2007-01-16 11:19:51 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Of course. That's why they wanted Him dead:
See St. John's Gospel - Chapter 8:
44Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
45And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.
46Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me?
47He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.
48Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil?
49Jesus answered, I have not a devil; but I honour my Father, and ye do dishonour me.
50And I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth.
51Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.
52Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of death.
53Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself?
54Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God:
55Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying.
56Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.
57Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham?
58Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.
59Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.
2007-01-16 11:26:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jesus violated the sabbath, which is the msot important thing in Judaism after believing in G-d.
He also claimed to be the son of G-d, which violates the very first most important aspect of Judaism. So yes they considered him a heretic and with good reason.
2007-01-16 12:00:47 · answer #2 · answered by abcdefghijk 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Other teachers of the day, like Philo Judea, simply considered him a young man running his mouth. Philo is also known to have said; "Only fools believe there was an actual Adam and Eve."
2007-01-16 11:36:30 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To the establishment - almost from the start.
To the disciples - when he spoke of a Suffering Servant and the cross.
To the people - when he rode into Jerusalem as Messiah and did not nuke the Romans and establish Jewish paradise.
2007-01-16 13:11:13 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not really--just to the priesthood who were running the Temple and making a pile of money out of it.
He HAD TO GO because HE was "rocking the boat".
2007-01-16 11:25:06 · answer #5 · answered by whynotaskdon 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, they did, with good reason. He broke some of the holiest of Jewish laws, thinking he was above it, and blasphemed the Name of G-d repeatedly.
2007-01-16 12:40:32 · answer #6 · answered by LadySuri 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, they thought he was a blasphemer because he did and said things that only God could do like forgive sins, accept worship, and refer to himself as God.
2007-01-16 11:32:02 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely. It is probably the main reason they were so quick to hand him over to the Romans for execution. He was probably public enemy #1.
2007-01-16 11:23:47 · answer #8 · answered by That Guy 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
no
2007-01-16 11:24:39 · answer #9 · answered by Get A Grip 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