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19. Thsi verse was added to the narrative, by anti-Semitic church brass.

Reply to PowerToThePeople (Original post)

Thu Dec 18, 2014, 09:35 PM

Dec 2014

The mob may have been yelling "Crucify him," but this I really doubt was in the story.

Matthew (27:25) "His blood be on us, and on our children."
This verse blames the Jews for the death of Jesus and has been used to justify their persecution for twenty centuries.

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Is the Jesus myth antisemitic? [View all] PowerToThePeople Dec 2014 OP

Pass: NaturalHigh Dec 2014 #1

No, just an honest question about a story that most Americans are aware of. PowerToThePeople Dec 2014 #2

You failed at a neutral state. NutmegYankee Dec 2014 #5

No, this is a historic insult: the Jews killed Christ. CTyankee Dec 2014 #13

And every priest, every Inquisitor, every Crusader hifiguy Dec 2014 #17

I'm not a Christian so I'm not an expert on this gollygee Dec 2014 #3

Yep, a bunch of Jewish people convinced the Roman occupiers to kill a Jewish guy. (nt) Nye Bevan Dec 2014 #9

The high religious leadership wanted him gone. NutmegYankee Dec 2014 #10

i'd say no, insofar as the protagonist is genetically Semitic 0rganism Dec 2014 #4

Wasn't he supposed to have been killed by the Romans? So if anything, it's anti-Roman. Nye Bevan Dec 2014 #6

Was it not at the behest of church leaders? PowerToThePeople Dec 2014 #8

They encouraged the Romans to free Barrabas (who was also Jewish) Nye Bevan Dec 2014 #11

I am Christian and while some interpretations of the Jesus story are anti-sematic el_bryanto Dec 2014 #7

As Charlie Brown would say Depaysement Dec 2014 #12

I was on a lovely positive religious thread on GD a couple of weeks ago. liberal_at_heart Dec 2014 #14

We consider Jesus a Rabbi and Philosopher.. SomethingFishy Dec 2014 #15

The Jesus story is based on a very Jewish concept of a Mashiach. Agnosticsherbet Dec 2014 #16

I am sorry, LOCKING etherealtruth Dec 2014 #18

Thsi verse was added to the narrative, by anti-Semitic church brass. Archae Dec 2014 #19