The Life of Jesus, Chapter 24 summary
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In Chapter 24, Jesus is arrested at Gethsemane, questioned by religious authorities, and brought before Pilate after the Sanhedrin finds him guilty of a capital offense. Pilate tries several ways to spare him but yields under political pressure, while the narrator assigns primary blame to religious authorities and condemns religious persecution.
What happens
- An armed force arrests Jesus at Gethsemane; he stops resistance, and most disciples flee.
- Hanan questions Jesus, while Peter denies knowing him three times and then weeps.
- At Caiaphas’s house, witnesses accuse Jesus over his words about the temple, and the Sanhedrin declares him guilty.
- The priests bring Jesus to Pilate, presenting his supposed royal claims as a political threat.
- Pilate offers release, but the crowd chooses Jesus Bar-Rabban; soldiers flog and mock Jesus.
- Threats of accusations before Caesar make Pilate yield, and the narrator closes by arguing against religious persecution.
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