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To: Fuzz
"At that time they were holding a notorious prisoner named Barabbas. So when the crowd had assembled, Pilate asked them, “Which one do you want me to release to you: Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?” For he knew it was out of envy that they had handed Jesus over to him.…

200 posted on 09/07/2024 11:41:54 AM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion (🦅 MAGADONIAN ⚔️ )
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

I’m aware.

Your point is that the Jews DID kill Jesus? The thing I said is still repeated to malign Jews 2,000 years later?

Isn’t the story that God, the father, sent his only son as a sacrifice to die for our sins?

Probably should blame God then as he set up the whole thing.


201 posted on 09/07/2024 11:49:23 AM PDT by Fuzz
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

Jews had no ability to kill anyone under Roman occupation. The fact that the collaborators of the Romans saw a murderer as less of a threat than someone claiming to be the Messiah changes nothing. They feared rebellion, especially around Passover. There was no envy


315 posted on 10/31/2024 1:06:19 PM PDT by rmlew ("Mosques are our barracks, minarets our bayonets, domes our helmets, the believers our soldiers." )
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