Bruce » 02 Jul 2023, 10:04 pm » wrote: ↑ Surely, surely at some time in their lives, maybe by accident, the evangelical has to stumble across that passage.
It is recorded essentially the same in Mathew, Mark, Luke and John.
Pilate was Roman, he was a pagan, he didn’t observe the Hebrew religion. He only ordered the Crucifixion to appease the local council.
Christ was murdered for opposing all the draconian laws and commandments found in the Old Testament and replacing them with just one, new commandment:
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A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.
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The evangelical still believes he must placate the Council.