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   From: andrew.321.remov@usa.net   
      
   "Kenito Benito" wrote in message news:r5v1dk1csp271mug5tskjjoijv   
   0bbpgf4@4ax.com...   
   > "Andrew" wrote:   
   >   
   > [...]   
   >   
   >>>>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   
   >   
   >    Due to it being the method of execution Rome   
   >    used for such crimes.   
      
   Why do you think they hated Him so vehemently?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)