If Jews are the chosen people then why did they kill Jesus?

Question

Isnt that a kind of contradiction specially as Jesus is God's son. would his people really murder his son?

Answer 1

Of course Jews would see no conflict in that.
That is, Jesus was not sacred to them, so what's
the issue?

However, if you are looking for the Christian
view that Jews are the chosen people, it would
seem to be rather a conflict. However,
Christianity is FILLED with conflicts.

So, I go back to "ye standard answer to religious
question": Do not look for consistancy in
organized religion. You won't find it and you'll
hurt yourself trying.

In any case, if I recall my theology, it was
the Roman empire (aka "Romans") that
executed Jesus - Pontius Pilate was a Jew
and he forsook him at an inopportune
time, but that isn't really what you were
asking, was it.

Answer 2

Well its the same reason that a lot of things happen and its usually peoples quest for power and riches, could you imagine a religion that had been around for thousands of years Judaism, rich , powerfull and got a understanding with the occuping military super power of the time the Romans. Then along comes this guy claiming to be the son of god, I reckon he would get the same today if he turned up, well they wrote him off as a heretic and ignored him, but when people started to belive in Jesus of course the establishment got a bit twitchy, he threatend there belif system and most of all there posistion and power in the way of things. So get rid of him call him a nutter and never mention him again and the Romans well they didnt want a revolt in the name of religion so they played along too.. and anyway how big headed and arrogant is it to say were the chosen ones.

Answer 3

They were chosen to give Jesus to the world. The promise to Abraham was that, through his son, Isaac, ALL THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD WOULD BE BLESSED. Not just Israel, but, ALL THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD (it bears repeating, because so few people seem to "get it"). Jesus' message went first to the Jews, as promised. Some of them accepted it, and followed Him. Even some of the priesthood followed Him.
The majority of them rejected Him, and wanted Him killed, because they saw themselves as the ONE AND ONLY NATION God was concerned about. They had forgotten their purpose, which was (yes, let's look at it again), to bless ALL THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD.
If you go back to the time of Samuel, you will see that the majority of the Jews kicked God off of the throne, even that long ago. So it is no surprise, really, that they didn't recognize Him when He came to them, even though their prophecy told them that "The Lord, Whom ye seek, will suddenly appear in His temple" (Malachi 3:1) He did, indeed, suddenly appear in His temple, and let them know just how angry He was that they had turned it into a den of thieves, rather than the House of Prayer He had intended it to be.
You'd think that those people who are doing the same thing to Christianity would have taken a lesson from what happened to the Jews, wouldn't you?
Ahh, human nature...thy name is truly Folly...

Answer 4

the romans killed Jesus, by the Jews' insistence. if you read the bible, you'll know that although the Jews were the chosen people indeed, they were a rebellious people. the OT is basically the history of the Jewish people. it shows both the best and worst character of this race, their very rich culture, their strong faith in one God, and God's special relationship with this people. God's plan for all of mankind, including the atheists, agnostics, whatever, or whoever he is, etc., is revealed thru this people. Jesus Christ's death and ressurection is more real than our very existence. His death and ressurection, is the single most important event in the history of mankind. He is coming back, anytime. Are you ready to face Him?

Answer 5

A lot of people didn't believe Jesus was the Son of God. They just believed He was a prophet. They were also a pawn in Satan's plan. He thought if He could kill Jesus then He could win. Jesus gave His life, no man took it from Him. The Pharisees, and Sadducee's were jealous of Jesus. They made all these laws, and expected everyone to follow them. Jesus came to destroy all the man made laws. Jesus even condemned them for doing the things the way they thought it should be. They hated Him for the truth. When you have been caught in a lie. You want to do harm to the one that caught you if you have evil in your heart. That is why the high priest did that. If He didn't die on the cross, we would all go to hell.

Answer 6

My goodness,you see some arrant nonsense,at times on Q&A !

