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We have to remember the entire story.
REMEMBER – Rome had been hunting down and killing little children just to make sure Yahashua was dead –
Rome was hunting down and imprisoning and beheading and torturing his followers.
But suddenly – when Yahashua is brought before the Roman Government, the Romans suddenly declare that Rome has found no fault with Yahashua
King Herod of Rome and all of the Roman Government was a horrible, evil and murderous, and treacherous system who according to Jewish History had made war against the Rabbis, Priests, and Leaders of Israel in his attempt to control them.
We can remember when Herod wanted to kill baby Yahoshua and when he was tricked by the wise men he ordered all of the male children of Bethlehem to be killed.
The Priests and Rabbis were at the mercy of King Herod who hated Yahoshua and hated his followers.
The Priests and Rabbis were trying desperately to save their Kingdom and temple and had no choice or alternative but to work with Herod in stamping out Yahoshua and his followers and teachings.
The Jews, The Priests, Rabbis, Leaders and the very Jewish people had no choice but to betray Yahoshua and his followers.
The choice for many Jews was to either reject Yahoshua and his followers or face the horrors of being terrorized, murdered, attacked and destroyed, themselves.
Their children and very family’s lives were all at stake.
To the Jews who rejected Yahoshua, the choice was very simple.
They determined or thought that if the Jews were to stop following and believing upon Yahoshua – then there would be peace and their lives would be saved and their families would not be murdered.
Herod had control over the Priests and Leaders of Israel and set up Priests and Leaders who were loyal to him. In their mind, giving Yahoshua to the Roman government would ensure that their culture, their lives and their families and future would be safe. The Romans / Canaanite Italians were playing mind games with the Jews
On one hand Rome was hunting down Yahashua and his followers to kill and imprison them – Rome even hunted down baby Yahashua when he was a baby as Herod pretended to have respect and adoration for him – but when Herod was tricked by the wise men – Herod went about slaughtering little children from the town were Yahashua was born. But when Yahashua grew up to be an adult – ROME had persecuted and tormented and terrorized the Jews AND HAD SO MUCH CONTROL AND POWER OVER THE JEWS
that the Romans held full power over the Jews to manipulate them as a crowd and push them over the edge to publicly and verbally condemn Yahashua.
It was the Roman soldiers who were hunting down and terrorizing the Hebrew families and murdering their children to attempt to kill Yahashua, It was a mob of Roman soldiers pressured the priests to locate, isolate and identify Yahashua -
It was a mob of Roman soldiers who arrested Jesus and Roman Soldiers who forcibly brought Jesus to be tried in court by Pontius Pilate
It was a mob of Roman soldiers who spat upon him, ripped out his beard and who slapped him, beat him and whipped him nearly to death - and It was a mob of Roman soldiers who nailed him to a tree and stabbed him in the side ending his life
Herod pretended to have respect and adoration for Yahashua, just to end his life, in the same manner Pontius Pilate pretended to have no fault with him after Rome had spent 30 years hunting him down, killing little children to end his life and killing the followers of Jesus, harassing and terrorizing the Jews
suddenly - Pontius Pilate claims that he finds no fault with him ? If Rome had found no fault with Yahashua why did they spend nearly 12 hours torturing him to death. ? - the point was to make a point to the Jews, this is what happens when you attempt to follow the scriptures and serve God and deny the power of Rome and her authority and her gods.
Their children and very families lives were all at stake, the only option was to stop Yahashua from building his ministry as his apostles and disciples were being hunted down tortured and killed and imprisoned by Rome.
Yes the Jews at the trial could have kept silent but they were at the point to where protecting their families demanded that they showed publicly to denounce and condemn Yahashua.
put yourself in their place, imagine a terrorist military beating down your door and hacking your newborn baby into pieces, all you have to do is identify the local troublemaker and your children and families will be safe again
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