Section 5
judging them, He tolerated them. He accepted being arrested in order to accomplish redemp tion both for His followers and for those who arrested Him.
In 22:63 we are told that the men who were holding the Man-Savior "mocked Him, beating Him." Then we see that "blindfolding Him, they questioned Him, saying, Prophesy! Who is it that hit you? And they said many other things against Him, blaspheming" (vv. 64-65). The One they were mocking, beating, and blaspheming was the God-man; the One who suffered this was God in a man. If we keep this point in mind as we read this chapter, we shall be deeply impressed that it was the God-man who was blindfolded and blasphemed.
JUDGED
In Luke 22:66—23:25 the Man-Savior was judged by the Jewish Sanhedrin (22:66-71) and by the Roman rulers (23:1-25). "When day came, the elders of the people, both chief priests and scribes, were gathered together, and they led Him away to their Sanhedrin, saying, If you are the Christ, tell us" (22:66-67a). The Sanhedrin was a council composed of the chief priests, the elders, the lawyers, and the scribes. It was the