COURTS - Thompson Chain Reference Topic

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
Matthew 2:4; Matthew 5:22; Matthew 26:59; John 11:47; Acts 5:21; Acts 6:12; Acts 22:30
--SEE Elders, LEADERS
(B) OTHER COURTS
Inferior
Exodus 18:21; Exodus 18:22; Deuteronomy 1:15; Deuteronomy 1:16; Deuteronomy 17:9
Superior, held by Moses
Exodus 18:13-26
Circuit
1 Samuel 7:15; 1 Samuel 7:16
Roman
Matthew 27:11; Acts 25:6
(C) MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS relating to Courts and Judicial procedure
Places of holding courts
Deuteronomy 21:19; Deuteronomy 25:7; Judges 4:5
Sentence of, final
Deuteronomy 17:8-11
Appeal taken
Acts 25:11
Contempt of, punished
Deuteronomy 17:12
Corruption of
Isaiah 10:1; Isaiah 10:2; Micah 7:3; Zephaniah 3:3
--SEE Bribery, NATION, THE
Laws for judges
Leviticus 19:15; Deuteronomy 16:18; Deuteronomy 16:19
--SEE Partiality, INJUSTICE
Litigation to be avoided
Proverbs 25:8; Matthew 5:25; Matthew 5:40; 1 Corinthians 6:1
--SEE Strife Forbidden, STRIFE
Perjury condemned
Leviticus 6:3; Leviticus 19:12; Zechariah 5:4; Malachi 3:5; 1 Timothy 1:10
--SEE Witnesses, False, WITNESSES, FALSE
& WITNESSES, FALSE
Advocates
(1) The accused his own
Jeremiah 26:11-15; John 18:33-37
(2) Professional
Acts 24:1
Examination of Prisoners
Judges 8:14; John 18:33
Prisoners mal-treated
John 18:22; Acts 22:24
--SEE Injustice, INJUSTICE
Witnesses, two or more needed to convict
Numbers 35:30; Deuteronomy 17:6; Deuteronomy 19:15; Matthew 18:16; 2 Corinthians 13:1; 1 Timothy 5:19; Hebrews 10:28

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