I was told that Jesus was a member of the Sanhedrin; is that true?<\/p>\n\t
No, it is not true. 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 an arbitrator over you?” <\/em>” (Luke 12:14).<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Question: I was told that Jesus was a member of the Sanhedrin; is that true? Answer: No, it is not true. 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 an arbitrator over you?” ”…<\/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":[73,970],"class_list":["post-46760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-jesus","tag-sanhedrin"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17744,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/was-it-a-requirement-to-be-married-to-be-a-member-of-the-sanhedrin-court\/","url_meta":{"origin":46760,"position":0},"title":"Was it a requirement to be married to be a member of the Sanhedrin court?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"February 12, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Was it a requirement to be married to be a member of the Sanhedrin court? 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