Was Jesus guilty or not guilty by the law?

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Jesus was a follower of the Mosaic laws and it is a blasphemy to be judged by pagan courts, hence he cringed to be judged by the authority he did not deem fit and responding or participating in the pagan roman courts would amount to getting judged by laws other then revealed in the Old testament. This is abundantly clear from the account of Jesus when he barged into the temple and showed contempt of the temple.

Regarding Jews claiming that Jesus claimed divinity then, It is very clear from the bible that Jews wanted to eliminate Jesus as the Rabbis perceived Jesus a threat to their business of religion. It is worthwhile and noteworthy to see that in spite of Jesus being given a platform in court to preach his so called "divinity" he chose to remain silent. Silence by no means means approval. In this case it certainly means opposition as if it were to mean approval then he would not have responded with "You said so" when the Judge asked him about his claim of being " King of Jews". It was like saying "You said so.. I didn't".

So to conclude Jesus was not guilty for the sheer reason that it was a false charge, Infact the charge itself was not confirmed by Jesus in court as Jesus refused to be judged by any evil court.

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The Gospel of Luke answers this question for us:

Pilate then called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people, 14 and said to them, “You brought me this man as one who was misleading the people. And after examining him before you, behold, I did not find this man guilty of any of your charges against him. 15 Neither did Herod, for he sent him back to us. Look, nothing deserving death has been done by him. 16 I will therefore punish and release him.” Luke 23:13-16

It seems that Jesus was not found guilty of anything worthy of death. Under Roman rule, the Jews were allowed to judge smaller matters, but capital punishment was reserved for Rome alone. Neither Pilate nor Herod found any guilt in Jesus at all on any matter that was pertinent.

The Jews found Him guilty of blasphemy, but that was just based on His claim to Deity. They never figured out whether He was or not. Since Jesus was, indeed, God, He was not guilty of blasphemy. (On this point, I disagree with the answer you cited. Jesus did, indeed, claim to be God, that was true.)

Consequently, Jesus was not guilty of any of the crimes of which He was accused, either in the trial among the Jewish leaders or in the trial before Pilate and Herod.

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Consider this.

A man walks into a court room and long story short, the judge convicts the man of murder in the first degree. However, the man did not commit the crime. Therefore, he is falsely accused, and falsely convicted. Nevertheless, he was convicted, and he was sentenced to death.

Was Jesus guilty of blasphemy? According to the Sanhedrin, yes. Was Jesus falsely accused and falsely convicted? Yes. God (that is, Jesus) cannot be rightly convicted of blasphemy.

It's a matter of perspective. The Sanhedrin convicted Jesus of blasphemy because they did not believe he was God, just as the judge did not believe the man was innocent. Essentially, it's unjust judgment on the part of the judges. However, Jesus was God, and therefore, he was falsely accused and falsely convicted.

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