Bible Game · Chapter 7
The Trial That Night
It is night. The council has gathered at the high priest's house. A bound man stands in the middle. You sit beside the clerk and keep the record. — This game does not judge what he is. It judges exactly one thing: what this trial is.
New Testament · Mark 14 · Jesus' night trial
Unfamiliar words in this case
- high priest — the highest priest in Judaism, who oversaw the temple sacrifices and led the ruling council (the Sanhedrin); the summit of religious power.
- the council — the highest Jewish assembly and court, led by the high priest.
- scribe — a scholar who interpreted the law and kept the records.
The painting in this case
Gerard van Honthorst · c. 1617 · oil · National Gallery, London — one flame is the whole of this trial. The high priest lifts a finger and presses his point; Jesus stands with his hands folded, saying nothing. A book of law lies open on the table, yet the verdict was already fixed — that is what a trial held at night by a single light comes to.
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This game makes no theological judgments. Every verdict rests only on the narrative facts the text itself states.
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