Of course, and I don't have time for a long discussion, but if he was not the Christ, then most of what he said was Blasphemy of the worst kind, and the Chief Priests and Pharisees had every right, nay duty to have him crucified. In fact, they may have had a duty anyway to prevent a massacre by the Romans. We talk of his taking our pain upon himself and being our martyr... it seems to me the Romans were getting ready to come down hard on all the unrest. Anyway, it says that Caiaphas had the idea that it was better that one man die for the people. I'm not one that holds all the Jews of the era as evil. In fact, I see many who had followed him as hugely disappointed that he had come with such promise yet showed himself to be just another frail, skin and bones, human being in the end, subject to Roman whim like all the rest.
An interesting perspective. I think that his distinction between the letter of the laws of faith and their spirit is an important one, however. Anyways, back to the discussion on Cindy Sheehan...