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Theologically it makes little difference. Jesus could be killed by a mob (sort of was). The verses you cite have nothing to do with justifying his killing, though perhaps I'm not seeing your point in including them in this context.  
  
After consideration, perhaps you're simply reminded of the killing of Jesus as a peripheral issue you've included here.  
  
The death penalty was practiced throughout the ancient world and was as likely to be considered merciful as not, hence the various inventive means of execution developed.  
  
To answer your direct question... sort of, the very idea that "criminals" would not be executed is a concept that simply could not be developed until the possibility of keeping people alive had become in some sense reasonable.  
  
If you accept the story as written; Jesus was executed according to Roman custom and in accordance with Jewish sensibilities. "The People" had no more to do with the matter than they ever did, which is to say, very little.  
  
In the world to follow heretics of Christianity (false teachers) would be executed according to the Roman law established for currency counterfeiters, burning alive, which they adopted ultimately from the Egyptians.  
  
This would develop into the "[auto da fe](https://www.britannica.com/topic/auto-da-fe)" ritual which persisted some 400 years, with the last recorded instance being in Mexico in 1850, though the obvious parallel to African "[necklacing](https://vocal.media/history/necklacing)" which wasn't restricted to Africa and as you can see if you follow the link the modern leftist tries to justify.  
  
If you had suggested to Christians before that last two hundred years or so that people should not be executed for any number of "crimes", the very best you could hope for would have been a blank stare of incomprehension.  
  
Which you should not take as any critique of Christianity. This is the standard response of human beings towards those who refuse to participate in our shared delusions.... and to criminals... and we can't necessarily tell the difference.

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q2025 · 12/6/2025, 4:57:42 AM · permalink

I think the bigger philosophical question is about your perception of God and religion, and if that God requires an intercessor between you and God.   
  
My gut tells that if a perfect God was to communicate with humans, God's wisdom and logic would be flawless and timeless. This would also mean that God's religion and laws are not open to interpretation by a pope, a priest a cleric or a rabbi, or open to evolution due to changing social trends.   
  
And I think this is where all religions have gone wrong because it only takes one bad pope, one greedy sheikh or one evil rabbi to spoil the true religion for millions.   
  
Jews and Christians read the same old testimant but the jews interpret it a wholly different way simply because of what the rabbis said and wrote in the talmud. If you read the bible as an outsider you'll pretty quickly decide that 97% of Jesus statements and actions are monotheistic in nature so logic says that the 3% that are 'controversial' should be interpreted with the same monotheistic mindset. But Christians dont, mostly because they've been taught by popes and priests wearing trinity glasses. If you read the Quran yourself it easy to see it doesn't allow for suicide, suicide bombings, targeting civilians, or even accidentally killing civilians as collateral damage. But one twisted cleric can give convince people otherwise, simply by cherry picking verses and misusing them in the wrong context.  
  
To me, this where religion goes wrong... when you allow human interpretations to cloud your understanding and rely on human intercessors to reach god.  
  
So, to me, any pope, rabbi or cleric that offers any judgment which is in obvious contrast with the text, is misguided at best, and demonic at worst.  
  
Today, after centuries, we can judge the pope that allowed usury, the rabbi that condoned the rape of goys and the sheikh that encouraged terrorism. It'll be the same for popes that killed capital punishment because atheists and satanists at EU criticized it.  
  
Comes back to the same question... does a man, any man, even a prophet or a pope, have the authority to override Gods law? Or offer an interpretation that's clearly against the text? Or intercede on God's behalf and offer forgiveness and sainthood?  
  
Peace 🙏

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