>>>The way I understand it - and leaving aside hard-to-verify claims about God actually being willing to sacrifice Him - it was the Jews who wanted Him killed (for blasphemy or something similar), and the representative from Rome yielded, rather unwillingly.
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>>Not exactly. You have to understand that religion means power. The established priests, old men that had the power over their populace through religion, probably felt threatened by this young newcomer, instigating radical ideas outside of the establishment. So a few of them preferred to deal with the Romans in the way they have been doing for years, instead of rocking the boat and potentially alienating the conquerors some more.
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>>What you said, is the standard anti-semitic drivel used for centuries to justify the killing of Jews by Christians. Modern humanity should be past that falsehood by now. Even the Vatican has condemned the practice time ago.
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>I didn't mean to be antisemitic, sorry. And as I already mentioned in a follow-up message, I think I should have said "jewish leaders" or "priests" rather than "jews".

I did not imply you were, just that the message is an old staple of the genre. I did read your other message later. No problem.