The chief priests gave Judas the 30 silver coins. The chief priests were the Jewish elders who were jealous of Jesus's popularity with the masses. Before Jesus, the Jewish people venerated those in the religious hierarchy and they loathed losing their hold on the public and the money and deference they got for being held in such high esteem. They also resented Jesus because he not only called them hypocrites but made them prove they were by their actions. He got them to show their true colours and called them out for deliberately leading people down the wrong path for their own gain. They couldn't have that, so had to get rid of Jesus but neither could they make it known they were behind it all, which is why they had the Roman soldiers arrest Jesus and they then took Jesus to the high priests Ciaphas's house and subjected him to a kangaroo court of false witnesses and liars to find him guilty and deserving of death.

The Romans didn't kill Jesus because they had a personal gripe against him, they actually wanted Barabbas to die because he was an agitator who'd murdered one of their own while also knowing Jesus had done nothing deserving of crucifixion but when Pilate called out to the mob "who should I free Jesus or Barabbas" the crowd (who were all Jews) called for Barabbas to be freed, they were of course urged on by the chief priests and elders and others who were disillusioned with he face that Jesus hadn't come to save the Jews from Roman oppression.

A lot of people believe that the Jews cursed themselves when they called for the death of Jesus because after Pilate attempted to escape responsibility for putting Jesus to death by washing his hands of the whole thing, the crowd yelled back "his blood be on us and on our children".

The chief priests gave Judas the 30 silver coins. The chief priests were the Jewish elders who were jealous of Jesus's popularity with the masses. Before Jesus, the Jewish people venerated those in the religious hierarchy and they loathed losing their hold on the public and the money and deference they got for being held in such high esteem. They also resented Jesus because he not only called them hypocrites but made them prove they were by their actions. He got them to show their true colours and called them out for deliberately leading people down the wrong path for their own gain. They couldn't have that, so had to get rid of Jesus but neither could they make it known they were behind it all, which is why they had the Roman soldiers arrest Jesus and they then took Jesus to the high priests Ciaphas's house and subjected him to a kangaroo court of false witnesses and liars to find him guilty and deserving of death.

The Romans didn't kill Jesus because they had a personal gripe against him, they actually wanted Barabbas to die because he was an agitator who'd murdered one of their own but when Pilate called out to the mob "who should I free Jesus or Barabbas" the crowd (who were all Jews) called for Barabbas to be freed, they were of course urged on by the chief priests and elders who'd had Jesus arrested in the first place by telling lies about him.

A lot of people believe that the Jews cursed themselves when they called for the death of Jesus because after Pilate attempted to escape responsibility for putting Jesus to death by washing his hands of the whole thing, the crowd yelled back "his blood be on us and on our children".

The chief priests gave Judas the 30 silver coins. The chief priests were the Jewish elders who were jealous of Jesus's popularity with the masses. Before Jesus, the Jewish people venerated those in the religious hierarchy and they loathed losing their hold on the public and the money and deference they got for being held in such high esteem. They also resented Jesus because he not only openly called them hypocrites, he proved that they were and called them out for deliberately leading people down the wrong path for their own gain.

The Romans didn't kill Jesus because they had a personal gripe against him, they actually wanted Barabbas to die because he was an agitator who'd murdered one of their own but when Pilate called out to the mob "who should I free Jesus or Barabbas" the crowd (who were all Jews) called for Barabbas to be freed, they were of course urged on by the chief priests and elders who'd had Jesus arrested in the first place by telling lies about him.

A lot of people believe that the Jews cursed themselves when they called for the death of Jesus because after Pilate attempted to escape responsibility for putting Jesus to death by washing his hands of the whole thing, the crowd yelled back "his blood be on us and on our children".

The chief priests gave Judas the 30 silver coins. The chief priests were the Jewish elders who were jealous of Jesus's popularity with the masses. Before Jesus, the Jewish people pretty much venerated them and they loathed losing their hold on the public and the money and deference they got for being held in such high esteem.

The Romans didn't kill Jesus because they had a personal gripe against him, they actually wanted Barabbas to die because he was an agitator who'd murdered one of their own but when Pilate called out to the mob "who should I free Jesus or Barabbas" the crowd (who were all Jews) called for Barabbas to be freed, they were of course urged on by the chief priests and elders who'd had Jesus arrested in the first place by telling lies about him.

A lot of people believe that the Jews cursed themselves when they called for the death of Jesus because after Pilate attempted to escape responsibility for putting Jesus to death by washing his hands of the whole thing, the crowd yelled back "his blood be on us and on our children".