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Why Was Jesus Crucified?
- Thread starter Sunstone
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IESVS NAZARENVS REX IVDAEORVM
INRI: Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews was the placard placed on the cross by Pilate.
In the Gospel of John (19:1920) the inscription is explained:
And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS. This title then read many of the Jews: for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin. (King James Version)
Pilate's only official 'out' in granting this crucifixion to the Jewish leadership was the claim to insurgency. The Jews of course wanted to kill him because He claimed to be the Son of God, the worst form of heresy for them.
INRI: Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews was the placard placed on the cross by Pilate.
In the Gospel of John (19:1920) the inscription is explained:
And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS. This title then read many of the Jews: for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin. (King James Version)
Pilate's only official 'out' in granting this crucifixion to the Jewish leadership was the claim to insurgency. The Jews of course wanted to kill him because He claimed to be the Son of God, the worst form of heresy for them.
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I remember a number of times where Jesus did or said something and then somebody would want to kill him. One such instance is in John 6 when Christ says that he is manna from heaven and said he could give them eternal life. Then in John 7:1 it says after that the Jews wanted to kill him.
I think it is probably a combination of the reasons you listed there. I am sure the religious leaders did not like Jesus performing miracles and embarrasing them, challenging their authority and claiming to be the Son of God. When Jesus healed the man in Mat. 9 they said he was blaspheming because he claimed to forgive the mans sins, but it seems like the thing that really ticked them off was when he claimed to be the messiah. Luke 4:28 after Christ had said that he just fulfilled scripture while reading in the synagogue, they wanted to grab him and throw him off a cliff.
Luke 4
28 And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath,
29 And rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong.
I think it is probably a combination of the reasons you listed there. I am sure the religious leaders did not like Jesus performing miracles and embarrasing them, challenging their authority and claiming to be the Son of God. When Jesus healed the man in Mat. 9 they said he was blaspheming because he claimed to forgive the mans sins, but it seems like the thing that really ticked them off was when he claimed to be the messiah. Luke 4:28 after Christ had said that he just fulfilled scripture while reading in the synagogue, they wanted to grab him and throw him off a cliff.
Luke 4
28 And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath,
29 And rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong.
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tlcmel said:
well, yeah. but the romans only did it because the Jewish leaders asked for it. So if you wanted to ask why Jesus was cricified by the romans, the answer would be because the Jewish leaders wanted it done. Then you would ask, well why did the Jewish leaders want it done... and we would get back to looking at the reasons the Jews had.
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tlcmel said:
Yes (I believe) but I thought sunstone was asking what the motivation was of those who killed him, not the motivation of Him who sent Him.
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tlcmel said:
ps. if it makes any difference, LDS believe that he actually suffered for our sins in the garden of Gethsemane and paid for them on the cross.
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tlcmel said:
I don't understand what you are asking.