If this isn’t the proper place for this ? will the Mod., plz. move it?Though i believe this is a factual question.
In the time of Jesus, why didn’t the Priests believe that Jesus was the Messiah?
On a cynical level, any church is too invested in itself to declare anyone the Messiah, even with proof.
For Jesus, it’s hard to tell if any of the miracles credited to him actually occurred. So her was just another guy wandering the Holy Land whose followers thought he was the messiah. Why would he be when others were not?
Short answer: Because Jesus didn’t fit what they were expecting or looking for in a messiah.
For more info, see the thread Why didn’t most or all Jews accept Jesus as the Messiah? and/or the Wikipedia article it links to.
For the same reasons that they didn’t accept any of the myriad other purported Messiahs. Jesus was hardly the first claimant, nor the last.
Well, in fairness, does anyone today believe that some guy that just showed up into town claiming to be the Messiah really is one?
“Messiah” means “anointed one,” a reference to the Jewish investiture ceremony for their kings, which involved anointment. The priests were looking for a Jewish king who could restore Jewish independence. Jesus did not appear to them even to claim to be the kind of messiah they were looking for.
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“He’s not the Messiah. He’s just a naughty boy.”
It’s my understanding the Messiah is a conquering hero, not a slaughtered martyr.
Didn’t the Jews think that Cyrus the Great was a messiah?
I’ve been led to believe it is Mr. Obama.
That was before they gave it to George Lucas to “fix” the story
Depends on the Jews - Josephus thought that Vespasian was the Messiah.
The priests believed anyone claiming to be the Messiah had better be treated as dangerous, because he might start a rebellion the Romans could and would crush. (The Sadducees – priestly party – were a bit more sophisticated than the Zealots, and understood that Judea could not fight Rome the way the Maccabees once fought the Seleucids.) If the claimant actually were the Messiah, he would be unstoppable anyway, wouldn’t he?
That sounds really funny when you imagine it said with a lisp.
Sure, and there can be more than one. But the Jewish Bible itself (Isaiah 45) refers to Cyrus as “anointed one,” which means “messiah.”
Vewy well. I shall welease… Wespasian !
Judas shot first.
I’m scratching a dog’s belly right now saying, “Who’s the Messiah?”, and from her response, I’m pretty sure she thinks she is.
How would the Messiah announce himself, then?