>Sanhedrin: This Jesus guy is claiming to be king, execute him!>Pilate: Hmm I dunno>Jewish crowd: Execute him!>Pilate: Hmm ok, guess I'll have him brutally maimed and crucified then>Christians: Wow, Pilate did nothing wrongUh, can someone explain this to me? He could have just said no.
>>17976435Jews were scaring him and probably would have revolted again if he didnt kill Christ like they wanted. He tried to send him off to Herod, the roman overseer of the jews, and Herod sent him right back.At the same time, Christ never defended himself or pleaded for forgiveness (there was nothing for him to be forgiven of).So Pilate said "screw it, this is on you guys" and did what they wanted in the end.Crucifixion is unbelievably brutal, but also a common thing in that time.
>>17976440>Herod, the roman overseer of the jewsHerod was a client king who happened to rule over Galilee at the time. Pilate merely used the pretext that Jesus was from Galilee and spent most of his life in Galilee (Jesus had only recently arrived in Jerusalem) to try to pass the hot potato to Herod, who previously had John the Baptist beheaded in that same jurisdiction.
Jewish blackmailing, coercion, mental illness, and the lengths that Jewish insanity can take them to places that others fear them. Like the maenads; irrational, emotional women.
>>17976440>>17976473So why did he have his guards beat the shit out of Jesus and use the most horrific method of execution possible? He could have just beheaded him or something.
>>17976482>the most horrific method of execution possibleWhy are you such a crybaby, tranny? It was the standard execution back then.
>My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me?What did Jesus mean by this? Did he get scared of death? He knew he will die because he told his followers before. Unless that part was added later who knows
>>17976473>Like the maenads; irrational, emotional women.Interesting reference, will use this when baiting other Yeshuvans. Thank you anon
>>17976513Nice use of buzzwords, but it was reserved for rebellion and sedition, among the worst crimes against the Roman state. The Romans themselves said it was horrible and shameful way to die.>This is the only cross, gentlemen, ever set up in this spot in all Messana’s history; and you now see why. This place with its view of Italy was deliberately picked out by Verres, that his victim, as he died in pain and agony, might feel how yonder narrow channel marked the frontier between the land of slavery and the land of freedom, and that Italy might see her son, as he hung there, suffer the worse extreme of the tortures inflicted upon slaves.Cicero, Against Verres 2.5.169
>>17976473>>17976539The maenads were followers of Dionysus, they weren't seen as evil
In Orthodox traditions and from accounts by Tacitus, Pilate was a brutal man known for showing no mercy. Historically, of course Pilate would execute someone claiming kingship, because that would be treason against Caesar. Even Christians know this.
>>17976532its a reference to psalm 22 bro
>>17976440>He tried to send him off to HerodHerod was dead by then, it was the Jewish High Priest Caiaphas. In my language we even have a saying of "Going from Pilates to Caiaphas and from Caiaphas to Pilates", meaning doing something without achieving results, wasting time and going in circles.>>17976482>use the most horrific method of execution possible?Crucifixions are more about sending a message to any other would be rebels.What really rubs me wrong in the crucifixion story is why are two common thieves being crucified.
Luke 23:12>Herod and Pilate became friends that very day, even though they had been enemies formerly.
