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Women in Jewish culture at the time were less than cattle status wise; Jesus and the Christian sect were radicals who elevated their status to equal under the eyes of 'God', including making them heads of churches and teachers, and demanding their husband treat them with respect, yet another reason the Priesthood wanted him dead. Of course selective citing of verses by tards will attempt to claim otherwise, not wanting to admit that, especially the atheist pagans who just can't help themselves and have to lie. Burkhas weren't invented by Muslims.
Actually Jesus and his um, group, were simply activists out to kick the Romans out of Judea.
That's why they executed him. Romans didn't give a shit about religion, but challenge their authority and they're on you wid a quckness. And indeed they were.
In other words nothing different than has gone on since the beginning of time.
Ain't no spin like one of biblical proportions.
Pilate, who was the Roman authority, did not want to crucify Jesus.
The reason was twofold. He hated Caiaphas because he was troublesome and did want to stir up violence with the followers of Jesus, and he found no fault with Jesus. When asked if he was a king, Jesus retorted that his kingdom was not of this world and was the reason his followers did not pick up swords to save him. Also, I get the sense that Jesus spooked him. He was unlike any one he had ever met. He said what seemed to be crazy things but found him to be very sane and asked probing questions that troubled him. Also, his wife had nightmares warning him not to kill him.
As a result, Pilate tried to release him, but the Jewish authority protested. The solution Pilate had was to let the Jewish people decide between letting Jesus go free or Barabbas who was a convicted murderer. I think Pilate fully expected the people to let Jesus go free who was by far a more righteous and likeable character, but the people chose Barabbas instead.
Pilate then washed his hands of the affair and let the Jewish authority, whom he despised, have their way to help keep the peace.
You're ascribing an awful lot of power to the Jews there ---- as if they, not the Romans, were in charge. Rome was not big on delegating authority.
It was the goal of Pilate to keep the peace. This was his biggest duty, so allowing the Jewish authority murder Jesus to keep the peace was a good trade off for Pilate.
The region was well known for uprisings. Pilates job was a miserable one.
Finally, after Jesus died, Pilate and company threw in the towel trying to deal with the Jewish authority and simply destroyed the temple.