"The Jews answered him: “We have a law, and according to the law he ought to die, because he made himself God’s son.”
(John 19:7)
2007-05-03 06:27:16 · 14 answers · asked by Micah 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
They didn't accept Him as their Messiah, because they were looking for a king to come and bring them out of the Roman dictatorship. They looked at Him as a ordinary man, who was the son of Joseph, a carpenter. Whenever Jesus spoke of Himself as the son of God, they accused Him of blaspheming against God. They closed their eyes to the miracles that he did, and refused to hear the things that He said to them. They lessened to the Pharisees
2007-05-03 08:48:28 · answer #1 · answered by Auburn 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
John the Baptist was an acknowledged prophet and he believed the coming Messiah was divine. There are scriptures that indicate that such as Isaiah 9. So some believed he would be divine.
But the Jewish Establishment, probably did not read or accept all the prophecies. Jesus, for instance, after the Transfiguration indicated to James, John and Peter that the Jewish teachers had missed some prophecies about the Messiah.
They probably tended to sheepishly follow the official line, which presumably didn't think the Messiah would be divine. Getting status and office probably depended upon that.
They may have been thinking in the trial of the Shema in Deuteronomy 8, I think, which says God is one, and also in the 10 commandments God alone is to be worshipped. Of course the 'one' in the 'Shema' is a 'one' which is used to describe the oneness of two becoming one flesh in Genesis, so isn't necessarily monolithically one.
2007-05-03 13:51:47 · answer #2 · answered by Cader and Glyder scrambler 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They wanted to kill Him because "he made himself God's son."
At first the Jews people (not leaders) welcomed Christ. Example: He entered Jerusalem and everyone had there palm branches. The Jews assumed their Messiah would come and overthrow the ruling government (Romans). When Christ came not to do this, and wasn't going do things the way they wanted, they got angry. Little did they know that Christ had a plan: to die and redeem the souls of mankind. So, the only logical way to kill him was to charge him for breaking the Law of God. Then they gave him over to the Romans because there holiday wouldn't allow them to kill anyone. But the Romans didn't have any reason to kill him. So, the Jews said that Jesus was trying to say that He was greater than Caesar. Now the Romans had reason to kill Christ, not solely because they felt he should die, but to appease the Jews people. So the Romans crucified him, based on Him claiming to be a king, and even one was happy. And all stand guilty before God, Jews and Gentile!
2007-05-03 13:42:28 · answer #3 · answered by Micah 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, the Gospel of John was written over a hundred years after the death of Jesus. Many biblical scholars have pointed out that much of John was written to differentiate the new Christians from the Jews, both in the eyes of the Romans and the eyes of the laity (common people). Many things in John were taken from Mark, but rewritten to paint the Jews in a bad light. A good discussion of this is in Bart Erhman's "Misquoting Jesus." He's a New Testament scholar and leading authority on scriptural interpretation.
2007-05-03 13:38:29 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Jews had a very different view of what the Messiah should be,He would not be a challenge to their authority nor a meek and merciful Messiah, He would be a mighty warrior who would defeat all the enemies of the Jewish nation and make the Jews masters of the entire world.
This is one reason why Jesus showed His anger with the Priests and scribes,they knew the scriptures inside out but conveniently side-stepped the suffering servant of Isaiah and other prophecies concerning the Christ of God.
2007-05-03 13:39:46 · answer #5 · answered by Sentinel 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
This because some of the Jews, particular the leading priests and Pharisees, did not believe in Jesus. So when Jesus said He was God's son they considered it blasphemy. In the Jewish law blasphemy is punishable by death. Peace be with you.
2007-05-03 13:43:45 · answer #6 · answered by 4Christ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They did not want to hear the truth. (1)
Were scared of what the Romans would do if they began worship Jesus and not the emperor. (2)
They worshiped, as Paul put it, a perverted Torah (Law). (3)
Here are three of the reasons I gave.
2007-05-03 14:24:53 · answer #7 · answered by 1saintofGod 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They viewed it blasphemy that Christ said He was the Son of God. They were sign seekers and looking for someone that stood out from the crowd. His miracles weren't enough to prove it to them. They no longer understood the scriptures and did not understand that His teachings were not in opposition to Mosaic Law.
2007-05-03 13:36:19 · answer #8 · answered by BigOnDrums 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
He made Himself God's son. Meaning He claimed to be God's son and they did not believe him therefore he was a blasphemer.
2007-05-03 13:37:08 · answer #9 · answered by Nora Explora 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It was all to do with power and money, and Jesus was a great threat to the religious state so they had him killed, just become an enemy of the state today and see how long you live,
2007-05-03 13:40:20 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