[Passion Of The Christ]

I have not seen the movie nor intend to. I've heard the basic story countless times, and not sure how novel another experience would be even with the addition of authentic language and graphic violence.

 

However, I do have a question for those that have studied the whole event in greater detail than I. Would Jesus really have been executed via crucifixion? I was under the impression the Romans doled out that humiliating death only to slaves and traitors - the lowest of the low. Jesus was not a slave nor was he, from the Roman standpoint, a traitor. He would be at best just another annoying religious zealot in a land known for them (from the Roman perspective). If he had been executed, would it have not been through whatever means Jewish law used at the time?

Jesus was brought to Pilate by the Jewish rulers, sent with papers from Annais saying he was found guilty of incitting riots and claiming to be King of the jews, with the scribes and Chief priest inssistanct that Pilate would be thought less of for allowing Jesus to live, he released one man and crucified another, Jesus. The Romans were known for their brutaliuty, and inventive ways to kill or punish a man,, the roads leading into town cities and villages that rome controlled were lined with crosses , with the victims still hanging there, it was a great way to deter crime, and influence the people of the time.

But all of this is because Jesus had to die, he was born to die,