Jesus Early Stages

He was flogged publicly multiple times while his mother and friends watched. He had a “crown” of thorns pushed into his skull; he had to carry his cross up a very tiresome and difficult hill to a place called Golgotha, meaning the skull. Golgotha was a place where criminals would die a slow and very painful death. Since you would be nailed to wooden boards, you could stand your feet up so you wouldn’t suffocate to death. When the sunset the day you were crucified, the soldiers would come by and break your legs so you wouldn’t make it to the next morning. This was not the case for Jesus, because he was already dead before the sun set. Only in the Gospel of Luke does one of the criminals next to Jesus say, “Have you no fear of God, for you are subject to the same condemned justly, for the sentences we received corresponds to our crimes, but this man had done nothing criminal.” He went on to say, “Jesus remember me when you come into

In Jerusalem, Jesus was treated fairly by everyone, but Romans and Jews didn’t except him, so he had to be executed. This shows that Romans and Jews would kill anyone who was dangerous, or threatening. Till this day, Jesus is a major part of believe and religion.

As you can probably guess, this made a lot of people dislike Jews. The Jews can’t possibly be responsible for Jesus’s crucifixion, because their method of murder wasn’t crucifixion, but instead stoning. It would be more reasonable to blame Romans for His death because crucifixion was a method of killing for them. Crucifixion is a method of a slow, painful death where you are hung on a cross using nails and left there to die. This rumor, even though it isn’t reasonable, is the cause of the majority of Christian anti-semitism. The New Testament calls Jews the enemies of the rest of

The Jews did not have a big motive to kill Jesus, certainly they just lacked motive for killing Jesus. He was accused of saying himself Son of God, blasphemed. Indeed, according to the various historians, the Jewish Community i.e. Pharisees, Essenes and the Sadducees, had many disagreements. These disagreements did not allow them to punish other heretical leaders and therefore they targeted Jesus. The Pharisees were of the religious

The Crucifixion was a different way for the Persians to torture people who they believed were doing something wrong. After being hung on a giant wooden cross the person would suffer brutal days of slow death. This form of torture was used by the Persians, passed on to the Babylonians, then to the the Romans. There were many different ways that these three different cultures tortured people with the form of crucifixion.

Although each respective group had its own reasons for the execution of Jesus, there were definite commonalities existent in the reasons both Jewish and Roman people desired his elimination. Central to these commonalities were conceptions of the day regarding both law and religion, which were closely intertwined. Therefore, Jesus's teachings and practices that violated the nature of religion were also widely considered criminal or legal violations as well. The Jews in particular desired Jesus' punishment because many of his teachings contradicted their religious practices, such as his transgressions regarding laboring on the Sabbath and their rules of human purity and cleanliness, which Jesus disregarded by claiming that he was the son of God and eating and dwelling among many who were

People in Rome wanted to crucify Jesus all because of what he believed. When the moment came that the city of Rome had to make the decision of crucifying Jesus or letting Barabbas go, they decided to let him go because they wanted Jesus dead. Even though Barabbas was in prison for killing someone, they still thought Jesus was worse because of the made up stories the high priests and officials were saying about him. Pilate tried to defend Jesus, for he had done nothing wrong. But Pilate fell under peer pressure from the Romans and let Jesus

The hearing and death of our Savior, Jesus, was one of the most devastating events that anyone has ever seen or heard about. According to Matthew 16:21, it says, “From that time on Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests, and experts in law, and be killed…” In this verse, Jesus is prophesying his own death and how it will happen. Jesus talks about how one of his own will betray him and give him up to the chief priest for only 30 pieces of silver. Matthew 26:14-16, it says, “Then one of the twelve, the one named Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests and said, “What will you give me to betray him into your hands?” So they set out 30 coins for him. From that time on, Judas began looking for an opportunity to betray him.” Just as Jesus prophesied, Judas one of his followers, did end up betraying Jesus and handing him over to the chief priest. When Jesus was taken to his hearing, Pontius Pilate did not want to kill Jesus because he had done nothing wrong, so he let the people choose what to do with him. As stated in Matthew 27:22, Pontius Pilate asked. “What shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ?” and the people said, “Crucify Him!” With that Jesus was stripped of his clothing, had the crown of thorns put on his head, beaten and tortured and then had to carry his own cross out of the town and into

Jesus was born in Bethlehem 2000 years ago. Jesus worked as a carpenter and lived a traditional Jewish life until he was thirty. In his thirties, he began religious teachings and displayed miracles in public. His key teachings were about loving one another, reality of judgement day, and the good news to enter heaven. His works of miracles, such as curing diseases, walking on water, and calming the storms were appealing to many people that they decided to follow him. Despite his efforts to keep low profile, his reputation spread nation-wide. Jesus claimed to be God, which violated the Jewish law, so many Jewish leaders asked the Roman government to execute him. Though, he was not guilty of breaking any Roman law, he was brutally tortured and hung by his hand on the cross. He rose from the dead after three days and rose up to heaven.

