It would seem that earlier in HIS life, the Romans were not HIS enemies. After all, He told people to pay their taxes, render unto Caesar, walk extra miles, etc; if anything, He was a calming force between his Jewish fellows and the hated Roman presence.I recently posted that the Romans may have regarded Jesus as a small preacher. But after I remembered John 18 with some soldiers under a tribune, I reconsidered my opinion. Could there be Roman collision with Jesus before His arrest? Or besides the Crucifixion was it merely a Jewish religious affair?
We attribute it to the Holy Spirit. After all the Jews were expelled from Rome by the year 49 (just a few years later.) Then by the year 62 Paul himself was martyred there. Then came the persecution by Nero shortly after. We can’t say that they were friendly to the followers of Jesus, they were indeed lifting fingers to stop them.If Jesus was executed for sedition by the Romans, then how do we account for the events described in Acts where Jesus’s known followers not only openly preach in his name, but also recruit thousands of new members without the Romans lifting a finger to stop them?
While the Holy Spirit is said to have inspired the disciples to leave their hiding place on Pentecost, I’ve never heard it said that the Holy Spirit caused the apparent total indifference of the Romans to their provocative public activities in Jerusalem just seven weeks after Jesus was executed for sedition. According to Acts, it’s as though the Romans completely forgot who Jesus and his disciples were.We attribute it to the Holy Spirit. After all the Jews were expelled from Rome by the year 49 (just a few years later.) Then by the year 62 Paul himself was martyred there. Then came the persecution by Nero shortly after. We can’t say that they were friendly to the followers of Jesus, they were indeed lifting fingers to stop them.
Who is this Hagan dude and why do you endorse him?Most if not all of the Roman actions against Jesus and his followers were at the behest and encouraged by the second temple high priesthood, and this through to the destruction of the Temple. This is a little-known aspect of early Christian history, and I would recommend reading Hagan’s books on the subject.
The Roman soldiers could have cared less about the Jews. They either stayed in major cities like Caesarea or Sepphis or Jerusalem in Herod’s Palace grounds, or were stationed in guard houses along major trade roads.
So the Romans wouldn’t have cared that the known followers of a man that they had recently executed for sedition were not only openly preaching in Jerusalem that he had risen from the dead, but were also publicly recruiting thousands of new followers? I find that unlikely.Most if not all of the Roman actions against Jesus and his followers were at the behest and encouraged by the second temple high priesthood, and this through to the destruction of the Temple. This is a little-known aspect of early Christian history, and I would recommend reading Hagan’s books on the subject.
The Roman soldiers could have cared less about the Jews. They either stayed in major cities like Caesarea or Sepphis or Jerusalem in Herod’s Palace grounds, or were stationed in guard houses along major trade roads.
Until they got into minutia like not worshipping Caesar, it goes without saying.Yes, John Hagen is apparently a pseudonym.
Pilate didn’t even want to execute Jesus, and he was happy when it was over and done with. He probably did go against the Samaritans a few months later thinking that the leader was Jesus who had escaped execution. It is reasonable to assume that the high priests wear the ones who strongly suggested this to him.
But it turned out not to be Jesus, and Pilate lost his job because of it when Vitellius returned to Jerusalem in ad 37 for the Passover.
But the Romans could care less about the early Christians as long as they behaved themselves. That was the same for all people who lived within the empire.
Well the Romans actually considered the Jews as athiests because they would not acknowledge Caesar.You are so wrong on that worshipping Caesar shtick. You must be part of the Jesus Seminarians, they really go for that stuff. Make it up, really.
Is there any proof that the war between Herod and Aretas was immediately after the death of John the Baptist? And also Eusebius says that Jesus died 40 years before the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem. So A.D, 30.Yes, John Hagen is apparently a pseudonym.
Pilate didn’t even want to execute Jesus, and he was happy when it was over and done with. He probably did go against the Samaritans a few months later thinking that the leader was Jesus who had escaped execution. It is reasonable to assume that the high priests wear the ones who strongly suggested this to him.
But it turned out not to be Jesus, and Pilate lost his job because of it when Vitellius returned to Jerusalem in ad 37 for the Passover.
But the Romans could care less about the early Christians as long as they behaved themselves. That was the same for all people who lived within the empire.
Interesting, as that would involve a LORD in His 40s. (AD 35 - 6BC).Eusebius wrote almost 300 years after the fact. He’s good, but not infallible- though he is the only coherant source we have on a lot of early church happenings.
A late crucifixion date has JB being beheaded by Antipas’ men some weeks or months before the Passover of A.D. 35 , with Antipas attempting to invade Nabotea with his army in the early fall of A.D. 35.
Yep, I thought of that verse too.What if Jesus were-gasp!-BALD?!
I shudder at the thought.
In John, FWIW, a year before his crucifixion Jewish Elders criticized him for preaching with authority even though he was NOT YET FIFTY.
But Eusebius was an educated man who had access to Josephus. So even though he wrote nearly 3 centuries later, he should not be disregarded. And Josephus does not state anywhere that these events happened immediately before the death of the Baptist.Eusebius wrote almost 300 years after the fact. He’s good, but not infallible- though he is the only coherant source we have on a lot of early church happenings.
A late crucifixion date has JB being beheaded by Antipas’ men some weeks or months before the Passover of A.D. 35 , with Antipas attempting to invade Nabotea with his army in the early fall of A.D. 35.