RE: Why did the Jews lie about Jesus?
March 25, 2019 at 7:07 pm
(This post was last modified: March 25, 2019 at 7:31 pm by Vicki Q.)
(March 25, 2019 at 4:22 am)Fake Messiah Wrote: You're right. It's time for the OPey dokey to finish this topic by giving the answer.
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So according to "Matthew" Jews hated Jesus, they killed Jesus and they knew they would be cursed for that so they wanted to erase his resurrection from existence. Which is another reason to regard Christianity as a conspiracy, because one of the telltale signs something is a conspiracy is when they blame the Jews for everything, as do David Icke with reptilian aliens, Flat Earthers, Moon landings etc.
And that's why Koran is actually more peaceful book that New Testament because it doesn't blame Jews, it even says that Jesus didn't die on a cross but an imposter.
This is quite wrong. Brittanica says of Matthew 'Numerous textual indications point to an author who was a Jewish Christian writing for Christians of similar background'. Matthew is jam packed with references showing Christians to be so defined by their belief in Jesus as the Jewish Messiah, and puts Israel at the very centre of the Bible.
'Jews hated Jesus'- which Jews? The ones who organised Jesus death, the majority who ignored him, or the ones who followed him sometimes to their deaths? A subset wanted him dead, but not all. Matthew was writing at a time when churches had a high proportion of Jews, so there can be no question of a blanket attack on Jews.
As for Matt 27:25, what's going on is likely a statement of the legal position of witnesses 'in capital cases the witness is responsible for the blood of him [that is wrongfully condemned] and the blood of his posterity [that should have been born]', much like swearing on a Bible before taking the stand. source, MSanh scroll for English
Matthew is not here condemning a race for perpetuity, but running a number of constant themes together. The shedding of innocent blood, leading to destruction and restoration is the underlying meaning. The OT runs a permanent theme in which judgement/exile comes from sin, but will be followed by forgiveness/restoration The vast majority of commentators agree the reference is to the events of AD 70, with the destruction of the Temple a key concept.
A doctoral thesis with more detail here.
