Would Jesus promote punishing the innocent instead of the guilty?

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Your argument, and that of many Christians, presumes that Jesus was innocent (or sinless). A cursory reading of the NT shows that this isn’t the case.

One could argue that Jesus more or less sacrificed himself as opposed to being used as a scapegoat. Since he was willing to die, the case that he was ‘punished’ is rather weak. If a father sacrifices himself to save his childrens’ lives, no one would describe it as a punishment.

*removes his Devil’s Advocate hat*

Boru

I would love to hear your interpretation on the sinfulness of Jesus and citing of scriptures.

Well, he was certainly rude to his mum (John 2:4). If breaking a commandment is a sin, I’m sure this qualifies.

Boru