The ones who wanted Jesus dead were the collaborators with the Romans, because they thought Jesus was inciting rebellion, this is how they got him arrested by the Romans, because they were collaborators. The Jewish people were looking for a leader to free them, and of course they turned to the prophecy of the messiah, but of course the priests didn't like that, they didn't want some scraggle haired hippy being proclaimed son of god and overruling them, and they didn't want rebellion because they really had no chance against Rome and they knew it. The Romans didn't really care, dead or alive, Jesus didn't have an army so it didn't bother them, but the Roman knew how to keep thier Emipre, and it meant keeping the local leaders happy and co-operative, and if killing Jebber was what the leaders wanted, they'd do it. They didn't really care either way. No one really knows how it went down, the Romans didn't seem to find it very notable, just another criminal, just another enemy of the empire, not like he was the only rebel who ever got crucified, he just had particularly clever and devoted followers. The Romans should have killed the apostles really, that would have shut em up.
Or if they had been really clever, they would have endorsed him and proclaimed Jesus as the Roman messiah of choice, that would have really fucked him up. lol
Oh wait, I have a new religion joke....
A man arrives at the gates of heaven. St. Peter asks, "Religion?"
The man says, "Church of England."
St. Peter looks down his list, and says, "Go to room 24, but be very quiet as you pass room 8."
Another man arrives at the gates of heaven. "Religion?"
"Catholic."
"Go to room 18, but be very quiet as you pass room 8."
A third man arrives at the gates. "Religion?"
"jewish."
"Go to room 11, but be very quiet as you pass room 8."
The man says, "I can understand there being different rooms for different religions, but why must I be quiet when I pass room 8?"
St. Peter tells him, "The Jehovah's Witnesses are in room 8, they think they're the only ones here."
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