The sanhedrin (hebrew and aramaic: סַנְהֶדְרִין, greek: συνέδριον, synedrion, 'sitting together,' hence 'assembly' or 'council') was an assembly of either 23 or 71 elders (known as 'rabbis' after the destruction of the second temple), appointed to sit as a tribunal in every city in the ancient land of israel.

As and chief religious authority in the land, caiaphas had many important responsibilities, including controlling the temple treasury, managing the temple police and other personnel, performing religious rituals, and--central to the passion story--serving as president of the sanhedrin, the jewish council.

The sanhedrin was composed of local elites--including members of the high-priestly family, scribes (religious experts), and lay elders. It probably operated under some sort of roman oversight, at least with respect to its taxing, law enforcement, and other administrative functions.

San-ˈhē-, ˈsa-nə- : the supreme council and tribunal of the jews during postexilic times headed by a high priest and having religious, civil, and criminal jurisdiction.

The pharisees and sadducees made up the sanhedrin, a council of seventy men who made all the decisions for the jews. The tie-breaker was the high priest, who was called the nasee.

The pharisees and sadducees made up the sanhedrin, a council of seventy men who made all the decisions for the jews. The tie-breaker was the high priest, who was called the nasee. In modern hebrew, nasee means president.

The sanhedrin was originally dissolved in 358 by the edict of the roman emperor constantius ii. (though 358 was the last formal meeting, there is no record of when it was actually dissolved and by whom.

Alexander the great took control of jerusalem in 332 b.c. Over the next several hundred years, the city was conquered and ruled by different groups, including the romans, persians, arabs, fatimids, seljuk turks, crusaders, egyptians, mamelukes and islamists.

Nicodemus (/nɪkəˈdiːməs/, greek: νικόδημος, translit. Nikódēmos) was a pharisee and a member of the sanhedrin mentioned in three places in the : he first visits jesus one night to discuss jesus' teachings (john 3, john 3:1–21.

Zedekiah ben josiah was the last king of judah, and under his leadership, in 586 bce, jerusalem was destroyed. Interestingly, the hebrew and old greek versions of jeremiah present very different portrayals of zedekiah, prompting a variety of literary and historical-critical questions. In this study, shelley l.