the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether
thou be the Christ, the Son of God.‖
The horror of the night that Y‘shua was about to spend in the hands of his captors is almost impossible to
describe. By early morning, the strong and healthy son of Nazareth would be reduced into a man who was
weak, bruised, bleeding and barely alive by merciless beating and torture.
―Then the band and the captain and officers of the Jews took Jesus, and bound him, And led him away to
Annas first; for he was father in law to Caiaphas, which was the high priest that same year" (John 18:12- 13
KJV).
―Now Annas had sent him bound to Caiaphas the high priest". (John 18:24 KJV)
The text implies that the High Priest had an understanding of Scripture that correlated the Messiah to the
"Son" of YHWH. This is not easily found in Scripture when read at the literal level.
Y‟shua condemned to death by the High Priest(55) ―And the chief priests and all the council sought for witness against Jesus to put him to death; and
found none.
(56) For many bare false witness against him, but their witness agreed not together.
(57) And there arose certain, and bare false witness against him, saying,
(58) We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and within three days I will
build another made without hands.
(59) But neither so did their witness agree together" (Mark 14:55-59 KJV).
(11) ―False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.
(12) They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul" (Psalm 35:11-12 KJV).
(60) ―And the high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, saying, Answer you nothing? what is it
which these witness against you?
(61) But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, and said to him, Are
you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?
(62) And Jesus said, I am: and you shall see the son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and
coming in the clouds of heaven.
(63) Then the high priest tore his clothes, and said, What need we any further witnesses? Ye have heard
the blasphemy: what think ye?
(64) And they all condemned him to be guilty of death" (Mark 14:60-64 KJV). See also Luke 22:66-71.
Unworthy of DeathUnder the Law of YHWH, there must be at least two witnesses to a crime before a person can be convicted
and punished. Because there were no witnesses to a crime, Y‘shua should have been released; however,
Y‘shua knew the prophecies concerning the Lamb of YHWH, so he told them who he was and for what
purpose he had come.
Is there is a law in Judaism against obstructing justice?The Torah has many laws that fall loosely under the category of obstruction of justice.
It is forbidden to swear falsely.
It is forbidden to withhold testimony. If you know that Mr. X owes Mr. Y 100 dollars, you cannot say ―It‘s none
of my business; I‘ll just stay home and relax.‖ You are obligated to go to court and tell the court what you
know. You cannot plead the fifth.
It is forbidden to testify falsely. In certain cases, a false witness is punished with what he would have inflicted
on his victim had his false testimony been accepted. (So if A testifies that I stole 100 dollars, he has to pay
100 dollars.)
A judge is forbidden to pervert the law.
A judge is obligated to judge justly.
A judge cannot be afraid of a bully or the mafia.
A judge cannot take a bribe. If he receives even the slightest favour from one of the parties, he is disqualified
from judging on that case.
A judge is forbidden to cheat for a poor person. (If Bill Gates and a guy on skid row come to court arguing
over a hundred bucks, the judge must rule according to law. He cannot say: ―Gates is right. But he won‘t
really miss a hundred dollars, while the other dude will be able to buy some food. So I‘ll rule in the poor guy‘s
favour.‖ That‘s a no-no.)