The False Trials of Jesus Christ Author:Clifford Wilson Who wanted Jesus crucified? Who was to blame? This study clearly shows that the trial of Jesus was a farce from the beginning to end. It is notorious not for the application of the principles of two highly developed legal systems, but for the perversion of them. How could it be otherwise when members of the Jewish Sanhedrin who tried Him had ... more »previously planned to take Him by trickery and kill Him, and Pilate after pronouncing His innocence on at least three occasions ordered Him to be scourged and then handed Him over to be crucified? There are many lessons to be learned from Dr. Wilson's vivid portrayal of the trial, the most important being that it reveals how intense is God's love for sinners for, in order to redeem us, He who could have obliterated the human race in a flash, stood by and allowed His Son to be subjected to one assault after another and indignity upon indignity culminating in His being crucified naked on the cross of Calvary.« less