Herod claimed to be the anointed king of the Jews and he wanted to kill Jesus who now truly held that title. Before the wise men travelled to see Jesus the king called them into a meeting and asked them to find the new king so he could go and worship him, too (Matthew 2:1-12). However, after visiting Jesus, the wise men had a dream warning them not to report back to King Herod, so they took a different route home. King Herod then ordered all male children under age two found in Bethlehem to be killed. Joseph was warned by an angel what the king was planning to do.

Mary delivered the child, wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger. Mary, joseph, and baby Jesus were visited by shepherds from nearby fields, called on by angels. Once they reached the stable, the shepherds and their flock knelt down before the manger, in respect for this newborn king. When they did this, the child’s parents were amazed that these shepherds were so reverent to and amazed by their own child! The Holy Family’s travel back to Nazareth was a long and dangerous one. It was so dangerous because of King Herod. Herod heard that Jesus was to be the new king, and Herod did not like this at all! His solution to this was to find baby Jesus and destroy him. Luckily, Joseph was visited in a dream by an angel, who said,” Rise and take the child and his mother, flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you” (Mt. 2:13). The Blessed family stayed in Egypt until the death of Herod. By doing so, Jesus fulfilled yet another prophecy, “When Israel was a child I loved him, out of Egypt I called my son” (Hos. 11:1). Before that, Herod realized he had been tricked, he became enraged. He ordered the boys of Bethlehem, and its vicinity, that were at the two and younger to be massacred. It was then that what the prophet Jeremiah had said had been fulfilled: “A voice was heard in Raman, sobbing and loud lamentation; Rachel weeping for her children, and since she would not be consoled, since they were gone no more.” The

However, the Messiah would not be accepted by His people. Isaiah, who gave a prophecy of “The Suffering and Glory of the Servant” about 700 years before the time of Jesus, paints a vivid picture of the Servant’s crucifixion. At the time of Jesus, Rome was the supreme political and military power in the civilized world. Jesus was sentenced to die on the cross, because He claimed to be the Messiah. Isaiah 53:5 states: “But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds, we are healed.” In Isaiah, the Servant is bearing the sins of many. In Matthew 20:28, Jesus Himself said, “’Just as the Son of Man did not come to be

The Romans thought that Jesus was a blasphemer who was using God’s name to spread his own false messages (Bredin 190) and ended up having to crucify him. This crucifixion was all part of God’s plan, and through this action, Jesus ended up

The teachings of Jesus focused primarily on the "the kingdom of God" and were usually relayed through parables drawing on familiar images from agricultural life. He rebuked the hypocrisy of some Jewish leaders and taught the importance of love and kindness, even to one's enemies. Jesus' popularity grew quickly, but so did opposition from local leaders. Roman rulers were uncomfortable with the common perception that he was the Messiah who would liberate the Jews from Roman rule, while Jewish leaders were disquieted by Jesus' shocking interpretations of Jewish law, his power with the people, and the rumor that he had been alluding to his own divinity. In the Gospels, Jesus repeatedly suggests to his disciples his end is near, but they do not fully understand or accept the idea. The clearest expression of this is at the "Last Supper," which took place on the night before his death. All four Gospels record that Jesus shared bread and wine with his disciples, asking them to "do this in remembrance of me." Christians celebrate this event in the sacrament of the Eucharist, or Communion. On this evening Jesus also predicts that one of them will betray him, which is met with astonishment and denial. But that very night, Jesus' fate was sealed when Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples and possibly the group's treasurer, led Roman soldiers to Jesus for 30 pieces of silver. As they arrested Jesus, the ever-colorful Peter defended his master with a sword, slicing off

The film also depicted that crucifixion was typically a form of death that was harsh, violent, and humiliating, which is accurate in comparison to crucifixions in history. In the film, Jesus was spit on, and the Romans mocked him, saying that if were really the king, that he would save himself. This picture of the Jesus’ crucifixion, and the violence that forced upon him, that was displayed in the film, The Passion of the Christ was an accurate description of what actually happened during crucifixions during the ancient times (Religions).