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   From: andrew.321.remov@usa.net   
      
   "Dawn Flood" wrote in message news:10aml2r$17dnq$1@dont-email.me...   
   > Andrew wrote:   
   >> "Dawn Flood" wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> My best guess is that Jesus was a Jewish apocalyptic preacher who   
   >>> got on the "bad side" of the Romans, and they dealt with him in the   
   >>> "Roman way."   
   >>   
   >> No, according to the Bible it was not particularly   
   >> the Romans, but the religious authorities of that time.   
   >>   
   >> After they arrested Jesus they brought Him to the   
   >> Roman governor of Judaea, Pontius Pilate. They   
   >> even had to wake him up.   
   >>   
   >> So it wasn't the Romans, but the Jewish leaders   
   >> who officially rejected Him, and demanded for   
   >> Him to be crucified.   
   >>   
   >   
   > Oh, sure, and the Gospels also record that "the sky becomes (became)   
   > dark in daytime during the crucifixion of Jesus for roughly three hours..."   
   >   
   > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crucifixion_darkness   
   >   
   > I don't believe it; in my opinion, it was "a theological and literary   
   > creation" (per the late scholar Raymond E. Brown.)   
   >   
   > Believe such things, if you wish; I don't.   
      
   Thanks Dawn, I hope you have a really nice day!   
      
   Bye!   
      
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