[Mrs. Don-o]

Oh, there's plenty of guilt to go around: the Jewish leadership, the Roman establishment, the Church, the State, common people (ordinary soldiers spending an agreeable evening torturing a prisoner), even that serving girl who tried to blow the whistle on Peter in the courtyard. And of course the mob, the LoFo folks, sinners and the self-righteous, even people who had been healed and fed by His miracles.

"Not to be contrary, but in truth, the party responsible for Jesus’s death, was . . . "

Look in the mirror.

[StAntKnee]

I’m sure you’re right about the placement of guilt. But I am not guilty of doubt on this point. The central focus of Christianity is Christ’s willing acceptance of complete self-sacrifice to save the world. That would necessarily include the divine arrangements for betrayal, trial, torture, and crucifixion. Which is to say Jesus would have to meet all these players in the hereafter and bless them for the parts they were given to permit His sacrifice to occur. I suspect he was more forgiving than any of us are here on earth.