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COURTS OF JUSTICE

Have authority from God

Rom 13:1-5

SUPERIOR COURT

- Held first by Moses alone in the wilderness

Exo 18:13-20

- Consisted subsequently of priests and Levites

Deu 17:9; Mal 2:7

- Presided over by the governor or the high priest

Deu 17:12; Jdg 4:4,5

- Held at the seat of government

Deu 17:8

- Decided on all appeals and difficult cases

Exo 18:26; Deu 1:17; 17:8,9

- Decisions of, conclusive

Deu 17:10,11

INFERIOR COURT

- In all cities

Deu 16:18; 2Ch 19:5-7

- Held at the gates

Gen 34:20; Deu 16:18; 21:19; Job 5:4

- Judges of, appointed by the governor

Exo 18:21,25; Deu 1:9-15; 2Sa 15:3

- All minor cases decided by

Exo 18:26; 2Sa 15:4

- All transfers of property made before

Gen 23:17-20; Rut 4:1,2

Re-established by Jehoshaphat

2Ch 19:5-10

Re-established by Ezra

Ezr 7:25

SANHEDRIM OR COURT OF THE SEVENTY

- Probably derived from the seventy elders appointed by Moses

Exo 24:9; Num 11:16,17,24-30

- Mentioned in the latter part of sacred history

Luk 22:66; Joh 11:47; Act 5:27

- Consisted of chief priest, &c

Mat 26:57,59

- Presided over by high priest

Mat 26:62-66

- Sat in high priest's palace

Mat 26:57,58

OF THE ROMANS IN JUDEA

- Presided over by the governor or deputy

Mat 27:2,11; Act 18:12

- Place of, called the hall of judgment

Joh 18:28,33; 19:9

- Never interfered in any dispute about minor matters or

about religion

Act 18:14,15

- Could alone award death

Joh 18:31

- Never examined their own citizens by torture

Act 22:25-29

- Appeals from, made to the emperor

Act 25:11; 26:32; 28:19

Generally held in the morning

Jer 21:12; Mat 27:1; Luk 22:66; Act 5:21

Sometimes held in synagogues

Mat 10:17; Act 22:19; 26:11; Jam 2:2

PROVIDED WITH

- Judges

Deu 16:18

- Officers

Deu 16:18; Mat 5:25

- Tormentors or executioners

Mat 18:34

JUDGES OF

- Called elders

Deu 25:7; 1Sa 16:4

- Called magistrates

Luk 12:58

- Rode often on white asses

Jdg 5:10

- To judge righteously

Lev 19:15; Deu 1:6

- To judge without respect of persons

Exo 23:3,6; Lev 19:15; Deu 1:17; Pro 22:22

- To investigate every case

Deu 19:18

- Not to take bribes

Exo 23:8; Deu 16:19

- To judge as for God

2Ch 19:6,7,9

- To decide according to the law

Eze 44:24

- To promote peace

Zec 8:16

- Sat on the judgment-seat while hearing causes

Exo 18:13; Jdg 5:10; Isa 28:6; Mat 27:19

- Examined the parties

Act 24:8

- Conferred together before giving judgment

Act 5:34-40; 25:12; 26:30,31

- Pronounced the judgment of the court

Mat 26:65,66; Luk 23:24; Act 5:40

Both the accusers and accused required to appear before

Deu 25:1; Act 25:16

CAUSES IN, WERE OPENED BY

- The complainant

1Ki 3:17-21; Act 16:19-21

- An advocate

Act 24:1

THE ACCUSED

- Stood before the judge

Num 35:12; Mat 27:11

- Permitted to plead their own cause

1Ki 3:22; Act 24:10; 26:1

- Might have advocates

Pro 31:8,9; Isa 1:17

- Exhorted to confess

Jos 7:19

- Examined on oath

Lev 5:1; Mat 26:63

- Sometimes examined by torture

Act 22:24,29

- Sometimes treated with insult

Mat 26:67; Joh 18:22,23; Act 23:2,3

- The evidence of two or more witnesses required in

Deu 17:6; 19:15; Joh 8:17; 2Co 13:1

- Witnesses sometimes laid their hands on the criminal's head

before punishment

Lev 24:14

False witnesses in to receive the punishment of the accused

Deu 19:19

Corruption and bribery often practised in

Isa 10:1; Amo 5:12; 8:6

THE JUDGMENT OF

- Not given till accused was heard

Joh 7:51

- Recorded in writing

Isa 10:1

- Immediately executed

Deu 25:2; Jos 7:25; Mar 15:15-20

- Witnesses first to execute

Deu 17:7; Act 7:58

- Allusions to

Job 5:4; Psa 127:5; Mat 5:22

- Illustrative of the last judgment

Mat 19:28; Rom 14:10; 1Co 6:2







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