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   From: andrew.321.remov@usa.net   
      
   "Kenito Benito" wrote in message news:obovckd9sf5sr5n32dicp50d6m   
   dfbdviu@4ax.com...   
   > "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.   
   >   
   >     Pontius Pilate was from the Samnite clan of the Pontii.   
   >   
   >>So it wasn't the Romans, but the Jewish leaders   
   >>who officially rejected Him, and demanded for   
   >>Him to be crucified.   
   >   
   >     Crucifixion was the method of execution used by the Romans.   
   > Jewish leaders would have lobbied for stoning. The Bible only states   
   > the Jews wanted Jesus killed. Since crucifixion was the method used by   
   > the Romans at the time for certain offences, that was the method used.   
   > The Jews had little say in the method of punishment used.   
      
   Yes, but the Jews vehemently petitioned Pilate, specifically   
   for Him to be crucified.   
      
   "Pilate therefore, willing to release Jesus, spake again to   
    them. But they cried, saying, Crucify him, crucify him."   
                                  ~ Luke 23:20 -21   
      
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