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To: Chanticleer

"under Pontius Pilate" - not BY Pontius Pilate. Check the prepositions. The episodes preceding the crucifixion are the most poisonous in the NT and Gibson did his best to explit it. The worse, of course, is in St. John and its assertsions about the "Jews". (as in "they were afraid of the Jews").


588 posted on 08/01/2006 9:56:57 AM PDT by juliej (juliej)
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To: juliej
"under Pontius Pilate" - not BY Pontius Pilate. Check the prepositions. The episodes preceding the crucifixion are the most poisonous in the NT and Gibson did his best to explit it. The worse, of course, is in St. John and its assertsions about the "Jews". (as in "they were afraid of the Jews").

Do you see anyone else named? That was my point. If early church fathers had wanted to blame the Jews, they could have said the Jews.

This is the worst?

On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, "Peace be with you!" After he said this, he showed them his hands and side. The disciples were overjoyed when they saw the Lord. John 20:19-20

Jesus was Jewish. Jesus' disciples were Jewish. Jesus' followers were Jewish. They weren't antisemitic. But after having their Lord crucified, and being concerned about suffering the same fate because of their association with Him, they were afraid. Is that so hard to understand?

622 posted on 08/01/2006 11:35:46 AM PDT by Chanticleer (Courage is not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point. Lewis)
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