Execution of Jesus Justified?

[BrooklynBoy200]

I was just wondering which side i should be on in an argument. If Jesus was crucified for breaking the law, and those laws were set down by God, were the people who crucified Him justified in their actions? Were they just doing their job? I may have the whole thing wrong, i was just wondering.

 

[teachccd]

What law did Jesus break?

 

[CapIV]

This is a complex issue. As Jesus said to His disciples, his execution was necessary as his role as the Savior.

Jesus was condemned by the Jewish authorities for claiming to be God. And the Gospels seem to suggest that Jesus was executed by Pontius Pilate, who would have preferred to quell any sort of Jewish uprising by executing who they believed to be a heretic.

Some modern biblical scholars claim that Jesus was executed for being a political revolutionary.

Even though Jesus had to by executed to fulfill his role as Savior, his execution was of course not justifiable in the terms that we think of today. The reason being that the “law” he “broke” was not a just law. And as Augustine says, “An unjust law seems to be no law at all”. Thus meaning unjust laws need not be followed.

 

[deb1]

This is a complex issue. As Jesus said to His disciples, his execution was necessary as his role as the Savior.

Jesus was condemned by the Jewish authorities for claiming to be God. And the Gospels seem to suggest that Jesus was executed by Pontius Pilate, who would have preferred to quell any sort of Jewish uprising by executing who they believed to be a heretic.

Some modern biblical scholars claim that Jesus was executed for being a political revolutionary.

Even though Jesus had to by executed to fulfill his role as Savior, his execution was of course not justifiable in the terms that we think of today. The reason being that the “law” he “broke” was not a just law. And as Augustine says, “An unjust law seems to be no law at all”. Thus meaning unjust laws need not be followed.

Also, the fact that the Sanhedrin(sp?) tried him at night-something they were not supposed to do- means that some among the Jewish Religious Authorities knew that they were doing something wrong.

I read somewhere that they might have been terrified of the possibility that Jesus would start a revolution and bring down Rome’s wrath on their head. Rome was very brutal when angered.

 

[ALLGIRLS]

This is a complex issue. As Jesus said to His disciples, his execution was necessary as his role as the Savior.

Jesus was condemned by the Jewish authorities for claiming to be God. And the Gospels seem to suggest that Jesus was executed by Pontius Pilate, who would have preferred to quell any sort of Jewish uprising by executing who they believed to be a heretic.

Some modern biblical scholars claim that Jesus was executed for being a political revolutionary.

Even though Jesus had to by executed to fulfill his role as Savior, his execution was of course not justifiable in the terms that we think of today. The reason being that the “law” he “broke” was not a just law. And as Augustine says, “An unjust law seems to be no law at all”. Thus meaning unjust laws need not be followed.

But if the “law” that He broke was claiming to be God, He didn’t really break the law, as He is God, so He wasn’t blaspheming (God can’t blaspheme against Himself!). He didn’t break any Roman law, Pilate attested to that, Pilate was just a coward and ordered the crucifiction to avoid an uprising. I would say that although the crucifiction was necessary (Christ Himself said it was necessary), it wasn’t just from a legal (Jewish or Roman law) standpoint.

In Christ,

Ellen

 

[teachccd]

But if the “law” that He broke was claiming to be God, He didn’t really break the law, as He is God, so He wasn’t blaspheming (God can’t blaspheme against Himself!). He didn’t break any Roman law, Pilate attested to that, Pilate was just a coward and ordered the crucifiction to avoid an uprising. I would say that although the crucifiction was necessary (Christ Himself said it was necessary), it wasn’t just from a legal (Jewish or Roman law) standpoint.

In Christ,

Ellen

So again, I reiterate, what law did Jesus break?

 

[deb1]

But if the “law” that He broke was claiming to be God, He didn’t really break the law, as He is God, so He wasn’t blaspheming (God can’t blaspheme against Himself!). He didn’t break any Roman law, Pilate attested to that, Pilate was just a coward and ordered the crucifiction to avoid an uprising. I would say that although the crucifiction was necessary (Christ Himself said it was necessary), it wasn’t just from a legal (Jewish or Roman law) standpoint.

In Christ,

Ellen

Well, if you don’t believe that Jesus is the son of God, and the Jewish religious leaders didn’t believe he was, then he was speaking blasphemy by claiming to be God.