Dict: smith - COUNCIL

smith:

COUNCIL - C>@ - The great council of the Sanhedrin, which sat at Jerusalem. SANHEDRIN The lesser courts, kjv@Matthew:10:17; kjv@Mark:13:9) of which there were two at Jerusalem and one in each town of Palestine. The constitution of these courts is a doubtful point. The existence of local courts, however constituted, is clearly implied in the passages quoted from the New Testament; and perhaps the "judgment," kjv@Matthew:5:21) applies to them. A kind of jury or privy council, kjv@Acts:25:12) consisting of a certain number of assessors, who assisted Roman governors in the administration of justice and in other public matters.