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Coursework assignment in “The death of Jesus”
The Sanhedrin was basically the high courts in the time of the Romans. ... Pilate is known mainly for his connection with the trial and execution of Jesus Christ; his culpability in the case has been the subject of debate ever since the event. ... According to the gospel accounts, after the Sanhedrin found Jesus guilty of blasphemy, it committed him to the Roman court, having itself no power to pronounce the death sentence. ... Pilate appeared to have been impressed with the dignity and frankness of Jesus’ answers to his questions. Nevertheless, fear of an uprising in Jerusalem forced Pilate to accede to the demand of the populace, and Jesus was executed. ...
After Jesus was arrested in the garden of Gethsemane, he was taken at once to the high priest. ... The high priest finally came to the end of his tether and asked Jesus one final time whether he was the messiah, and Jesus replied, “I am, and you will all see the son of man seated on the right hand of the almighty coming with the clouds of heaven. ... ‘I am’ were sacred – suggesting that Jesus was divine. He was declared guilty of blasphemy but had no power to condemn him to death, only the governor had that power. The high priests had already spread rumours that Jesus had called himself the king of Jews, and that was treason. ... ” And Jesus replied, “The words are yours.”
Jesus did not reply to any of the accusations made against him. Pilate decided to offer Jesus as one of the prisoners for release for the Passover alongside a murderer called Barrabbas. The crowd called for Barrabbas and when Pilate asked what he should do with the one they called the ‘king of the Jews’ they called ‘crucify him’ so to satisfy the mob Pilate had Jesus flogged and handed him over to be crucified. ...
Mark’s gospel does emphasise the themes of suffering and death, indeed a quarter of the gospels sixteen chapters are devoted to Jesus own suffering and death. ... Thus, in order to encourage the Christians of his time who were being persecuted and killed by the Romans not to give up their faith, Mark wrote his gospel to show that Jesus himself had been persecuted, suffered and killed for his beliefs. The point is that Mark is trying to show that suffering, since it follows the example of Jesus, is part of the Christian life but he also states clearly that there is a great reward for those who remain faithful. Mark also tries to show that the death of Jesus was not an accident but was all part of God’s plan. ... In addition to this Jesus re-iterates that suffering is meant to be when he states in Mark 13. ... Men will hand over their own brothers to be put to death, and fathers will do the same to their children. Children will turn against their parents and have them put to death. ... But whoever holds out to the end will be saved”
Jesus simply dismisses things that we class as major disasters by personifying them as ‘the first pains of childbirth. ... Psychologically - if Jesus who is meant to be the Son of God – is suffering then what hope have us ‘ordinary’ people got. ...
In my opinion Jesus wasn’t given a fair trial by a long shot. ... Trials, which involved the possible sentence of death, were not allowed at night;
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There were also strong opinions between the Sanhedrin about Jesus. ... Jesus worked on the Sabbath – this was against a fundamental law. ...
Maximilian Kolbe is a fine example of Christians suffering in a similar to the manor Jesus suffered. ... The Nazi’s picked ten men in reprisal to starve to death in the underground bunker.
Approximate Word count = 3141
Approximate Pages = 12.6
(250 words per page double spaced)
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