Re: Why was Jesus crucified?

On Mar 29, 1:39=A0pm, David <pchristain...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> "The first question that arises is: Why was Jesus crucified?
> Was it because he was a good man - sinless in fact- who
> during a very short teaching ministry said wise things that
> other Jews had also said? Or because he performed
> remarkable miracles of healing, helping many people?
> For no legal reason that is ever given, the Jews seized
> him and arranged for Pontius Pilate to crucify him.
> Pilate, administering Roman justice, threw in a couple
> of thieves and executed them also, although it would be
> contrary to the Roman system of law to give capital
> punishment for any but the most serious crimes."

Jesus was crucified because it fulfilled prophecy concerning the
Messiah (see how simple that was?).