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Abstract: The following is a consideration of the stages of Jesus' trial from the legal prespective, including the following: arrest, investigation (interrogation and witness testimony), judging by the Sanhedrin, trial by Pilate, transfer to Herod for questioning, flagellation (whipping), condemnation, and punishment by execution (crucifixion). This perspective requires an examination of whether or not there were any errors or irregularities in the procedure that Jesus faced. In order to find answers to the issues raised in the above list, the lawyer is limited to only legal research sources, especially when normative documents, studying the socio - political environment, administrative aspects, criminal law and procedure, are based only on observations to achieve legal replication. Meanwhile, in this article there is oscillation between outlined procedures that are honorable in appearance and others that are obvious compromises.
Keywords: Jesus, Sanhedrin, trial, procedures, illegalities, theories.
INTRODUCTION
A strictly legal perspective of Jesus' trial in the divine plan of salvation, including His divinity, shows that Jesus was a man who lived in space and time, and who was subjected to the laws of that time; he was accused of certain activities deemed "worthy of death", accused in a lawsuit and trial courts of that time. In studying the process from this perspective, the following things must be considered: who ordered the arrest of Jesus, for what reasons, who acted on the orders, what Judas' role was in the arrest of Jesus, if the Roman governor, Pontius Pilate, was unaware of the warrant of detention or not. The institutions involved in the process should be studied such as:
* The Sanhedrin: their material and territorial jurisdiction, their legal composition, mode of operation, place of meeting, the manner in which they arrived at decisions and how they implemented them, the possibility or impossibility of rights of the accused for appeal;
* The institution of the high priest and the mode of operation of this office;
* The accused: about the witnesses, about other aspects of the evidence phase.
The question should also be raised as to whether it was a single process, or whether it was two or more processes. In the event that it was one process, it is essential to establish which process was valid: that of the...