@redenigma I feel the need to add "crimes he did not commit"
@stueytheround
That's an important point as well. The only thing I can recall from scriptures that might be a crime is flipping over the money changers' tables at the Temple.
@voltronic Assuming the Gospel accounts are correct, the leaders of the Sanhedrin accused him of blasphemy, claiming to be God. They tried to manipulate Pilate by implying that he would lead a rebellion. They never once mentioned the table flipping after his arrest in any of the accounts.
The whole *point* of the Gospel is that he was innocent when he was crucified.
@redenigma
@stueytheround @voltronic @redenigma
I don't believe that Jesus was from Palestine. I'm pretty sure he was from Galilee or Bethlehem.
The table flipping was because the money changers were making the House of God into a den of thieves.
@teengee Palestine was the name given by the *Roman occupiers* to a large part of the region.
Jesus, according to the Bible, was born in Bethlehem, lived for a few years in Egypt and then settled with Mary and Joseph in their home town of Nazareth in Galilee.
@teengee @voltronic @redenigma
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The first map is the region during Jesus' time. You can see Nazareth in Galilee.
The second map is modern Israel and its surroundings. Notice that Nazareth is approximately North of the West Bank.
Jesus was a Jew. However it's not unreasonable in the context of Roman occupation to call him a Palestinian Jew.
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To give you a flavour of what many Jews thought of Galilee, and Nazareth in particular, look no further than John 1:45-46
Philip found Nathanael and told him, ‘We have found the one Moses wrote about in the Law, and about whom the prophets also wrote – Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.’
***‘Nazareth! Can anything good come from there?’***
Nathanael asked.
‘Come and see,’ said Philip
***emphasis mine