Then we have the old "destroy all the Jews because the Jews killed Jesus" nonsense. Sirs, Jesus was executed by the Roman Army, under the command of the Roman governor of that province. Some Jews agreed with that. Some disagreed. Ever heard of Palm Sunday? Duh. In general the ones closely allied with the Roman government agreed and the people didn't. How do I know? Ever read the New Testament?
Yes, it was the Romans who crucified Jesus. But, Pilate said "I find no fault in this man" and was going to set him free, but the crowd said "crucify him, crucify him." Almost 2000 years after the death of Jesus, the Jews are still waiting for the Son of God to appear.......say what you want, but the Jews killed Jesus the Son of God, because they did not accept him for who he was.
I don't think any serious person would believe that a Roman governor made a decision based on what a "crowd" of non-Roman subjects wanted. Historians believe that this part may have been added years later. It was, after all, very embarrassing for the Romans to take the fall for executing Jesus after their emperor had decreed that Christianity was the required religion of Rome (years later). Rome executed Jesus, as they did other insurrectionists of whom we have records, to prevent an uprising. After all, Jesus had just led a riot at the center of the country (the temple).
If Pilate had let an insurrection get any traction, Rome would have had to send the legions then stationed in Syria to quell it. Such a mess and expense would have ended Pilate's career. (A few decades later an insurrection did get out of hand and the Roman legions basically destroyed the whole country.)
And why mock the Jews for waiting 2000 years for the Son of God to reappear? After all, Christians have waited 2000 years for the second coming, even though it states at least 10 times in the New Testament that Jesus will come again within the lifetimes of those who were then living.
