sanhedrin was essentially appointed by the Herodians after Herod I had all his enemies in the Sanhedrin killed.
The High Priest was nominated by the Sanhedrin, but had to be approved by the Tetrarch (the decendants of Antipater, the Edomite installed by Rome) and by the Roman Governor.
Jesus NEVER told anyone to worry about the political system of the day. Notonce.
Moot point to the Romans and the Collaborators. Jesus claimed to be the Messiah. The defining element there was to be the expulsion of Romans and Syrians. That Jesus did not call for this was irrelevent once he entered Jerusalem on an ass.
The defining element there was to be the expulsion of Romans and Syrians. That Jesus did not call for this was irrelevent once he entered Jerusalem on an ass. How in the world do you connect the over throw of the Romans, who did not exist when the Prophecy was made, to Jesus entering Jerusalem on an ass?