The suffering servant’s death was nothing less than a punishment administered by God for sins others had. We must remember, however, that sin did not kill Jesus God did. It is for these reasons, the scholars argue, that the Gospels 1) assign primary blame to the Jews, not the Romans and 2) sympathetically portray Pilate, who is described in other ancient texts as a cruel despot. Christian preacher Shane Vaughn, a conservative supporter of former President Donald Trump, compared Facebooks decision to suspend the ex-commander in chief to Satans decision to kill Jesus. The reality of Christ’s vicarious, substitutionary death on our behalf is the heart of the gospel according to Godthe central theme of Isaiah 53. They had the authority to kill Him and the authority to release Him.
Second, because the Jews were rebelling against the Romans, a repudiation of Christian kinship with the Jews could be politically advantageous. It is reasonable to believe that the Romans killed Jesus. First, the Christians wanted to attract gentile converts. At that time, the nascent Christian sect was trying to distinguish itself from its Jewish roots for two reasons. Most scholars agree that the Gospels were written some 40 to 70 years after the crucifixion (which occurred around 30 C.E.). When the Roman governor Pontius Pilate hesitates over deciding Jesus’ fate, the Jews assembled before Pilate demand that Jesus be crucified, proclaiming “His blood be on us, and on our children.”īut are the Gospels accurate? Recent biblical scholarship has challenged them in light of the context in which they were composed. The Pharisees wanted to kill Jesus because of this. A moments reflection would prompt us to ask, Which. While the tragic history of blaming the Jewish people for Jesus death begins in the pages of the Gospels, the fact remains that Jesus was killed by agents. In the Book of Matthew (27: 25-26) the Jews accept responsibility for the execution. In several passages, it is said that those who approach Pilate and call for Jesus death were the Jews. In the Gospel of John, the phrase “the Jews” is used at least nine times to denote those who encouraged and assisted in Jesus’ execution.
WHO KILL JESUS FULL
Are Ward and Weyrich right? They do have textual support from the Gospels. Humans the murderers according to the Gospels of course would still have killed Jesus, knowing full well that his death results in their salvation, and the defeat of the evil spirits. According to the Gospels, the Sanhedrin, an elite council of priestly and lay elders, arrested Jesus during the Jewish festival of Passover, deeply threatened by his teachings.
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