The True Story of Jesus — Page 44
as 44 religious court would certainly have influenced the ordinary peo- ple against him and it might even have been expected to exert a certain moral pressure on the Roman judge who was to have the final word. 1 The men who were guarding Jesus as mocked him and beat him. They blindfolded him and asked him, ‘Who hit you? Guess!’ And they said many other insulting things to him. 2 Study Questions Question 1: Why did the Jews plan to kill Jesus as? Your response: _____________________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ 1. An Introduction to the Bible by John Drane, p. 424, publishing PLC. Oxford 1990 2. Luke 22:63–65