At
that juncture, they remembered the sorry episode of crucification of
Jesus that had taken place only a few years back. Ordinary (I say
ordinary because high posted Jew community resented the teachings of
Jesus) Jews of Jerusalem were calling Jesus, "Rex of Jews"
meaning king of Jews; that the governor of Jerusalem misinterpreted
as a challenge to his authority. High priests of Jews amongst Jew
people wanted to get rid of this Messiah. Because, Jesus had
challenged their authority and he was openly preaching his gospel in
synagogues (Jew's Church is called Synagogue). They wanted to use
their good offices with the Roman Court to punish Jesus. On several
occasions, it is believed that, Jesus called for gathering of Jews
from Jerusalem and would give his sermon of the mount. Those sermons
were actually to guide his people in life, transforming their uncouth
life into civilized one. He often raised his objection to the way Jew
priests were exploiting people in the name of religion. Jesus often
condemned them as hypocrites. This enraged Rabbi community who held
power over ordinary people in the name of their god. Jesus did not
come from priestly hierarchy and so his comments of Rabbi was taken
as affront to the Jew priesthood. Those occasions were grossly
misinterpreted deliberately by Jew priests as a preparation for
revolt against the rule of Romans. The priests of Church of Rome also
did the same mistake and as a result, Jesus was arrested. They made
him parade through the streets of Jerusalem carrying the post of
cross on his shoulders. Roman soldiers tortured him right in the
presence of poor Jews of Jerusalem who generally favored Jesus. Jesus
carried the post with cross on his shoulders and with that; he was
forced to put on a crown of thorns. Bleeding Jesus walked with great
difficulty. He reaches to a place where outlaws were crucified
outside the city of Jerusalem. Roman administration wanted to show
the population of Jews that their Rex is nothing as against the King
(or the Lord) of Rome. At the same time Jew, priests of high position
also wanted to prove to other Jews that Jesus is not a messiah. Jesus
was put on cross and nailed. Then as the custom, the soldiers erected
the post. Jesus had realized that his attempt to improve the savage
Jews is misunderstood by the Roman and so he at that moment instead
of blaming Romans called God and requested Him to pardon them. He
said, "Oh God, they know not what they do and so pardon them".
Soldiers were expecting that there will be a big revolt and they will
have to suppress it. However, to their surprise except for weeping of
the followers of Jesus nothing happened. On that, the governor
realized that the epithet Rex of Jews did not mean any challenge to
the king but only it was a way they wanted to appreciate their
beloved leader. High priests of Jews were also satisfied that their
rival is removed from the scene. As the governor realized that he and
other officers of the Roman government had punished an innocent
person, felt very sorry. This information went to the patriarch,
Church of Rome. On that, the Church of Rome attempted to study the
teachings Jesus gave to his people and on that, they realized the
blunder they had committed. Paul (later on called St. Paul) was
appointed to do the study on teachings of Jesus. It needed some time
of two days and as they understood their bungle, they ordered the
soldiers guarding the cross of Jesus to leave that place and allow
the followers of Jesus to pull the post down if they want to release
him from the cross. From this, it becomes clear that Romans knew that
Jesus is alive. Jesus was released from the cross by his followers
and applied salve on his wounds. Following quotations from different
gospels clearly show that Jesus did not die on Cross. Moreover, it is
a saying that a person who dies on Cross is permanently condemned by
God. Since, Jesus was God's favorite, it is not possible that he died
on Cross.
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