Ted
2023-01-08 19:59:59 UTC
Although nowhere in the gospels does Jesus claim to be king of the
Jews, that was the charge against him that got him killed.
A popular belief among first century Jews was that the Son of Man
predicted by Daniel would soon arrive and establish God's kingdom.
That's why preachers like Jesus and John the Baptist were so
successful.
But Jesus differed from the other apocalypticists of his day in that
he thought that when that happened, he'd be recognized as Messiah and
made king of Israel. He never said so publicly, and that's why it
isn't recorded in the gospels, but he confided it in his twelve
disciples, and that's what Judas betrayed. (Mark 4:34)
But none of the gospel authors happened to be the sharpest knife in
the drawer, and so, although they had sufficient data, none of them
figured that out. Instead, they lied about it (their standard MO) and
claimed that Judas betrayed Jesus's whereabouts. Which is ludicrous,
as you don't shell out thirty pieces of silver for information you
could get by hiring someone at minimum wage to follow Jesus.
Unfortunately, we don't know why Judas betrayed him, and we don't
know what Jesus thought would happen after Pilate sentenced him to
death. He was batshit psycho so it could've been anything.
Btw, about 30 years later, another Jesus, Jesus ben Ananias, pulled
roughly the same shit, and he too was brought before the Roman
governor for trial. This time, though, the governor recognized the
guy was crazy and so let him off the hook with just a flogging. (So
he continued preaching until he was killed later during the siege of
Jerusalem, around the same time Mark wrote his gospel.)
Jews, that was the charge against him that got him killed.
A popular belief among first century Jews was that the Son of Man
predicted by Daniel would soon arrive and establish God's kingdom.
That's why preachers like Jesus and John the Baptist were so
successful.
But Jesus differed from the other apocalypticists of his day in that
he thought that when that happened, he'd be recognized as Messiah and
made king of Israel. He never said so publicly, and that's why it
isn't recorded in the gospels, but he confided it in his twelve
disciples, and that's what Judas betrayed. (Mark 4:34)
But none of the gospel authors happened to be the sharpest knife in
the drawer, and so, although they had sufficient data, none of them
figured that out. Instead, they lied about it (their standard MO) and
claimed that Judas betrayed Jesus's whereabouts. Which is ludicrous,
as you don't shell out thirty pieces of silver for information you
could get by hiring someone at minimum wage to follow Jesus.
Unfortunately, we don't know why Judas betrayed him, and we don't
know what Jesus thought would happen after Pilate sentenced him to
death. He was batshit psycho so it could've been anything.
Btw, about 30 years later, another Jesus, Jesus ben Ananias, pulled
roughly the same shit, and he too was brought before the Roman
governor for trial. This time, though, the governor recognized the
guy was crazy and so let him off the hook with just a flogging. (So
he continued preaching until he was killed later during the siege of
Jerusalem, around the same time Mark wrote his gospel.)