"The Jesus Trial" is the story of the arrest of Jesus of Nazareth and his subsequent trial in the Roman Court of Pontius Pilate. The story imagines how Jesus' destiny may have changed had he been given the chance to have a modern-day trial...See more"The Jesus Trial" is the story of the arrest of Jesus of Nazareth and his subsequent trial in the Roman Court of Pontius Pilate. The story imagines how Jesus' destiny may have changed had he been given the chance to have a modern-day trial. We follow Joseph of Arimathea a high profile lawyer, who volunteers to defend Jesus of Nazareth who is charged with crimes that carry the death sentence. The vigorous defense of Jesus is waged by Joseph, a non-believer who becomes the voice for the man known as the Son of God. Witnesses for the defense speak of the immaculate conception, miracles, the Magi, raising the dead and Jesus being the Son of God. What will the jury think of all this crazy talk?. Joseph struggles with how he will be able to provide the best defense for his client when he finds these stories impossible to believe himself. But as Joseph spends more time with Jesus, something begins to change within him. In the end Joseph understands what the Truth is and that the Truth is the only defense he can present.
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