Betty wrote, "The Sanhedrin was a construct under Roman occupation, that came from disobedience and has nothing to do with God's King (David.)"

May I say, the origin of the Sanhedrin is said to be unknown; however, it actually can be found as far back as Moses.  In protesting to God that he could not handle all the tasks expected of him, God told him to take Aaron and gather the elders - and these were responsible for handling matters of lower priority.
The number at that time was 70 elders, plus Moses and Aaron, for a total of 72.

Historically tracing the origin of the Sanhedrin shows that during the reign of the Hellenistic kings Palestine was governed by an "unofficial Sanhedrin" which consisted of an aristocratic council of elders, presided over by the hereditary high priest.  This later developed into the "official" Sanhedrin....70 members plus the high priest......but, by the time of Jesus it had gone back to the original number of 72 - consisting of 70, plus Annas and Caiphus - again for a total of 72.

During most of the Roman period the internal government of the country was practically in its hands, and its influence was certainly recognized.  In fact, Paul writes about consulting the high priest more than once in bringing people to "justice."

Later, after Herod the Great's death, and during the reign of the Roman procurators, the civil authority of the Sanhedrin was restricted to Judea proper, which is very likely the reason why it had no judicial authority over Jesus so long as He remained in Galilee.

But during the time of Jesus, the Sanhedrin exercised not only civil jurisdiction according to Jewish Law, but also to some degree, criminal.  It dealt with those matters which the lower courts could not handle, and also matters which the Roman procurator had not reserved for himself.  It was the final court of appeal for all questions concerning the Mosaic Law.  It could order arrests by its own officers and it even had the right of capital punishment until about 40 years before the destruction of Jerusalem.   After that, it could still pass, but not execute, a sentence of death without the confirmation of the Roman procurator.  This is why Jesus had to be tried not only before the Sanhedrin, but also before Pilate.  God made sure that Scripture would be fulfilled concerning His crucifixion because but for this, He would have been put to death some other way since crucifixion was not a Jewish mode of punishment.

The 70 members of the Sanhedrin were drawn from the three classes named in Matthew, Mark, & Luke: > elders, chief priests, and scribes.   The Pharisees were more and more represented in the Sanhedrin as they grew in importance.

But the main thing to keep in mind with regard to this literal  prophecy stated by Jesus Himself, is that Jesus was directly addressing these leaders, these members of the Sanhedrin.  They had rejected Him; and He said & foretold that THEY WOULD NOT SEE HIM AGAIN UNTIL THEY WOULD SAY, BLESSED IS HE THAT COMETH IN THE NAME OF THE LORD.  They will say it when they see Him the SECOND TIME unto salvation!

To me, the reformation of the Sanhedrin is but another exciting DETAIL that God is taking care of in these last days in order to fulfill every single thing He said would happen.  So, as stated previously.....How much closer we are to His coming!  Amen!
                                                 Shalom,  Sherry Vance