{"id":17744,"date":"2009-02-12T20:19:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-13T02:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=17744"},"modified":"2020-01-03T20:22:05","modified_gmt":"2020-01-04T02:22:05","slug":"was-it-a-requirement-to-be-married-to-be-a-member-of-the-sanhedrin-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/was-it-a-requirement-to-be-married-to-be-a-member-of-the-sanhedrin-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Was it a requirement to be married to be a member of the Sanhedrin court?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t<h2>Question:<\/h2>\n<p>Was it a requirement to be married to be a member of the Sanhedrin court? Was the Apostle Paul a member of the Sanhedrin, and if so, what happened to his wife?<\/p>\n\t<h2>Answer:<\/h2>\n<p>There was no requirement to be married to be a member of the Sanhedrin. By the days of Jesus, it was mostly a political appointment. The requirements, which were quite vague are discussed in: &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/what-were-the-requirements-for-being-a-member-of-the-sanhedrin\/\">What were the requirements for being a member of the Sanhedrin?<\/a>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>It was suspected that Paul was being groomed for the Sanhedrin, but there is no evidence that he was actually appointed to the court. Actually we can safely assume he wasn&#8217;t a member because when he went to Damascus, he did so as a representative of the court, not as a member of the court. &#8220;<em>Then Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest and asked letters from him to the synagogues of Damascus, so that if he found any who were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem<\/em>&#8221; (Acts 9:1-2).<\/p>\n<p>Paul was never married. See: &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/was-paul-married-or-a-member-of-the-sanhedrin\/\">Was Paul married or a member of the Sanhedrin?<\/a>&#8221; for more details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: Was it a requirement to be married to be a member of the Sanhedrin court? Was the Apostle Paul a member of the Sanhedrin, and if so, what happened to his wife? Answer: There was no requirement to be married to be a member of the Sanhedrin. By the days of Jesus, it was&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[20],"tags":[118,970],"class_list":["post-17744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-paul","tag-sanhedrin"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15935,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/was-paul-married-or-a-member-of-the-sanhedrin\/","url_meta":{"origin":17744,"position":0},"title":"Was Paul married or a member of the Sanhedrin?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"July 30, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Was Paul married?\u00a0 I believe to be a member of the Sanhedrin he was, but I understand the Bible does not indicate this. Answer: I know of no reference that indicates a member of the Sanhedrin had to be married. Just to be sure, I checked numerous references, including\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Answer&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":12740,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/what-were-the-requirements-for-being-a-member-of-the-sanhedrin\/","url_meta":{"origin":17744,"position":1},"title":"What were the requirements for being a member of the Sanhedrin?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"October 10, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: What were the requirements for being a member of the Sanhedrin? Answer: You need to remember that the Sanhedrin was the creation of the Jews. 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Jesus specifically says he was not made a judge, which is the function of the Sanhedrin council. \"But He said to him, \"Man, who made Me a judge or\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Answer&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":46188,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/what-a-beautiful-simple-explanation-of-who-the-churches-of-christ-are\/","url_meta":{"origin":17744,"position":3},"title":"What a beautiful, simple explanation of who the churches of Christ are!","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"September 28, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: I am a member of the church of Christ in Tennessee. I happened to run across your page when I Googled \"Was Paul a member of the Sanhedrin?\" I went to\u00a0your home page, and, wow, what a beautiful, simple explanation of who we are! Just thought I would send\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Answer&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":10890,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/when-was-the-sanhedrin-council-convened\/","url_meta":{"origin":17744,"position":4},"title":"When was the Sanhedrin council convened?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"July 21, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: When was the Sanhedrin council convened? 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