The Trials of Christ: The Moral Failures of Those Who Judge Jesus

by John Gilmore

Publisher:

Christian Focus

, 2001

Overview

Just who were the people who tried Jesus? Annas’ personal fortune from ‘skimming’ the income from sacrificial animals was over 2.5 billion pieces of silver. His son-in-law, Joseph Caiaphas, broke twelve laws in bringing Jesus before him. Herod Antipas, second son of Herod the Great, was a Roman educated playboy in charge of a small section of a third class imperial province——a man whose rash promise led to the beheading of John the Baptist. And Pontius Pilate? Pilate was an anti-Semitic politician more intent on cash-flow for building projects than justice. John Gilmore's The Trials of Christ takes a thorough look at this questionable group gathered to ensure Jesus got a fair trial.

Endorsements

Dr. Gilmore is not content simply to detail the legal maneuverings. He seeks to pierce through the layers of litigious wrappings to find the core motivations of those who ‘tried’ Christ. It warms this lawyer’s heart that with Gilmore’s careful exposition, Christ’s trials, bad ones at that, prove a rich source of exhortation.

—Meirwyn I. Walters, Assistant Professor of Law, Gordon College, Massachusetts

Product Details

• Title: The Trials of Christ
• Author: John Gilmore
• Publisher: Christian Focus
• Print Publication Date: 2001
• Logos Release Date: 2010
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Sanhedrin; Jesus Christ › Trial; Jewish law
• ISBNs: 9781857926477, 1857926471
• Resource ID: LLS:TRIALSCHRIST
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T03:29:20Z

About John Gilmore

Dr. John Gilmore, a second-generation Welsh preacher, has resided in Cincinnati, Ohio, since 1982. He speaks at conferences and church seminars in the areas of eschatology, the passion narratives in the Gospels, and the spiritual concerns of senior citizens.

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