1. Part 40: “On Trial” Mark 14:53-72

3. Gethsemane

4. Mark 14:53-65 Jesus on Trial

5. Deuteronomy 16:18-20 18 Appoint judges and officials for each of your tribes in every town the LORD your God is giving you, and they shall judge the people fairly. 19 Do not pervert justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous. 20 Follow justice and justice alone, so that you may live and possess the land the LORD your God is giving you.

6. Mark 14:53 The Great Sanhedrin

7. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves, and would not allow anyone to carry merchandise through the temple courts. - Mark 11:16-16

9. 54 Peter followed him at a distance, right into the courtyard of the high priest. There he sat with the guards and warmed himself at the fire..

10. John 2:19 “Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days.”

13. “Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?”

15. 1 Peter 2:23 23 When they hurled their insults at him, he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats. Instead, he entrusted himself to him who judges justly.

16. Mark 14:66-72 Peter on Trial

18. “He hid his face in his cloak out of shame.”

19. “If anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when he comes in his Father’s glory with the holy angels.”

21. Reasons Peter Failed… 1.Boastful 2.Fell Asleep/Didn’t pray enough 3.Speaks and Acts too quickly 4.Distant Follower of Christ

23. Luke 22:31-32 31 “Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift you as wheat. 32 But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”