The Seven Sayings of Jesus on the Cross. Murray J. Harris

In an article entitled “You Have Heard His Blasphemy,” D. Catchpole has examined the principal proposed identifications of the blasphemy: the claim to be Messiah; the claim to be Son of God; speaking against the Temple; the claim to be God; the claim to sit at God’s right hand (10–18).

7. In Jesus’ Jewish trial there may have been at least four violations of the legal procedures set down in Mishnah tractate Sanhedrin: it took place (1) in the palace of the high priest, (2) at night, (3) on a feast day; and (4) a guilty verdict was reached on the same day. But it is not certain that all of these regulations applied at the time of Jesus’ trial.