Thought For the Day
- Donald R. McClarey
Donald R. McClarey
Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 43 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.
Such as slavery and abortion.
Yup, I think they followed the law when they crucified Christ.
The Romans followed their law, the Jews did not follow theirs. Go here to read a good overview of the violations of Jewish law in the “trial” of Jesus before the Sanhedrin:
https://www.christiancourier.com/articles/705-theological-implications-of-the-trial-of-jesus-part-2-the
Well, declaring your divinity is blasphemy, unless it happens to be true, so letting the Romans do your wetwork was a good way for Anianus and Caiaphas to hedge their bets.
They feared the reaction of a substantial segment of the Jewish people. Best to let the hated Romans take the blame. Pilate attempting to throw the ball to Herod Antipas and Herod Antipas promptly throwing it back, and then the Jewish authorities playing the Emperor card against Pilate with their rent a mob shouting that if Pilate did not condemn Jesus he was no friend of Caesar, all demonstrate what a hot potato the railroading of Jesus was.
Thank you.
Good info on that link Don, I was struck with this line–and its resemblance to the Dems’ impeachment fiasco. “First of all, there was no valid indictment upon which to base an arrest.”