What was the reason that the teachings of Jesus caused the powers of Rome to tremble ?

Question

One of the teachings of Jesus was a death penalty issue for Rome [that is history]

I don't believe that Jesus preached he was "king of the Jews" some followers said he was king of the Jews and there is a New Testement story to that effect.

GOOGLE: [for the Biblical quotes]
bible quote jesus "king of the jews"

Jesus taught... All men are Sons and Daughters of God. That statement was a death penalty issue for the Romans... only the Emperor was allowed to be the descendant of God.

That is history... it was a revolutionary idea from a little known man in Palestine... eventually the Devine Right of Kings would be challenged in the revolutions that would follow.

I'll let you decide who has the best answer.

Answer 1

They didn't. Read some real history.

Answer 2

Jesus had a considerable grass roots following.
Roman society had been the first to establish 'class' and 'status' based on monetary wealth. Jesus taught that all people were equal in the sight of God, it following that meant society as well. Slaves were as valuable a person as the master, women were equal to men, poor were equal to the rich dudes.
Roman emperors often presented themselves as 'gods' or at least the highest authority in the land. Jesus taught that, yes, give Caesar his due, but Caesar had a limit to his due, that is, there was an even higher authority to answer to, that being God.


http://www.learner.org/resources/series58.html

These are 30-min. videos taught by Prof. Eugene Weber of UCLA. It discusses the history of western civilization with lots of art shown from each period. There is a lot there about the Roman Empire and the rise of Christianity.

I feel I need to point out something to someone here. The question was asked about the Teachings of Jesus NOT his crucifixion. Thank you.

Answer 3

The Romans saw Jesus as a threat to their power. They couldn't believe how a single person with no wealth, no Army, no money could get so many to follow.

Answer 4

The Romans didn't tremble because Jesus never existed.

Answer 5

Tremble??? LOL

Jesus' downfall was when he preached that he was "King of the Jews." Rome appointed the King, as well as the High Priest.

What would happen if you paraded around Washington D.C. claiming to be President of the USA?

The streets of Jerusalem were lined with thousands of bodies rotting on crosses. Did they not suffer the same as Jesus, their brother? If it's suffering you want, there's plenty to read about the Holocaust!

From "Judaism for Everyone" by Rabbi Shmuley Boteach:

Central to the Jewish response to suffering is a staunch rejection of the belief in its redemptive power. According to Judaism there are no ennobling qualities in pain…. The belief in the redemptive quality of suffering is a profoundly Christian concept. In Christianity, the suffering servant, the crucified Christ, brings atonement for the sins of mankind through his own sacrifice and torment. The message: Without suffering there can be no redemption. According to Christianity, if Jesus had not suffered and died on the cross, mankind would still be damned. Suffering is therefore extolled in the New Testament: “And not only that, but we also boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces hope” (Rom. 5:3-4). “If we are being afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation; if we are being consoled, it is for your consolation, which you experience when you patiently endure the same sufferings that we are also suffering” (2 Cor. 1:6). Indeed, Paul even made suffering an obligation, encouraging the fledging Christians to “share in suffering like a good soldier of Christ Jesus” (2 Tim. 2:3).
In Judaism, however, suffering is anything but redemptive. It leads to a tortured spirit and a pessimistic outlook on life. It scars our psyches and brings about a cynical consciousness, devoid of hope. Suffering causes us to dig out the insincerity of the hearts of our fellows and to be envious of other people’s happiness. If individuals do become better people as a result of their suffering, it is despite the fact that they suffered, not because of it. Ennoblement of character comes through triumph over suffering, rather than its endurance.
Man’s mission was never to make peace with suffering and death, but to abolish them from the face of the earth for all eternity by joining God as a junior partner in creation. By studying medicine and offering aid to people in need, we live up to our highest calling of having been created in the divine image. The atheist doctor who struggles to cure AIDS is infinitely more in tune with the Jewish response to suffering than the minister of religion who tells his flock that suffering is part of the divine plan. The sinning businessman who may have never stepped into a synagogue but makes a loan to a colleague to save him from bankruptcy is more in tune with the Jewish response to suffering than the Rabbi who seeks to give a rationalization for why children die of leukemia…. Our role as humans is not to give meaning to aberrations, but combating them and to healing wounds.
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Answer 6

Jesus wasn't even a blip to the Romans until Constantine.

Answer 7

It suggested that the Emperor was not the final authority. That there was a king that was above even the Emperor.

Answer 8

In large part.

Answer 9

Actually it were jews who got trembled and forced romans to kill him. Romans were not ready to kill him.

Answer 10

I think they were holding their sides with laughter....