“14 For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God in Christ Jesus that are in Judea. For you suffered the same things from your own countrymen as they did from the Jews, 15 who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove us out, and displease God and oppose all mankind”
And
“Fellow Israelites, listen to this: Jesus of Nazareth was a man accredited by God to you by miracles, wonders and signs, which God did among you through him, as you yourselves know. This man was handed over to you by God’s deliberate plan and foreknowledge; and you, with the help of wicked men, put him to death by nailing him to the cross” (Acts 2:22–23,)
The Romans were the “wicked men” by whom Jesus was killed. The Romans also share the blame in killing Jesus.
Both true.
• Romans 8:32 says that God “did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all.”
• Isaiah 53:10 also reveals that it was God’s will for Christ to die: “It was the Lord’s will to crush him and cause him to suffer, and . . . the Lord makes his life an offering for sin.”
It’s not that God actually put Jesus on the cross or pounded the nails, but the cross was God’s plan to redeem humanity. Peter preached that Jesus’ betrayal and death was according to “God’s deliberate plan and foreknowledge” (Acts 2:23). Jesus’ death was God’s will (see Luke 22:42).
ALL true.
If you want the biblical answer.
The biblical answer, with all due respect, really means nothing, to me, or anyone else. I’ll tell you why.
Even those who profess to follow the Bible have their own interpretations and use it to justify all sorts of things, as is done with any book considered holy.
There’s no way in hell anyone should be listened to who quotes scripture from any religion to justify public policy or the guilt or innocence of a person based on where they came from. I’m very confident quoting the Quran wouldn’t move you in the least.
I just reject one more holy book than you do.
The fact remains that the Jews killed Jesus argument has been used to persecute them for a long, long time, and those who do it are using the same book you are. And Hitler manipulated the population using the same religious imagery and beliefs whether he was an actual Christian or not.
This kind of crap goes on today all the time. There was just a thread yesterday about Russell Brand apparently becoming a Christian and people were happy. Trump doesn’t know the difference between the beatitudes or Betelgeuse but still is able to charm religious folks.
That was a bit of a ramble, but so be it.