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They tried Jesus at night. One possibility is that Caiaphas didn't notify sympathetic judges like Gamaliel, Joseph of Arimathea, and Nicodemus. It was a rigged trial.
Then Peter et al verbally defended themselves before the Sanhedrin.27 The apostles were brought in and made to appear before the Sanhedrin to be questioned by the high priest.
Now, Gamaliel defended the apostles.33 When they [Sanhedrin] heard this, they were furious and wanted to put them to death. 34 But a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law, who was honored by all the people, stood up in the Sanhedrin and ordered that the men be put outside for a little while.
Was Gamaliel not a member of the Sanhedrin when they tried Jesus?40 His speech persuaded them. They called the apostles in and had them flogged. Then they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.
Sanhedrin - Wikipedia:
For the cases involving Jesus and then later the apostles, they were tried by the Great Sanhedrin in Jerusalem.There were two classes of Rabbinite Jewish courts which were called Sanhedrin, the Great Sanhedrin and the Lesser Sanhedrin. A lesser Sanhedrin of 23 judges was appointed to sit as a tribunal in each city, but there was only supposed to be one Great Sanhedrin of 71 judges, which among other roles acted as the Supreme Court ...
In the Second Temple period, the Great Sanhedrin met in the Temple in Jerusalem, in a building called the Hall of Hewn Stones. The Great Sanhedrin convened every day except festivals and the sabbath day (Shabbat).
They tried Jesus at night. One possibility is that Caiaphas didn't notify sympathetic judges like Gamaliel, Joseph of Arimathea, and Nicodemus. It was a rigged trial.