Dict: torrey - Courts of Justice

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Courts of Justice @ Have authority from God kjv@Romans:13:1-5
Superior court
Held first by Moses alone in the wilderness kjv@Exodus:18:13-20
Consisted subsequently of priests and Levites kjv@Deuteronomy:17:9 kjv@Malachi:2:7
Presided over by the governor or the high priest kjv@Deuteronomy:17:12 kjv@Judges:4:4 kjv@Judges:4:5
Held at the seat of government kjv@Deuteronomy:17:8
Decided on all appeals and difficult cases kjv@Exodus:18:26 kjv@Deuteronomy:1:17 kjv@Deuteronomy:17:8 kjv@Deuteronomy:17:9
Decisions of, conclusive kjv@Deuteronomy:17:10 kjv@Deuteronomy:17:11
Inferior court
In all cities kjv@Deuteronomy:16:18 kjv@2Chronicles:19:5-7
Held at the gates kjv@Genesis:34:20 kjv@Deuteronomy:16:18 kjv@Deuteronomy:21:19 kjv@Job:5:4
Judges of, appointed by the governor kjv@Exodus:18:21 kjv@Exodus:18:25 kjv@Deuteronomy:1:9-15 kjv@2Samuel:15:3
All minor cases decided by kjv@Exodus:18:26 kjv@2Samuel:15:4
All transfers of property made before kjv@Genesis:23:17-20 kjv@Ruth:4:1 kjv@Ruth:4:2
Re-established by Jehoshaphat kjv@2Chronicles:19:5-10
Re-established by Ezra kjv@Ezra:7:25
Sanhedrim or court of the seventy
Probably derived from the seventy elders appointed by Moses kjv@Exodus:24:9 kjv@Numbers:11:16 kjv@Numbers:11:17 kjv@Numbers:11:24-30
Mentioned in the latter part of sacred history kjv@Luke:22:66 kjv@John:11:47 kjv@Acts:5:27
Consisted of chief priest, &:c kjv@Matthew:26:57 kjv@Matthew:26:59
Presided over by high priest kjv@Matthew:26:62-66
Sat in high priest's palace kjv@Matthew:26:57 kjv@Matthew:26:58
Of the romans in Judea
Presided over by the governor or deputy kjv@Matthew:27:2 kjv@Matthew:27:11 kjv@Acts:18:12
Place of, called the hall of judgment kjv@John:18:28 kjv@John:18:33 kjv@John:19:9
Never interfered in any dispute about minor matters or about religion kjv@Acts:18:14 kjv@Acts:18:15
Could alone award death kjv@John:18:31
Never examined their own citizens by torture kjv@Acts:22:25-29
Appeals from, made to the emperor kjv@Acts:25:11 kjv@Acts:26:32 kjv@Acts:28:19
Generally held in the morning kjv@Jeremiah:21:12 kjv@Matthew:27:1 kjv@Luke:22:66 kjv@Acts:5:21
Sometimes held in synagogues kjv@Matthew:10:17 kjv@Acts:22:19 kjv@Acts:26:11 kjv@James:2:2
Provided with
Judges kjv@Deuteronomy:16:18
Officers kjv@Deuteronomy:16:18 kjv@Matthew:5:25
Tormentors or executioners kjv@Matthew:18:34
Judges of
Called elders kjv@Deuteronomy:25:7 kjv@1Samuel:16:4
Called magistrates kjv@Luke:12:58
Rode often on white asses kjv@Judges:5:10
To judge righteously kjv@Leviticus:19:15 kjv@Deuteronomy:1:6
To judge without respect of persons kjv@Exodus:23:3 kjv@Exodus:23:6 kjv@Leviticus:19:15 kjv@Deuteronomy:1:17 kjv@Proverbs:22:22
To investigate every case kjv@Deuteronomy:19:18
Not to take bribes kjv@Exodus:23:8 kjv@Deuteronomy:16:19
To judge as for God kjv@2Chronicles:19:6 kjv@2Chronicles:19:7 kjv@2Chronicles:19:9
To decide according to the law kjv@Ezekiel:44:24
To promote peace kjv@Zechariah:8:16
Sat on the judgment-seat while hearing causes kjv@Exodus:18:13 kjv@Judges:5:10 kjv@Isaiah:28:6 kjv@Matthew:27:19
Examined the parties kjv@Acts:24:8
Conferred together before giving judgment kjv@Acts:5:34-40 kjv@Acts:25:12 kjv@Acts:26:30 kjv@Acts:26:31
Pronounced the judgment of the court kjv@Matthew:26:65 kjv@Matthew:26:66 kjv@Luke:23:24 kjv@Acts:5:40
Both the accusers and accused required to appear before kjv@Deuteronomy:25:1 kjv@Acts:25:16
Causes in, were opened by
The complainant kjv@1Kings:3:17-21 kjv@Acts:16:19-21
An advocate kjv@Acts:24:1
The accused
Stood before the judge kjv@Numbers:35:12 kjv@Matthew:27:11
Permitted to plead their own cause kjv@1Kings:3:22 kjv@Acts:24:10 kjv@Acts:26:1
Might have advocates kjv@Proverbs:31:8 kjv@Proverbs:31:9 kjv@Isaiah:1:17
Exhorted to confess kjv@Joshua:7:19
Examined on oath kjv@Leviticus:5:1 kjv@Matthew:26:63
Sometimes examined by torture kjv@Acts:22:24 kjv@Acts:22:29
Sometimes treated with insult kjv@Matthew:26:67 kjv@John:18:22 kjv@John:18:23 kjv@Acts:23:2 kjv@Acts:23:3
The evidence of two or more witnesses required in kjv@Deuteronomy:17:6 kjv@Deuteronomy:19:15 kjv@John:8:17 kjv@2Corinthians:13:1
Witnesses sometimes laid their hands on the criminal's head before punishment kjv@Leviticus:24:14
False witnesses in to receive the punishment of the accused kjv@Deuteronomy:19:19
Corruption and bribery often practised in kjv@Isaiah:10:1 kjv@Amos:5:12 kjv@Amos:8:6
The judgment of
Not given till accused was heard kjv@John:7:51
Recorded in writing kjv@Isaiah:10:1
Immediately executed kjv@Deuteronomy:25:2 kjv@Joshua:7:25 kjv@Mark:15:15-20
Witnesses first to execute kjv@Deuteronomy:17:7 kjv@Acts:7:58
Allusions to kjv@Job:5:4 kjv@Psalms:127:5 kjv@Matthew:5:22
Illustrative of the last judgment kjv@Matthew:19:28 kjv@Romans:14:10 kjv@1Corinthians:6:2