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Originally Posted by Homerun04
I'm no biblical scholar or anything, but wasn't Pontius Pilat the Roman Dictate who washed his hands of Jesus since he said he could find no guilt with him....and then turned him over to the Jewish high priests to "do as you please with him"...?? Sure, it is written that the Roman soldiers carried out the crucifixtion, but wasn't that because by law only the state could carry out a death sentence? Wasn't it actually the Jewish religious leaders who fated Christ to death?
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I'm more matter of fact...the Romans killed Jesus.
Certainly many will argue that the Jews were so afraid of this progressive troublemaker that they used their influence to silence him.
But if Jesus was sent to Earth specifically to
die for our sins it would seem that the Jewish leaders were just playing a supporting role.
This is important as the notion that the "Jews killed Jesus" has been used by many anti-semetic groups to incite their followers.
-spence