The motives which lead to Jesus’ arrest and subsequent death

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                                                                        By Catherine

The motives which lead to Jesus’ arrest and subsequent death

During Jesus’ life he became enemies with many religious figures, and other people of authority, the main groups he fell out with were the Sadducees, Pharisees, Scribes, Chief Priests. These people disagreed with his teachings as they went against what they believed, some also feared him because the crowds liked what he was teaching.

Jesus’ teachings were often very controversial, and this is shown in numerous stories where it specifically says who he upset, and what their reactions were to him. This is shown in the passages below:

In (Mark 3:1-6) Jesus heals a man with a paralysed hand, this angered people because it broke the Sabbath law of not working on the Sabbath. He also did this healing miracle in the synagogue, which irritated the Pharisees even more. It says in this passage that the Pharisees went out to plot with the Herodians how to kill Jesus after they saw this.

In (Mark 12:37b-40) Jesus warns the people about the scribes and their evils, the Teachers of the Law (Scribes) were angry about this because they thought that the people should respect them, and Jesus was therefore undermining their authority. It is unclear however what actions they took about this.

In (Mark 12:18-27) Jesus tells the Sadducees that when you die you are no longer married, this angered them because the Sadducees didn’t believe in resurrection and he told them that they were wrong.

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In (Mark 11:15-19) Jesus drives all of the people out of the temple because they are using it as a temple, this angered the religious leaders because they thought that he had no right to do this as it was their job to teach and not his. After this it says that the Chief Priests and teachers of the law began looking for a way to kill him. They did this because the crowds were amazed at his teaching, and they feared this.

The main motives for Jesus’ death were therefore religious conflicts, and jealousy, not due to ...

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