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http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/jesus/jesusaccount.html The Trial before the Sanhedrin....
Truthfully, the account seems to be highly speculative, relying on the "wisdom" of men significantly more removed from the events chronologically than the Gospel accounts. Perspectives and a lack of interest in preserving exactly the historic reality can easily account for the minor differences in the Scriptures. If the primary motive for writing was to record the life and ministry of Jesus, His divine nature and purpose, some details were certainly not remembered or chronicled or simply unknown. For example, Luke must have relied on the testimony of witnesses, never detailing a personal earthly relationship with Jesus. Among the biographers with a personal relationship with Jesus, there is great consistency.
The article attempts to remove all interest in spiritual things, i.e., the fulfillment of OT prophesy and the accounts of miracles Jesus performed. The perspective advanced here renders the entire revelation of God as less than a footnote. If, indeed, Mr. Linder's work is even remotely accurate, why would he waste his time writing about a Jewish peasant-rabbi that was executed 2000+ years ago? Money and reputation, perhaps?
If I had it to do all over again, I certainly wouldn't waste my time on this thinly veiled attempt to obscure the truth.