> if jesus is the king of jews. > why they choose to save a murderer and kill their king? because judea had abandoned kings ruling their land for the priest and temple ruling it. the romans agreed to this and put military governors in place. people claiming jesus was the son of god could be mistaken as a claim for the throne which would've upset the ruling priests and the roman's.  plus the whole blasphemy thing but keep in mind back in those days these territories routinely had kings (herod was the last) who would claim to have been sent by their god. same way kings in later centuries would claim and same as the emperors of rome would claim to be.  so they killed a potential usurper.
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