In St. Matthew’s gospel, Pontius Pilate ‘washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person’. This was to show the crowd he did not want Jesus dead, but ordered his death because that is what the people wanted. He was washing his hands of the responsibility:
Now it was the governor’s custom at the feast to release to the crowd a prisoner of their choosing. At that time they were holding a notorious prisoner named Barabbas.
So when the crowd had assembled, Pilate asked them, “Which one do you want me to release to you: Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?” For he knew it was out of envy that they had handed Jesus over to him.
While Pilate was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent him this message: “Have nothing to do with that innocent man, for I have suffered terribly in a dream today because of Him.”
But the chief priests and elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus put to death.
“Which of the two do you want me to release to you?” asked the governor.
“Barabbas,” they replied.
“What then should I do with Jesus who is called Christ?” Pilate asked.
They all answered, “Crucify Him!”
“Why?” asked Pilate. “What evil has He done?”
But they shouted all the louder, “Crucify Him!”
When Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but that instead a riot was breaking out, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd. “I am innocent of this man’s blood,” he said. “You bear the responsibility.”All the people answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!”
So Pilate released Barabbas to them. But he had Jesus flogged, and handed Him over to be crucified.
~ Matthew 27:15-26
The Jews killed Jesus. They just used a loophole in the Roman system to do it.
And they put Jesus to death for claiming to be Yahweh. Equating oneself to be Yahweh = Blasphemy = Death. Hence why the religious leaders picked up stones to kill him multiple times throughout the Gospels.
In St. Matthew’s gospel, Pontius Pilate ‘washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person’. This was to show the crowd he did not want Jesus dead, but ordered his death because that is what the people wanted. He was washing his hands of the responsibility:
~ Matthew 27:15-26
The Jews killed Jesus. They just used a loophole in the Roman system to do it.
And they put Jesus to death for claiming to be Yahweh. Equating oneself to be Yahweh = Blasphemy = Death. Hence why the religious leaders picked up stones to kill him multiple times throughout the Gospels.
Exactly
Not Yahweh, but God.
They aren't the same.
It gets confusing because the Bible uses titles, and we have to guess the entity.
For example, imagine there's a thousand-year-old text and it says "president."
You have to figure out which president.
Then you have to figure out if it's the official one or a non-official one.
Yahweh is Old Testament.
Jesus tells us of a different entity, one who is greater and who no one has seen, who does not dwell in a temple built by the hands of man.
Two voices of God, rightly dividing - https://youtu.be/eCiPQzXMMS0
Yahweh = God to a 1st century, 2nd temple Jew.
I’ve done my homework.
Who was speaking to Moses through the burning bush and called himself “I Am who I Am”?
Yahweh.
Why did the religious leaders in John chapter 8 pick up stones to kill Yeshua when he said, “Before Abraham was, I AM”?
Because he was claiming to be Yahweh, the Creator God: The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
I’m not going to watch your 2 hour video. If you have a point to make, use your words. No offense.
Yup.
Almost like they've had the same playbook for centuries if not more.... Hmm....