The three meeting places of the Sanhedrin: Court of the Women* (above, left), Hulda Gates Area* (above, right), Southern Temple Entrance* (below, left). These pictures are from the AD66 Jerusalem Model at the Holyland Hotel, Jerusalem.

Above right: Artist's concept of flogging, the punishment given to the apostles by the Sanhedrin (Acts 5:40).

Left: City of Gamla on the Golan Heights, home of Judas the Galilean, who led a Jewish revolt against the Romans in AD 6.. Right: Synagogue of Gamla, oldest synagogue in Israel. (Synagogue on Masada is the second oldest),