Very strict rules guide the procedures of the Sanhedrin:
Just as in modern courts of law, the council has a special meeting place called the Gazith (Chamber of Hewn Stone), which is part of the Temple. They do not meet anywhere else.
Its sessions start at 9am in the morning and close at 4pm in the evening.
An interval of 24 hours must elapse before the conclusion of the testimony and the rendering of a verdict.
The Sanhedrin is never convened on Sabbaths, religious holidays and especially the passover which was the most important feast in the Jewish calender. This is clearly stated by the Misnah (Sanhedrin IV:1) and Maimonides (Hilkot Sanhedrin XI:2): "Trails involving capital punishment may not be held on the eve of the Sabbath or a festival."
The Sanhedrin also does not hold any meeting at night.
http://www.rejectionofpascalswager.net/sanhedrin.html
http://www.jesuscentral.com/ja/jesus-trial.html
http://messiahfactor.com/page44.html
Jewish law prohibits a person from being convicted on his own testimony or on the strength of his own confession. At least two lawfully qualified witnesses are required for capital crimes under Jewish law. Two witnesses must also testify that the accused was first warned of his crime. These requirements did not occur in the Gospel accounts. The only evidence used to convict Jesus was his own testimony because ‘two witnesses’ were dismissed.
and there was no passover custom to release a prisoner
Just as in modern courts of law, the council has a special meeting place called the Gazith (Chamber of Hewn Stone), which is part of the Temple. They do not meet anywhere else.
Its sessions start at 9am in the morning and close at 4pm in the evening.
An interval of 24 hours must elapse before the conclusion of the testimony and the rendering of a verdict.
The Sanhedrin is never convened on Sabbaths, religious holidays and especially the passover which was the most important feast in the Jewish calender. This is clearly stated by the Misnah (Sanhedrin IV:1) and Maimonides (Hilkot Sanhedrin XI:2): "Trails involving capital punishment may not be held on the eve of the Sabbath or a festival."
The Sanhedrin also does not hold any meeting at night.
http://www.rejectionofpascalswager.net/sanhedrin.html
http://www.jesuscentral.com/ja/jesus-trial.html
http://messiahfactor.com/page44.html
Jewish law prohibits a person from being convicted on his own testimony or on the strength of his own confession. At least two lawfully qualified witnesses are required for capital crimes under Jewish law. Two witnesses must also testify that the accused was first warned of his crime. These requirements did not occur in the Gospel accounts. The only evidence used to convict Jesus was his own testimony because ‘two witnesses’ were dismissed.
and there was no passover custom to release a prisoner
