So when Pilate saw that he was gaining nothing, but rather that a riot was beginning, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, "I am innocent of this man's blood; see to it yourselves." And all the people answered, "His blood be on us and on our children!"
Another interesting story comes from the Talmud. Every year on the day of atonement, the priests would enter the Temple to offer sacrifices on behalf of the nation. As a sign that God had accepted it, they would tie a scarlet string to a goat and watch as it turned white. For the forty years between the resurrection and the Temple’s destruction, that rope only turned a deeper red, signifying in painfully obvious terms that God was not accepting their sacrifices.
For some reason nobody got the hint and even without the temple they’re trying to continue the same traditions and come up with some excuse for why Jesus couldn’t have been the Messiah they were waiting for (spoilers: He is. Isaiah 53 is a killshot in that respect and there’s a reason Jews like to pretend it doesn’t exist)
Matthew 27:24-25:
Another interesting story comes from the Talmud. Every year on the day of atonement, the priests would enter the Temple to offer sacrifices on behalf of the nation. As a sign that God had accepted it, they would tie a scarlet string to a goat and watch as it turned white. For the forty years between the resurrection and the Temple’s destruction, that rope only turned a deeper red, signifying in painfully obvious terms that God was not accepting their sacrifices.
For some reason nobody got the hint and even without the temple they’re trying to continue the same traditions and come up with some excuse for why Jesus couldn’t have been the Messiah they were waiting for (spoilers: He is. Isaiah 53 is a killshot in that respect and there’s a reason Jews like to pretend it doesn’t exist)