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"God did it."

Yes, but that doesn't absolve the culpability and guilt of the actors who killed Jesus. Those actors are foremost the Jewish leadership (Sanhedrin) who demanded Jesus be crucified and secondly the Romans who performed the execution. Pilate initially wanted to free Jesus but was coerced otherwise.

"From then on, Pilate tried to set Jesus free, but the Jewish leaders kept shouting, “If you let this man go, you are no friend of Caesar. Anyone who claims to be a king opposes Caesar.” When Pilate heard this, he brought Jesus out and sat down on the judge's seat at a place known as the Stone Pavement (which in Aramaic is Gabbatha). It was the day of Preparation of the Passover; it was about noon. “Here is your king,” Pilate said to the Jews. But they shouted, “Take him away! Take him away! Crucify him!” “Shall I crucify your king?” Pilate asked. “We have no king but Caesar,” the chief priests answered. Finally Pilate handed him over to them to be crucified." - John 19:12-16

Jesus makes it clear that the Jews (Sanhedrin) are more guilty than the Romans because they are the ones who demanded His crucifixion.

"Jesus answered, “You would have no power over me if it were not given to you from above. Therefore the one who handed me over to you is guilty of a greater sin.” - John 19-11

We need to be honest concerning sin! Whitewashing (gaslighting) Christ's passion and death for the sake of not offending a group (Jews) is wrong! It's a lie!

Both Jew and Gentile need to be saved through Christ's sacrifice - through His precious blood. There is no other way. We do no one any good by lying about the actors responsible for Christ's death. Jews may not like the part their ancestors played. I'm of Italian descent. I won't deny the role the Romans played in crucifying Christ.

Both Jew and Gentile come short of God's glory. We are both born into sin. We are both saved through Christ's sacrifice for our sins. We are all guilty of Christ's death.

Gaslighting truth is a lie!