COURTS

(A) SANHEDRIN(council), the supreme council, or court, of the Jewish
Nation

It consisted of seventy-one members all of whom were required to be
over thirty years of age and married. They must be of good reputation
and well instructed in the law.

General References to

Mt 2:4; Mt 5:22; Mt 26:59; Joh 11:47; Ac 5:21; Ac 6:12; Ac 22:30

--SEEElders,LEADERS

(B) OTHER COURTS

Inferior
Ex 22; De 16; De 17:9

Superior,held by Moses
Ex 18:13-26

Circuit
1Sa 16

Roman
Mt 27:11; Ac 25:6

(C) MISCELLANEOUS TOPICSrelating to Courts and Judicial procedure

Places of holding courts

De 21:19; De 25:7; Jud 4:5

Sentence of, final

De 17:8-11

Appeal taken

Ac 25:11

Contempt of, punished

De 17:12

Corruption of

Isa 2; Mic 7:3; Zep 3:3

--SEEBribery,NATION, THE

Laws for judges

Le 19:15; De 19

--SEEPartiality,INJUSTICE

Litigation to be avoided

Pr 25:8; Mt 40; 1Co 6:1

--SEEStrife Forbidden,STRIFE

Perjurycondemned

Le 6:3; Le 19:12; Zec 5:4; Mal 3:5; 1Ti 1:10

--SEEWitnesses, False,WITNESSES, FALSE
&WITNESSES, FALSE

Advocates

(1)The accused his own

Jer 26:11-15; Joh 18:33-37

(2)Professional

Ac 24:1

Examination of Prisoners

Jud 8:14; Joh 18:33

Prisoners mal-treated

Joh 18:22; Ac 22:24

--SEEInjustice,INJUSTICE

Witnesses,two or more needed to convict

Nu 35:30; De 17:6; De 19:15; Mt 18:16; 2Co 13:1; 1Ti 5:19; Heb 10:28