The Pharisees — at odds with the quisling Sadducees — voted AGAINST the execution of Peter! Come on, man!
Here’s the PDF of this book https://ia801606.us.archive.org/4/items/B-001-001-718/B-001-001-718.pdf
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@kate I recall religion class at my school loved to focus on a particular part of gospel where Jesus criticized Rabbis who spent more time dining with Romans and living in luxury than tending to the people. Which is a valid criticism against people cuddling up with the oppressor. Except school would then frame this as, roughly "Jesus saw the Jewish way of life had been corrupted and needed to create a new on: the christian one". Uuuuuuh damn...
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@kate Matthew 23, took a while to remember.
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@kate Reading the actual text a bit, it doesn't mention the romans per se, just " uppermost places at feasts ". Still, teachers were there to give that interpretation to it.
@kate adding this to my list
“It was of utmost importance to the Gospel editors to represent Jesus as having been a rebel against Jewish religion, not against Roman occupation.”