The Jewish Messiah

All Christians believe that Jesus is their savior, but there are many different ways his death can be interpreted. One of the ways we can look at Jesus’s death his through historical accounts. Almost all historians believe that there was a man named Jesus who had a large following, and was put to death by the Romans. But why, from a historical point of view, would Jesus be crucified? One major reason is that the Romans seen Jesus as a political threat. The Romans view order as the most important thing in their empire, and around that time there was a zealot uprising. Then, they see Jesus preaching about the coming of his “Kingdom” and so they thought that he was leading a revolution. Therefore, Jesus was executed at the hands of the Romans for being a Lestes, meaning bandit or outlaw. However, Jesus

Jesus preached about His beliefs with God, and all his Glory. He went around telling people that he was the son of God. These accusations raised chaos with the Jews. He was brought to the house of Caiaphas, the high priest. They were looking for any kind of evidence, or excuse to kill Jesus. “The high priest

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.

Hexter blames Pilate for being the sole decision-maker for the death of Jesus, but once again, the Four Gospel texts allude the Jewish community for being a major influence upon the death of Jesus. Hexter begins his thesis with one sentence stating that only Pilate gave the order of Jesus' death: “...who in turn gave him to the procurator Pontius Pilate for trial.” (Hexter 63) Hexter does not address the Jewish community that is in upheaval during a time of Passover or Pilates role throughout the trial.

When Jesus first came to Israel, Jesus said publicly, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel.” “Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?” a high priest ask him and Jesus replied, 'I am, ' ... And you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven" (Mark 14:61-62). This haven’t convinced them that Jesus was the Messiah and condemned him to torture and death for lying.

Jesus of Nazareth was seen as threat to the Roman Empire. They believed he would cause uproar since he proclaimed he was the son of God. With this title, Jesus would of had more power than the Roman Empire itself. Proclaiming this also made him a threat to the Jewish community in Jerusalem. The Jews believed that a Messiah would be sent to rescue them and deliver peace in harmony in Israel. Unfortunately, they did not believe Jesus was it. With both groups, they mistreated and ridicule Jesus and crucified him.

After a week of barnstorming Richard and Don decided to go into a small town and look around for a while. About halfway through the day they went back to their airplanes, which were still in the field that they had left them in. Next Richard determined that he wanted to perform more miracles.

In Jesus of Nazareth, Paula Fredriksen seeks to answer one pressing question about the historical Jesus: Why was Jesus crucified? Through an exploration of written sources, including the Gospels, Paul’s letters, works by pagan authors, works by Jewish authors like Josephus, and Second Temple Judaism sources, as well as archeological evidence, Fredriksen attempts to pull different understandings of Jesus, the society in which he lives, and the Christian movement that followed him into an historical image of Jesus. His message, journey, and impact are all topics of Fredriksen’s discussion, but her emphasis is on the information we know for certain: Jesus was crucified and none of his followers experienced the same fate. Fredriksen introduces the book with background information about historical Jesus research. She is careful to outline significant amounts of disagreement among scholars because there are so many different research methods, sources, and interpretations involved in the process.

author keeps the same divine abilities Jesus’ was presented with throughout the book, and uses the crucifixion scene as a glorification of Jesus’ life. Consequently, Jesus’ refuses to use his powers and allows the crucifixion (Harris 269). Pontius Pilate, the Roman official which historians have deemed responsible for sentencing Jesus (Harris 91). In John, Pilate makes eight attempts to dissuade Jesus’ accusers that Jesus is guilty of crime. According to John, Pilate had written on the cross, “’Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews,’” (John 19:19). This depiction of an innocent Pilate, and guilty Pharisees and Temple priests expresses the Johannine community’s distance from Judaism. Instead of blaming Rome, something the Jews have done for

Religion as seen by many is a set of principles which gives you a purpose to live and lead your life. For others it is a force and a law which restricts their freedom and their choice of living their life. Despite how it appears to be and how it may be defined, there are several religions in the world such as Islam, Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism and more. Each one of them may differ in the set of beliefs and the principles which they lay but all of these world religions preach some universal truths; spreading the message of love, abstaining from crime and doing no harm to the others. Since every religion has a whole new concept of dimensions worth studying, this paper focuses the religion followed by the Jews; Judaism.

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

There were a number of complexities directly related to the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. The majority of these pertain not only to the reason for his crucifixion but also for popular interpretation of this act and the significance attributed to it. Jesus taught and did much that was contrary to both Jewish and Roman conceptions of law and religion. Many of his transgressions were also directly related to the nature of his death and the significance it would later on take. Both Romans and Jews sought Jesus' death because he was ecclesiastically and politically subversive, professing a tolerance and equality that was ultimately proven by the dramatic nature of his death and its consequences.

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

Jews had separated themselves from the Christian belief because of their strong belief that there isn’t a messiah on the earth or wasn’t a messiah, yet. The Jews and Christians differ their assumptions. They believe that there is a Messiah that is coming. On the other hand, Christians believe that there was one… Jesus. The jews don’t believe in Jesus (or the old testament), a half of the Bible in which Jesus’s name isn’t. In fact, Jews don’t even have an old testament. They have a Torah, which is a book of laws, made specifically for the Jews, by Moses. Jews don’t believe this “lore” because the Bible says he will: Build the third temple, which is found in Ezekiel 37:26-28. The Bible also says He would gather all of the jews back to the land of Israel, in Isaiah 43:5-6, and usher in an era of world peace, and end all hatred, oppression, suffering and disease, in Isaiah 2:4. Another thing the Bible says he will do is spread universal knowledge of the God of Israel, which will unite humanity as one, which is found in Zechariah 14:9. To the jews, if an individual fails to do or make up just one of these things he said he would do, then he definitely can not be the Messiah. To new Jews, Judaism can be very bewildering because of the different laws and decrees. Because of this, the Jews that have been practicing this religion ever since they were little

Christianity and Judaism are major world religions which, though they worship the same God, have marked differences which have caused two thousand years of strife and animosity between the two religions. In his book We Jews and Jesus, Samuel Sandmel likens the link between Judaism and Christianity to a type of parent-child relationship, saying, “Early Christianity was a Judaism; within a century after the death of Jesus it was a separate religion. It was critical of its parent, and hostile to it, and elicited from its parent reciprocal criticism and hostility.”1 Opposing views of Jesus Christ caused the initial rift between Judaism and Christianity and is the primary source of the tension between