[thecavemaster]

well its simple enough for it to be put in the bible.

If you are suggesting that human beings always
speak exactly what the motives are for their
crimes, then I would agree...the trial before
Herod and Pilate suggests that the Jewish
authorities are accusing Jesus of, as Pilate
put it, "breaking their laws." What I am saying
is that in that day lots of people went around
claiming to be the Messiah but did not get
executed. The message of Jesus as to "blessed
are the poor" and other things was threatening
at a level beyond the various "I am a direct
descendent of King David" claims. Why did sinners
hear him gladly? Because they were part of the
rag and bobtail of humanity...the least and the
last and the lost. It was akin to a peasant movement.
I am not saying that perhaps part of why Jesus was
exectued was his claims...I am saying that his
teachings as to power and wealth were also involved.
"Simple" is to think it has to be one or the other, when
it is and can plainly be both/and.