Also, they wanted him dead for his many blatant claims to Divinity. Modern scholarship tries to claim that this was tacked on in later times, but all of the canonical Gospels are full of Jesus making references to His Godhood in ways that His contemporaries would understand.
Also, they wanted him dead for his many blatant claims to Divinity. Modern scholarship tries to claim that this was tacked on in later times, but all of the canonical Gospels are full of Jesus making references to His Godhood in ways that His contemporaries would understand.
Was it claiming to be divine or that combined with not being the warrior Messiah they wanted to destroy the Romans and restore their sovereignty?