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Welcome to a special edition of the Eric Metaxas show, where we're going to be airing, starting

right now, my conversation from Socrates in the City.

We did it on February 28th with the extraordinary Eugenia Constantino.

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The Roma saw the Jews as a nation. So whether they lived in Rome or Babylon or Alexandria or Asia Minor or Greece or Palestine. The high priest as the leading person

among the Jewish people had authority over all Jews everywhere. And in the synagogues, we see this

at Acts. They would sometimes beat Jews and punish Jews, when they thought we see them doing

this to Paul and to Sosthenes, they beat them in front of the

Romans, right? So they were allowed to exercise jurisdiction in religious matters over their own

people. So when they come to Pilate, Pilot realizes that they don't have a charge. Pilate just can't put people to death.

He has to follow Roman law.

There has to be a violation of Roman law for him to even hold a trial.

So, you know, when we get stopped for a speeding ticket or something by a policeman gives us a ticket,

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