Why do you Christians still believe that Jesus was Jewish?

Question

It is quite clear from many readings, that Jesus lived in Judea. At the time, Judeans were known as Jews, regardless of their practicing religion, much the same way as a person from America is called an American. He never practiced Talmudism or Judaism in any regard, other than living in an area with other Judeans (Jews).

Do you think the Jews would commit (what you believe to be) deicide on one of their own?

I have read some (quick, gj people haha) responses. If he was a practicing Jew, and was sent from God (or is God as Christians believe) why would the Jews execute this perfect Jewish specimen, who apparently practicing Judaism?

Answer 1

Where do you get these "many readings" that make this, in your words, "quite clear"?

Jesus' genealogy traces back to Abraham - the father of the Jewish faith. By blood, he was a Jew. He also appears to be a practicing Jew, since he spent so much time in the Jewish temple as he grew up (when Mary and Joseph found him after he had been lost as a child, he told him they ought to have known he would be in his father's house - the temple) and throughout his ministry he spent time in the temple, having conversations with the people who worked there. He couldn't have done that without being a Jew himself, could he?

Also, I don't understand your final question - grammatically, it doesn't make sense to me.

Answer 2

The burden is on you ! His mother was Jewish, right. All his apostles were Jewish. He went to the Temple. He accepted the OT as the Word of God. And 'living in an area with other Judeans (Jews)' would almost cinch it. He'd have to say he wasn't for you to have an argument.
But on the highest level it's totally irrelevant, as the same God as the Jews is the God ot the Christians, right.

Answer 3

Jesus was a practising Jew. Successive Popes have even stated this publicly to clarify. The fact that you prefer not to believe it does not alter the fact that it is true.

The Jews did not kill Jesus: the Romans did. Only the Romans ever crucified anyone; they killed up to 100 Jews a day sometimes. The Jews had no reason to kill Jesus; he was just one of many young radicals.

Jesus did practise his faith; the last supper was Passover, for goodness sake!

I suggest you do some proper reading and research before posting things that merely highlight your lack of knowledge.

As for 'deicide' - Jesus was just a man. A G-d cannot be killed and cannot die.

HOW ABOUT I SAY IT REALLY CLEARLY FOR THOSE OF YOU, INCLUDING THE ASKER, WHO JUST DON'T GET IT?

THE JEWS DID NOT KILL JESUS

THE ROMANS KILLED JESUS

ONLY THE ROMANS HAD THE POWER AND AUTHORITY TO KILL ANYONE

Answer 4

actually from what I heard jesus was a rabbi-

and the factual application of what is known about roman society (and common sense) would tend to discredit that the jews had any choice or say in what happened to him.

some guy went around causing a breach of the peace and inciting riots in the temple during a time when romans make revenues off the money given,

this guy also went around claiming to be of divine origins- that was also a claim of the emporer of rome.

what the hell do you think is going to happen to some lowly birthed individual who does this.

there is no evidence of any "choice" or trial that jesus as a non roman citizen would be entitled to- and typically those that were entitled to a trial would be of a higher station in life and roman society so that the manner of thier death sentance would not be crucifixion.

Answer 5

If it is true that you read a lot on Jesus then you would have read that he would go to the Jewish temple very often to learn from the Jewish leaders about God. Now if he wasn't Jewish then why would he do this? It is also stated in the bible that he was born Jewish.

Answer 6

Jesus was Jewish thru the line of David he most certainly taught at the synagogues of the time. there was a a Pharisee named Nicodemus that was astounded by his teachings. To say he was not Jewish is to ignore what we have ,much like the Jewish people did when their Messiah arrived approximately 2000 years ago! They executed him because they did not recognize he was to be king of kings how could he come from Nazareth low life area of the times bad side of the tracks. God used the weak to confound the supposed wise its called the inverse kingdom. They missed it!

Answer 7

His mother was descended from King David who was the king of Israel. He was presented on the eighth day at the Jewish Temple as was Jewish practice. The Bible calls Him the Lion of Judah. Sounds Jewish to me.

Answer 8

Jesus was Jewish, in nationality and religion. He studied the Torah, and taught in the Jewish temples.

The Jews killed many of their own, as commanded in their commandments, by stoning usually.

And the crowd cried, "crucify him!"

Even secular historians record these things...

Answer 9

Show me in scripture where it says that Christ was not a Jew- both ethnically and religiously. He came to save all men, but He came to the Jewish people first- He taught in synagogues, etc. Have you read Isaiah? It speaks of Christ, and His coming, and how His own people would miss Him.

Answer 10

Many good answers above. In addition to those, I'd point you to Jesus' lineage as recorded in the Gospels. Among his forefathers? Jacob ... also called ISRAEL.

I would also point out that because Jesus was "one of their own" the Jewish religious leaders DIDN'T kill him. They manipulated things so the ROMANS would do the job for them.

As to the why? Because he was a threat their authority... the established order. Simple as that.