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“I am innocent of this man’s blood. The responsibility is yours!” (infosec.pub)
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[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 5 points 6 days ago

Explanation: In Christian mythology, the Romans crucified the chief religious figure of Jesus Christ.

However, in that same narrative, the Roman official in charge, Pontius Pilate, formally and literally washes his hands of the guilt, instead blaming the crowd for demanding Christ's death and threatening to riot if he did not accede.

... this would unfortunately contribute to antisemitism in later Christianity, with the Jews being blamed for Christ's death by some Christian groups, despite Christ being... you know. A Jew himself.

And also that the whole thing was an elaborate method of absolution of mankind's sins going exactly according to plan by Christ/God anyway.