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Originally Posted by Alex
I dont follow Religion or Theology that much [read: at all]. But lately i have been reading and hearing a lot of people say that the Jewish people killed Jesus.
Now is there something new that was discovered, because i remember my history pretty well and as far as i am concered some Roman Governer who was Orthadox Chrisitain, was the one who sentenced Jesus to crucifixion. So didnt the Christians kill Jesus?
Or was some new part of history uncovered that i missed.
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Just in case your post is serious (which I honestly hope it isn't):
According to the bible, Jesus was arrested by the romans, tried by jew elders and turned over to the roman prefect. The prefect did not believe Jesus to be guilty of any crime, and gave a jewish crowd the choice whether Jesus or a convicted murderer should be set free, believing they would choose Jesus. The crowd, however, spurred on by the jewish elders, chose to set the murderer free, Pilate (the prefect) washed his hands, then had Jesus crucified.
The bible, though, is probably false. Recent studies suggest that Jesus was in fact a jewish rebel against the romans, and was crucified (the standard punishment for rebels) for that. Paul, a roman himself, wanting to spread christianity to the roman empire, probably changed the story, making the jews rather than the romans the guilty party. (and thus making christianity more acceptable to romans)
Christians killing Jesus Christ(!) however, is a clear absurdity. There was no christianity before Jesus, and it only spread to the romans much, much later.