06-02-2001, 08:45 PM
The Caesarion Section wrote:<br>
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<i> So, Roman soldiers in on the death of Christ? Do be more exact, do you mean citzens, i.e. legionaries? Probably not. Roman auxiliaries? Possibly. Herod's royal troops? More likely.</i><br>
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I'd say it's pretty unlikely that any of Herod's men were involved. If he was in Jerusalem at all - one of the four gospels says so, but it's the latest of them and so may not be reliable on this point - he would have been there as the Tetrach of Gallilee visiting for the Passover. Judea was ruled directly by Rome through the Governor's Prefect, Pilatus, so Herod would have had no jurisdiction in Jerusalem. Any crucifixions of trouble makers would have been done by Pilatus, who had come down to the city from Caesarea specifically to keep order during the festival.<br>
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I'd say it's most likely he was crucified by Caesarean auxiliaries.<br>
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<i> So, Roman soldiers in on the death of Christ? Do be more exact, do you mean citzens, i.e. legionaries? Probably not. Roman auxiliaries? Possibly. Herod's royal troops? More likely.</i><br>
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I'd say it's pretty unlikely that any of Herod's men were involved. If he was in Jerusalem at all - one of the four gospels says so, but it's the latest of them and so may not be reliable on this point - he would have been there as the Tetrach of Gallilee visiting for the Passover. Judea was ruled directly by Rome through the Governor's Prefect, Pilatus, so Herod would have had no jurisdiction in Jerusalem. Any crucifixions of trouble makers would have been done by Pilatus, who had come down to the city from Caesarea specifically to keep order during the festival.<br>
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I'd say it's most likely he was crucified by Caesarean auxiliaries.<br>
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<p>Tim O'Neill / Thiudareiks Flavius<BR>
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