Why do *you* think Jesus was crucified?

Question

There are many reasons and many theories of why Jesus was crucified. But which one explanation do you favor the most?

My reading of the gospels leads me to believe that Jesus theology of challenging religious authority (O ye hypocrites, sabbath was made for man, refutation fo purity laws, going against Moses's teaching on divorce, thinking for one's self, etc...) was too radical and too threatening to the Jewish power structure lead by the orthodox (yet hypocritical) Pharisees. They then sold him out to the Romans and pushed fabricating Jesus "the new King" as a threat to Roman sovereignty.

Of course no one can be proven right, but I'm just curious.

I *KNOW* he was crucified for our salvation. Thanks Captains Obvious.

Why did the Humans decide to Crucify him. Pilate did't magically say "Hey, Humans need salvation, let's crucify Christ!"

What was the Earthly motivation for executing the man Jesus.

Answer 1

That's actually quite similar to my view.

Answer 2

Early in his ministry Jesus said: “I must declare the good news of the kingdom of God, because for this I was sent forth.” (Luke 4:43)

Jesus clearly was a man, but he was unlike other men in that previously he had been a spirit person, known in heaven as the Word. Then his life was miraculously transferred by God to the womb of Mary. “The Word became flesh,” the apostle John testified, “and resided among us.”—John 1:1, 2, 14, 18; Revelation 3:14.

God sent his Son from heaven to be that new Adam to replace the first one. The Bible says: “‘The first man Adam became a living soul.’ The last Adam became a life-giving spirit. The first man is out of the earth and made of dust; the second man is out of heaven.” (1 Corinthians 15:45, 47) Jesus, “the last Adam,” is like “the first man Adam” in that He was a perfect man, capable of fathering perfect offspring, who could live forever in perfection on earth.—Psalm 37:29; Revelation 21:3, 4.

God prophesied that he would die. He was the ransom sacrifice so we could have ever lasting life

Answer 3

What he preached was a threat to alot of high powered people, roman, Jewish, and others. The ALL the "powers that be" at the time wanted him gone. Crucifixion was criminal execution, high powered Jews that wanted him gone would not have had the ability to carry out a criminal execution on thier own. High powered Romans really could not charge Jesus with anything on their own. He was a thorn in everyone side, apublic nusance, and a threat to established power, that is why.

Answer 4

One observation is in regards to the law that the religious leaders used as a means of control over others.

The law was their god, and Jesus was a threat to them and their adherence to it on their terms. Sometimes, the greatest violators of law are the administrators of law. Jesus showed them that what was in their hearts was what would in the end condemn or justify them, and not the externals of the law. By healing a man born blind on a sabbath, the issue boiled down to which they were going to side with: The law that said one could not work on the sabbath, or side with a person whom they envied and despised who happened to perform a miracle that only could be done through God.

The result? They denied the miracle and the one who performed it, and went with their perverted literal interpretation of the law, thinking they were safe and secure in the law.

If they and people today only understood the purpose behind the law. It is not there to prove a person righteous; it existed to prove people unrighteous.

.

Answer 5

No Jesus became killed in a pole as he suggested in John 3:15 and numbers 21:7 Nisan 14 three hundred and sixty 5 days 33 (April 2 this three hundred and sixty 5 days) the date of passover, that date is contained in the bible contained in the e book of exodus 12 and 13 (Nisan or Abib)

Answer 6

He pissed off the wrong people. Simple as that.

A wise man was once asked, "Since you claim to follow Jesus, and Jesus was crucified, why haven't you been crucified?" The man replied, "I've not yet made anyone angry enough. That is my failing."

.

Answer 7

pilate's inscription on the cross - basileus iudaion - makes clear that jesus was executed for lese majeste.

setting yourself up as 'king of the jews' in a roman prefecture was a clear act of treason against tiberius - and tiberius was hardly the emperor to put up with that sort of thing.

the biblical narrative is perfectly straightforward. but many christians find it insufficiently anti-semitic.

Answer 8

Read The Treatise of the Great Seth found in the Dead Sea Scrolls. Per some sources, he walked away from the farce of prophecy and a man named Simon was drugged to take his place.

Answer 9

You're right.

He challenged the status quo and the status quo is always, throughout time to today, in antithesis to God's will.

He said that love was the most important thing, and the leaders of His day didn't want that known -- exactly like today with "God's Party" in power in my home, the US.

They killed Him to try to shut Him up so that they could keep on with their lives of laziness, comfort, and political power.

The Pharisees of today are still doing that to Him, when His followers try to teach Love over violence.

Answer 10

We won't ever know. My guess is you are right. If you think about what he was doing it was very similar to what the Mormons did in the US. They had to move out west (they were attacked and slaughtered anyways) to escape persecution because their way challenged the old. Jesus challenged the old way like Joseph Smith.

Answer 11

In order to share our humanity, He took on humanity. In order to provide a way to conquer death, He took on death and defeated it. That is why He was crucified, to permit the Resurrection to occur.