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"Wrong. The Romans executed Jesus. According to Christian theology, are the Jews solely responsible for the death of Jesus? No! If you accept Christian doctrine, then you must accept that YOU are responsible for the death of Jesus. YOUR sins. YOU rejected him, tortured him and killed him. YOU are just as culpable as those who drove the nails through his hands and feet."

You are correct in that the Romans performed the execution, but it was the Jews who chose Barabbus over Christ, thereby condemning Him to death. You are also correct in saying that the Jews aren't entirely responsible for His death. All who reject Christ are guilty of His blood.

How do you interpret this verse?
Zechariah 12:10 "I will pour out on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the Spirit of grace and of supplication, so that they will look on Me whom they have pierced; and they will mourn for Him, as one mourns for an only son, and they will weep bitterly over Him like the bitter weeping over a firstborn."

JM

You are correct in that the Romans performed the execution, but it was the Jews who chose Barabbus over Christ, thereby condemning Him to death. You are also correct in saying that the Jews aren't entirely responsible for His death. All who reject Christ are guilty of His blood.

Dude. All who accept Christ are also guilty of His Blood. He hanged there because of your sins and mine. If you never sinned it wouldn't be necessary to have the sacrifice.

Examine yourself.

but it was the Jews who chose Barabbus over Christ, thereby condemning Him to death.

So says your Christian writer. Can you provide me with ANY corroboration for this event, from a contemporary secular source? I'll make it even easier for you. Find me proof from a contemporary secular source that it was in fact the custom to release a prisoner every year on Passover.

All who reject Christ are guilty of His blood.

You have your own theology wrong. According to Christian teaching, all who sin (and that means everyone) are guilty of the death of Jesus.

How do you interpret this verse? Zechariah 12:10 "I will pour out on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the Spirit of grace and of supplication, so that they will look on Me whom they have pierced; and they will mourn for Him, as one mourns for an only son, and they will weep bitterly over Him like the bitter weeping over a firstborn."

This is not a messianic passage. What you have here is a mistranslation of the Hebrew text. I have commented on this a number of times in the history of these threads. Rather than reconstruct my argument, I'll see if I can locate a previous posting.

JohnnyM, I answered YOU on this exact question back on Thread 97. Here's the link so that you can reread my remarks.