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Do you believe that Jews killed Jesus?
Evangelical Christians do not believe that the Jews killed Jesus. In Evangelical teaching, what is emphasized from Scriptures are the very words of Jesus Who said in John 10, “I lay down My life for the sheep (vs.15b) … Therefore My Father loves Me, because I lay down My life that I may take it again. No one takes it (life) from Me, but I lay it down of Myself. I have the power to lay it down and I have the power to take it up. This command I have received from My Father” (vs.17,18). Again, in the Garden of Gethsemane, Jesus prayed: “Abba Father, all things are possible for You. Take this cup (the crucifixion) away from Me; nevertheless, not what I will, but what You will” (Mark 14:36).
These verses, along with many others, confirm to us that it was first the will of God the Father that Jesus Christ be crucified for the sins of mankind, and secondly, that Jesus chose to obey and freely give His life for the sake of humankind. The human participants – whether they were Roman or Jewish – were secondary to the higher purposes of God.