CHARGES AGAINST JESUS

Charges against Jesus

Charges against Jesus

Introduction

It is secure to say that Jesus was not crucified because he taught love plus clemency or because he set about debating legal points with the scribes of his day. Jesus was crucified because he was watched as a threat to the powers-that-be. His brand of non-violent resistance, his way of stirring the people plus authorizing the poor, were properly judged to be challenging the political power structures of his day.

Charges against Jesus

The charges brought against Jesus were first and foremost of blasphemy for claiming to be God, claiming to be ...