when jesus died was he a jew or christian?

Answer 1

Technically jewish, though his followers were Christian. He couldn't be a follower of himself could he?

He believed he was king of the jews... Of course, not all the jews went for it so we have a new offshoot religion called Christianity - about 300 years later when nobody who'd seen any of it was alive (or even been told by a great grandfather) the new testament was written down... hmm...

Answer 2

A. Jesus was born a Jew ,lived as a Jew and died as a Jew, he was King of the Jews.
B. He could not go under the banner of a Christian though He lived the life as a Christian. A Christian is a person who has accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as their Lord and Saviour. Jesus is the only person who never committed a sin so therefore not only did He not need a Saviour He was the perfect sacrifice (being sinless) for mankind and acceptable by God the Father.

Answer 3

Born a Jew, Lived as a Jew, Died as a Jew.

If Christian means "belonging to Christ" calling Jesus a Christian would mean that he belonged to the anointed one.

The term Christian did not come into usage until many years after the death of Jesus.

The disciples didn't call themselves Christians, they were called that by other people.

Answer 4

I was under the belief that the divergence of the Jewish and Christian faiths occurred with the life and death of Jesus. When Jews denied him as the "son of God", Christianity broke off. I could be incorrect about this, however.

Anyway, I would assume that he would have died as a Jew because essentially he was never given the opportunity to embrace/accept Christianity. The basic tenet of Christianity is him, thus it would be impossible for him to be a Christian.

Answer 5

Can I just say I love this question!?!?! According to Christian Apologetics and Research Minitistry, "When someone becomes a Christian by trusting in the sacrifice of Christ alone for the forgiveness of his sins, then the Holy Spirit has come and lives in that person. Because the person has been changed from the inside, he does not desire to do those things that are contrary to God." I think what makes this tough is that a Christian is a follower of Christ and I suppose you could say you are a follower of yourself but that seems weird. I would suppose because Jesus was the Christ, He does trust himself but He doesn't need forgiveness for His sins because He was without sin. The Holy Spirit was definitely in Him since it decended like a dove over Him at His baptism. I also doubt that He would desire EVER to do anything contrary to God because not only is He the Son of God but He is God. Hmmm..I like the question but I'm not sure there's an answer...neither? Both are follower titles and since He is God, He isn't a follower.

Answer 6

Jesus was born a Jew and died a Jew. It was the apostles that where filled with the Holy Spirit that were the first Christians.

Answer 7

He died a JEW.
Resurrected as a JEW.
Will return as a JEW

Answer 8

Neither, the reason I say that is the Jews banished him and he was neither a christian because a christain would not turn away from their family, and if I remember right he died cause he claimed to be god and wanted the world to follow only him I can see where people might want him dead and you can see Jesus like most dead celebs, fans still worship them and they only remember the good things they done. example, Elvis, people calls him king

Answer 9

Both. Jesus was Jewish by birth via the prophecies and Gods work and Jesus was predestined to be the leader of the Christian Church.

Answer 10

Jewish

Born Jewish, died Jewish.

At the Last Supper (part of the PAssover ritual) he expected his disciples to celebrate that the next year and the year after, but he wanted them to incorporate him into the tradition.