Quote:I'm afraid the reasons for this aren't obvious to me. Your use of the term "Jews" is a bit too ubiquitous. The Gospels portray tension between Jesus and certain Jewish factions that were active in Jerusalem, such as the Pharisees and the Sadducees. The Gospels themselves don't have any problem whatsoever with "Jews" so I'm not sure what it is you're talking about.
Not true, in Luke Pilate believes Jesus is innocent but can't save him because the Jews would raise hell for the Romans, they condemn Jesus and instead free Barabbas (the governor could apparently free a prisoner on Passover). Luke is the 'Alexandrian' gospel, it's origins are from a rather anit-semitic sect of Christianity.
In Matthew it's all Pilates doing and the Jew's weren't particularly responsible for Jesus being crucified. Matthew is from a very very jewish community, thus the difference.
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