Pontius Pilate was not a Jew,he was a Roman Tribune promoted to his first Governship-sorry for him!

The Jews could not accept Jesus as the Messiah,why?

Because if this was the Messiah,then this was the end of times!

2000 years and some thing,we are all still hear answering Q&A questions!

Can anybody else see the dichotomy here?

Answer 7

The Pharisees started it, then the Romans finished it. Obviously, the Jews didn't see Him as the son of God, except for the many thousands who followed Him. All of the disciples were Jews, so was Jesus. To propagate hate toward a particular race is simply ignorance, like spreading hate toward all Germans because of Hitler or all Italians because of Mussolini.

Answer 8

The Jews were misled by the Pharisees (Jewish Leaders). John 1:11 says that “Jesus came to his own home but his own people did not take him in.”

The Pharisees, liking their positions as “leaders” did not want to loose their positions. If the Jewish people accepted Jesus as their “leader” (KING), these Pharisees will loose their positions as leaders. So, to keep that from happening they misled the Jews making them believe that Jesus was NOT the promised Messiah and that he was an impostor. When some Jews did believe that Jesus was the promised Messiah, the Pharisees (Jewish Leaders) decided to have him Killed.

Answer 9

The Jews crucified Jesus the Christ for the same reason that led up to people deciding to carry out 9/11, the carefully planned out lies of the adversary. And what I find comforting is that even in that most heinous of acts that Lucifer twisted the hearts of men to do, he did not in any way foil the plan of God for on the 3rd day Christ rose again and loosed the bands of death that all may one day rise as well.

Answer 10

Your question is ridiculous and Anti-Semitic. To suggest that "The Jews" "Killed" Jesus is absurd. It would be like saying The New Yorkers killed John Lennon.

Jesus was killed because he was indirectly causing a political debate in Jerusalem and agitating Jewish seperatists and nationalists who wanted to overthrow the Roman government. This was not Jesus' intention, but nevertheless the Romans saw him as a possible catalyst for open rebellion, and the Jewish leaders at the time (Pharisees) thought that by delivering Jesus to the Romans they could avoid martial law, etc. They manipulated the facts and the people, told them Jesus sought to be their king (which a lot of people wanted at the time) and had Him arrested.

So yes, some Jews betrayed Jesus, but not the guy who runs the deli in your neighborhood.

It is woefully ignorant to hold all people of a race or religion responsible for the actions of a few 1,970 years ago. It's just plain bigotry.

Answer 11

What do you think the parable Jesus taught in Luke 20?

Now Jesus turned to the people again and told them this story: "A man planted a vineyard, leased it out to tenant farmers, and moved to another country to live for several years. At grape-picking time, he sent one of his servants to collect his share of the crop. But the farmers attacked the servant, beat him up, and sent him back empty-handed. So the owner sent another servant, but the same thing happened; he was beaten up and treated shamefully, and he went away empty-handed. A third man was sent and the same thing happened. He, too, was wounded and chased away.
" `What will I do?' the owner asked himself. `I know! I'll send my cherished son. Surely they will respect him.'
"But when the farmers saw his son, they said to each other, `Here comes the heir to this estate. Let's kill him and get the estate for ourselves!' So they dragged him out of the vineyard and murdered him.
"What do you suppose the owner of the vineyard will do to those farmers?" Jesus asked. "I'll tell you-he will come and kill them all and lease the vineyard to others."
"But God forbid that such a thing should ever happen," his listeners protested.
Jesus looked at them and said, "Then what do the Scriptures mean?

`The stone rejected by the builders
has now become the cornerstone.'

All who stumble over that stone will be broken to pieces, and it will crush anyone on whom it falls."
When the teachers of religious law and the leading priests heard this story, they wanted to arrest Jesus immediately because they realized he was pointing at them-that they were the farmers in the story. But they were afraid there would be a riot if they arrested him.

By the way, Jesus forgave them. Paul also points out that all men are responsible for the death of Jesus.