Interesting, I don’t agree with the original post you commented on. Jesus Christ is the basis of your justification, but he wasn’t able to plead his own case before Pilate, not because of mental instability but because the court of Pilate convened at night, had used a spy in Jesus cadre, had misappropriated temple taxes, and committed several other offenses that you’ve never seen firsthand, Bible reader or no Bible reader (you aren’t from Afghanistan or even the French Rivera). Justification in religion only means that you and Jesus are parallel in character, and in the local church context, unfortunately that only counts in heaven. I get it, you’re a revelation chartist, but the ability to defend yourself in court doesn’t apply to the life of Christ. The court convened at night by Pilate wasn’t a court of law, read that again. Jesus was simply dragged out of his house and night and murdered, by people who knew who he was and that he was famous, causing them to make comments on the way which were overheard by the disciples. Pilates court failed to record its deeds, that’s often missed, but ultimately who wrote down the life of Christ? The court, or the disciples? Justification is no more than your religious assurance for the next world. It’s irrelevant to a civil court, I hate to point out the state, but be reasonable about the scriptures. Was Christs justification by faith on earth anything whatsoever to do with his hearing in the garden of Gesemine? The answer is “no”. Paul, a contemporary of Christ but not one of the twelve, was an educated Jew who is known from other sources to have also been a member of the Sanhedrin with Nicodemus. The democratically elected Sanhedrin, which was a parliamentary or congressional body in Israel (it still exists, it’s the legislature), was larger than a single judge court and larger than the membership of the patriarchs, which are an aristocratic hereditary institution composed of “lords”, basically, as in London. Again, justification is simply getting a judge to find you innocent in your own view here, and rationality or sobriety have absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with it. Criminals commit crimes for perfectly logical reasons all the time, there are need based thefts and revenge based murders. Your mindset and your reasoning ability are irrelevant, only the letter of the law and the veracity of your testimony count in a real court. Paul could testify, he was thoroughly rational. In his capacity as an Israelite representative, he presented his case with perfect clarity to Felix, a magistrate from neighboring Rome, who found his judicial case innocent, although he is better remembered for not having personally believed the metaphysical basis of its importance as described by Paul. Felix judged Paul as innocent on the basis of Paul’s testimony under oath, but Paul was also still crucified. Not by y to e order of Felix, but still murderered during the Persian War, as was Felix.
... well, Christ has two natures .... 
