I Appeal To Caesar!

possibilities, making shady deals, forever working to remain indispensable.

Good deeds, however, are just a front for their rat-pack

activities.

The full Sanhedrin, seventy-one men of the ruling body of the Jewish nation, is supposedly composed of older, experienced, devout, exemplary leaders. These three go-getters racing to the secret meeting, are not members of the Sanhedrin, but rather personal operatives, more dedicated to their unscrupulous High Priest than to the various interests of the Sanhedrin. Self-seeking rewards are number one on their list and the one thing that retains their friendships. Caiaphas’ summons is of great significance! Like rodents, the three can smell a lucrative deal a mile away and spend little time getting to the action. “What has the old man got up his sleeve this time?” They know the wily fox has a proposition—probably daring and dangerous. They are eager and ecstatic! Ezekiel carries a flaming torch, but as they approach the Priest’s Palace, the light is extinguished. They move silently to a seldom-used side door of the great mansion and knock softly. * * * * * Annas had once been High Priest for nine years, then the Romans deposed him. The old man still remained, however, a powerful “behind-the-scenes” force in Jerusalem