# Who Killed Jesus?

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [March 29, 2009, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-killed-jesus/491168 "2009-03-29T07:47:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lacunae\_Quell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lacunae\_Quell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lacunae_Quell)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2009, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-killed-jesus/491168/597 "2009-04-10T10:09:27Z")

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> [@MEBuckner](#):
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> From the [story of Abraham and Isaac (Genesis 22:1-19)](http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%2022:1-19;&version=31;):
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> (first two verses)
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> God very clearly commands Abraham to sacrifice his son (“as a burnt offering”, so clearly there is no weaseling about “Oh, I just meant bind him to Me in a special covenant” or anything like that). And then, just as Abraham is about to cut his son’s throat, God says “Psych!”
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> Maybe it’s just the translation. Except that every single translation in existence makes it clear that God is telling Abraham to sacrifice-as-in-kill his son.

Guess I should have read it first.

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