In John 8:59 the jews pick up stones to stone Yeshua but he slips away. I thought only the Romans could authorize capital punishment. I have a few theories.
Hebraic name of Christ. When the Bible was written in Greek, it was written as "Iesous", and then in Latin as "Iesus", and finally in English as "Jesus".Who is Yeshua?
In John 8:59 the jews pick up stones to stone Yeshua but he slips away. I thought only the Romans could authorize capital punishment. I have a few theories.
Hebraic name of Christ. When the Bible was written in Greek, it was written as "Iesous", and then in Latin as "Iesus", and finally in English as "Jesus".
john 8:59 would be just after Christ's third Passover in John 8:4 but before his fourth Passover in John 11?Indeed, when Jesus/Yeshua was before Pilate, the Jews present stated that it was not right for them to legally kill anyone (John 18:31). As ever, it seems this was honored more in the breach than in the observance...
Maybe the point was to try to get the Romans to hang him on a tree so that he would incur eternal curse. So as to quash the movement?In John 8:59 the jews pick up stones to stone Yeshua but he slips away. I thought only the Romans could authorize capital punishment. I have a few theories.