ONE CATHOLIC LAWYER - Podcasts

THE TRIAL OF JESUS CHRIST

3/25/2019

Lecture I
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What are the sources for information on the Trial of Jesus?
How do scholars divide, more or less, in their treatment of the Trial?
What are the strengths and limitations of the historical-critical method?
What sense can be made giving serious regard to Scripture, history, and theology? (Length: 56:25)

Lecture II
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Who wanted Jesus put on trial?
What issues concerned them?
What was their plan for his arrest?
What happened in the Garden of Gethsemane?
Who was there?
Were Romans there?

(Length: 59:28)

Who was Annas?
Why was Jesus taken to him first?
What was the Sanhedrin?
How did it originate?
How did it change over time?
What do we know (or not know) about its procedures?
What was going on with Peter in the courtyard below?

(Length: 1:00:14)

What happened when Jesus appeared before the Sanhedrin?
Who was there?
What was he charged with?
Was fair process observed?
What was he convicted of?
What was the plan of the high priests having secured a conviction on religious grounds? (Length: 1:03:21)

Who was Pontius Pilate?
Why was he involved?
What was his role in conducting trials?
What laws did he care about?
What laws did he not care about?
Who did he really fear, and why?

(Length: 53:12)

What happened at Jesus’ trial before Pilate?
Why did Pilate think he was innocent?
Why did Pilate send Jesus to Herod?
Who was Herod?
Why did Herod send Jesus back to Pilate?
Why did Pilate have Jesus scourged?
Why did Pilate have him crucified?

(Length: 1:01:03)

How did crucifixion originate?
Why did the Romans use it?
How was it done in general; how was it done to Jesus?
What figures did Jesus meet along the way?
What day was he crucified on?
What is the significance of that day in relation to the Passover Feast?

(Length: 1:09:56)

Jesus was crucified between two "robbers”
One reviled him, the other asked for his help; why?
What did Jesus promise the one who asked for help?
What was the significance of Jesus' words to him?

How did one come to be a centurion?
What does the New Testament say about specific centurions?
What was specially significant about the words of this Centurion?

Why were women at the Cross, and not men (except for John)?
What role did women have in Salvation history?
What details do we know about the women here?

Who was Mary of Clopus and was she Jesus' aunt?
Who was Mary Magdalene and was she the "sinner woman?"
Who was Mary, the mother of James and Joses?
Who was Salome?

Who were the rich women following Jesus and supporting them out of their means?
Who was Joanna, “the wife of Chuza, Herod’s steward?”
Was Joanna the one whom Paul said was "prominent among the apostles?"

Why did Jesus call his mother, "Woman," (and not "Mother")?
What is Mary's connection to Eve?
What was the significance of the Wedding at Cana?
Why is Mary called, "Mother of All Christians?"

Who was this rich Pharisee and a ruler of the Jews?
Why did he meet with Jesus, defend Jesus, and help bury Jesus?
Was Nicodemus a non-believer, a weak believer, or a confirmed believer?

What do we know about Pharisees in general?
What did Nicodemus think, study, and teach as a Pharisee?
Was Nicodemus alone among Pharisees to become believers?
Should Nicodemus be regarded as "St. Nicodemus?”