Transcriber's notes Variable spelling has been retained. Minor punctuation inconsistencies have been silently corrected. A list of other corrections can be found at the end of the book. Footnotes were sequentially numbered and placed at the end of the text. In the original, the "The Gospel Narratives" are printed side by side across the page spread. In this e-book version they are presented individually. The Index was copied from Volume II. Mark up: _italics_ THE TRIAL OF JESUS [Illustration: JESUS BOUND (MUNKACSY)] THE TRIAL OF JESUS FROM A LAWYER'S STANDPOINT BY WALTER M. CHANDLER OF THE NEW YORK BAR VOLUME I THE HEBREW TRIAL THE EMPIRE PUBLISHING CO. 60 WALL STREET, NEW YORK CITY 1908 Copyright, 1908, by WALTER M. CHANDLER _All rights reserved_ TO MY MOTHER WITH SENTIMENTS OF LOVE AND VENERATION WHICH NO WORDS CAN EXPRESS LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FACING PAGE JESUS BOUND (Munkacsy) _Frontispiece_ ST. MATTHEW (Rembrandt) 2 ST. MARK AND ST. PAUL (Dürer) 28 ST. JOHN AND ST. PETER (Dürer) 52 MOSES AND THE LAW (Michael Angelo) 72 THE LAST SUPPER (da Vinci) 174 JESUS IN GETHSEMANE (Hoffman) 240 THE BETRAYING KISS (Scheffer) 282 THE ARREST OF JESUS (Hoffman) 284 CONTENTS OF VOLUME ONE PAGE PREFACE TO VOLUME ONE xiii THE GOSPEL NARRATIVES xxx PART I _THE RECORD OF FACT_ AUTHENTICITY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT NARRATIVES, JUDICIALLY CONSIDERED 3 CREDIBILITY OF THE GOSPEL WRITERS, LEGALLY TESTED 9 PART II _HEBREW CRIMINAL LAW_ CHAPTER I. THE MOSAIC CODE AND THE TALMUD 73 II. HEBREW CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS 91 III. HEBREW COURTS AND JUDGES 102 IV. HEBREW WITNESSES AND EVIDENCE 127 V. MODE OF TRIAL AND EXECUTION IN HEBREW CAPITAL CASES 153 PART III _THE BRIEF_ WHETHER OR NOT THE GREAT SANHEDRIN EXISTED AT THE TIME OF CHRIST 175 CONCERNING THE JURISDICTION OF THE GREAT SANHEDRIN, WITH REFERENCE TO ROMAN AUTHORITY, TO TRY CAPITAL OFFENSES AT THE DATE OF THE CRUCIFIXION 181 CONCERNING THE JURISDICTION OF THE GREAT SANHEDRIN, UNDER HEBREW LAW, TO TRY THE PARTICULAR OFFENSE WITH WHICH JESUS WAS CHARGED 183