The end of the Beginning: Luke 22:66-71 + 23: 1-25 By Zane Elliott Sunday 6th April 2025

As Zane Elliott opens Luke 22:66-23:25 we come to a miscarriage of justice, as Jesus is out on trial.

The trial itself raises a question everyone who comes face to face with Jesus has to answer; how will you judge him? Will you believe he is who he says he is or not?

As we answer those questions today, we’ll walk through three phases of this trial, in the first he’s before the Jewish i) Ruling council vv.66-71, who want confirmation that they have reason to put him to death. 

Then he appears before ii) the authorities, Pilate and Herod 23:1-12, who both want different things from Jesus.

Finally, we’ll come to iii) the sentence Jesus receives in 23:13-25, and the question it forces us to answer.