[B Knotts]

Many forget, BTW, that Jewish leaders of Jesus' time were Romans.

What's that supposed to mean?

In fact, they weren't Roman citizens, at least most of them.

But, I suppose you were just trying to make some kind of snide anti-Catholic remark...

[familyop]

"What's that supposed to mean? In fact, they weren't Roman citizens, at least most of them."

I meant that the Jews were ruled by the Romans at the time, and that some Jewish lawyers benefitted in some ways from sucking up to the Romans.

" But, I suppose you were just trying to make some kind of snide anti-Catholic remark..."

That's an interesting reaction. I don't agree with Catholicism, and that's my right in the USA, so far. That could change, though, with so many Protestants becoming so Catholic in this country.