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04-21-2014 04:26 AM |
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Originally Posted by Mutt
(Post 20054964)
The 'official' story according to the gospels is that Pontius Pilate, the Roman prefect in charge of running the province of Judea, found Jesus innocent of the charges brought against him by the Jews. The angry mob of Jews kept shouting for the death penalty. Pilate then has an idea which might save Jesus, he gives the Jews a choice, he will either set a serial rapist/murderer named Barbaras free or Jesus, hoping the Jews won't want a murderer rapist out on the streets. The Jews want no part of the deal, they get more unruly and louder, Jesus must die. Pilate fears this is going to turn into a riot and it's his job to keep order. To signify that he shall bear no responsibility for the crucifixion of Jesus he washes his hands before the crowd. Jesus is sentenced to death, only under threat of insurrection by the Jews.
The gospels were written in the first century AD, by Jews, so it wasn't the Church hundreds of years later throwing the Jews under the bus.
Jews today would just say that they don't believe any of this happened at all, but of course will stick to their belief that 1000 years before Jesus God held an in person meeting with Moses where he gave Moses, The Law.
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The gospels, as "written" in the first century AD <headsmack> the earliest was Mark in 70-90AD, which has two different endings, one of which was tacked on in ....400 (see above).
I refer you to the death of President Kennedy, in our modern age, with pictures, film, etc. Many people have differing theories about what happened and why. Now, assume no pics, no media, and you're writing about it 50 years later, all from word of mouth, possibly with no witnesses. Matthew and Luke use Mark as a source.
Mark itself was created from "a variety of oral sources, including collections of miracle stories, controversy stories, parables, and a passion narrative, which he rewrote (scholars debate by how much) and connected with introductions and conclusions; possibly the first connected narrative was not the gospel we know but an earlier proto-Mark, which underwent one or more revisions before the modern version was produced"
The Roman empire, especially under Constantine, used Christianity for its own purposes.
As to the "when Christians became Christians', they were before Mark was written, because the author translated the stories he compiled into Greek and explained Aramaic terms. |
