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. Mark up: _italics_ THE TRIAL OF JESUS [Illustration: CHRIST BEFORE PILATE (MUNKACSY)] THE TRIAL OF JESUS FROM A LAWYER'S STANDPOINT BY WALTER M. CHANDLER OF THE NEW YORK BAR VOLUME II THE ROMAN TRIAL THE EMPIRE PUBLISHING CO. 60 WALL STREET, NEW YORK CITY 1908 Copyright, 1908, by WALTER M. CHANDLER _All rights reserved_ LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FACING PAGE CHRIST BEFORE PILATE (Munkacsy) _Frontispiece_ TIBERIUS CÆSAR (Antique Sculpture) 68 PONTIUS PILATE (Munkacsy) 81 CHRIST LEAVING THE PRÆTORIUM (Doré) 141 THE CRUCIFIXION (Munkacsy) 175 JUPITER (Antique Sculpture) 195 AVE CÆSAR! IO SATURNALIA (Alma-Tadema) 240 THE DYING GLADIATOR (Antique Sculpture) 260 READING FROM HOMER (Alma-Tadema) 270 CONTENTS OF VOLUME TWO PAGE PREFACE TO VOLUME TWO ix PART 1 _THE ROMAN TRIAL_ CHAPTER PAGE I. A TWOFOLD JURISDICTION 3 II. NUMBER OF REGULAR TRIALS 9 III. POWERS AND DUTIES OF PILATE 24 IV. MODE OF TRIAL IN ROMAN CAPITAL CASES 34 V. ROMAN FORMS OF PUNISHMENT 53 VI. ROMAN LAW APPLICABLE TO THE TRIAL OF JESUS 68 VII. PONTIUS PILATE 81 VIII. JESUS BEFORE PILATE 96 IX. JESUS BEFORE HEROD 119 X. JESUS AGAIN BEFORE PILATE 129 XI. LEGAL ANALYSIS AND SUMMARY OF THE ROMAN TRIAL OF JESUS 141 PART II _GRÆCO-ROMAN PAGANISM_ I. THE GRÆCO-ROMAN RELIGION 198 II. GRÆCO-ROMAN SOCIAL LIFE 236 _APPENDICES_ I. CHARACTERS OF THE SANHEDRISTS WHO TRIED JESUS 291 II. ACTS OF PILATE 327 BIBLIOGRAPHY 383 INDEX 389 PREFACE TO VOLUME TWO