Was Jesus a Martyr?

Question

If other Radically Religious people who are willing to die for their cause and do so are called a Martyr wouldn't that also make Jesus a Martyr?

Answer 1

Yep, you could say He was the first "Christian" martyr.

Answer 2

Jesus was not radically religious, in fact he was not religious at all. Religion was something that was invented 325 years after his life, albeit abusing his name, but with the view of manipulating the masses.

Jesus was a leader, an exceptional human being that came into his life with a mission that he followed to the best of his ability and without a compromise. And yes, he was a martyr in the real sense of that word. He died for his beliefs.

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Answer 3

In order to be a martyr, you would have to die--truly die. Jesus didn't. He basically took a long weekend from life--and he went in knowing that would happen. In my mind, a martyr is someone who gives his/her life completely for the cause they believe in.

Answer 4

Yes, I believe Jesus can definitely be called a martyr.

Answer 5

Catma,
His is the strangest case. Yes He's a martyr, and that would be it for most people. To be put to death for what you believe is honorable, though many do it for bad reasons.

Jesus was,as I said such a special case. He was prophecied to be a martyr. He was typified in the Passover, in the Tabernacle, in the words of the prophets, not only to be put to death by OTHER THAN Jewish methods, but by another method that would have him with wounds in His hands.

Zechariah 13:6 And one shall say unto him, What are these wounds in thine hands? Then he shall answer, Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.

So in his case, the point about Him being a martyr is not near as important as Him being the sacrifice for sins. That death that took death from those who believe on Him. The death that was for all other men was the punishment for men from God. Jesus took that punishment in our place, so that we could possible escape it.

But your point is correct. Jesus was a Martyr.

Answer 6

A martyr is someone who dies for their beliefs, so yeah, I guess you could say He was a martyr also (as opposed to just a martyr).

best wishes

Answer 7

If he was real and did die on the cross then yes. However if you look at it from a christian point of view he is not. His death according to christian dogma was not a sacrifice (though they claim it was) He was killed only to ascend to heaven to rule... that's not a sacrifice... that's a promotion.

To those who don't believe he was messiah he is a martyr because he accepted death over his beliefs.

Answer 8

Jesus was definitely a martyr and the first for christianity's sake.

Answer 9

The definition of the word "martyr" is "witness".

You can take it from there.

Answer 10

Jesus the cult leader...who apparently still has retarded brainwashed followers. Impressive. Perhaps if Jim Jones or Dave Koresh had been nailed to a cross, we'd still be talking about them 2,000 years from now.

Answer 11

I think he goes slightly beyond martyr. He was allegedly the fulfillment of a divine revelation who was destined to sacrifice himself supposedly for the sins of others-i.e. vicarious atonement. That is slightly different from your common or garden martyr who just dies for an ideology.