..He went to the temple to clear out the franchise holders who were shaking down the pilgrims and you can be sure that was a bloody battle with tables turned over stiff resistance from the "merchants" and their temple official sponsors. I am thinking the very short redacted version in the gospels didn't portray what may well have been a full scale riot type of rebellion causing Pilate to brutally put it down with the army...
The temple courts holding the merchants are not a small area , to think a Jesus could enter and widely disrupt the place in such manner for such length of time without temple guards intervening sounds like a bullch*t story.
Originally Posted by Hastings
Then we have the strange trial of Jesus where he pleads basically no contest and the judge initially gives a directed verdict of acquittal but then allows the prisoner executed. .
Blasphemy as put forward by the Sanhedrin council was not recognized in Roman law , so how can one be put on trial for such in the Roman system?
Pilate could find no cause to prosecute Jesus under Roman law. but as governor had the discretionary power to permit the Jews to decide what to do with him...ultimately Sanhedrin required Romans to carry out execution for only Rome had authority to conduct capital punishment in the province.
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