Pontius Pilate Releases Jesus over Barabbas (30 AD)

Astonished, Jesus left Jerusalem to gather his followers in safety. He instructed them to go out and preach peace and restraint, this helped to deflate the zealot unrest in Judea. Pontius Pilate's wife converted to the Christian faith, and he became friendly to Jesus partly due to the relative stability and prosperity of Judea in comparison to Herod Antipater's domains. As Jesus' following grew his opponents in the Sanhedrin were frustrated and diminished. A message of brotherly love, personal accountability, non-aggression, charity, compassion to children, human rights, piety, separation of church and state, and governmental accountability to the people spread outwards from Judea in the following years.

On the accession of Gaius Ceasar (Caligula), Herod Agrippa I is dispatched to Batanea and opposed the spread of Christianity. After hearing the complaints against Jesus he immediately caused him to be sent to Caligula for judgement. Because of Agrippa's favor with the Princip, even Pilate could not prevent this. When Jesus arrived though Caligula was in the throws of his fevered illness, and being known as a miraculous healer was summoned to heal the Emperor. When Caligula recovered, Jesus mentally counseled the weakened and fearful man, and this intervention spared Rome from Caligula's insanity. Jesus returned to Judea, and Agrippa was ordered to cease his religious persecution. Caligula ruled for 45 years, beginning a period later known as "the First Era of Good Emperors". In this period Caligula encouraged the growth of Mauretania and Britain into Roman client states, and embellished Rome's trading network.

Jesus would make two more sea voyages with his disciples: one southern, and one northern. His greatest trip was the southern route down the Red Sea which took him to visit Egypt, Yemen, and thence to Gujurat. On his return, he stopped in Ethiopia where he reclaimed the Ark of the Covenant for the Temple. Near the end of his life Jesus took a second trip, along the Eastern Mediterranean Sea to visit the burgeoning congregations in Anatolia and Greece.

During the Passover in the thirty third year of Caligula's Reign Jesus was assassinated by Sicarii zealots for not having made Judea an independent kingdom. His wife, children, and some close friends left Judea, and made a tour of congregations in Italy and Gaul before settling in the mission Joseph of Arimathea established in Britain decades previously. Though many trials and tribulations would give injury throughout history, the Second Temple in which Jesus preached stands today, one of the wonders of the Classical Period, a monument to forgiveness and compassion, in one of the most prosperous and peaceful regions of the world.

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Budha like figure

I'm hazy on the details but isn't there the theory that Jesus and Buddha are the same person? They were both active around about the same time and there's a whole gap between the ages of 12 (when Hr's arguing with the Temple doctors) and 30 (when he started His ministry) that we know jack squat about what Jesus was doing. I've heard theories like He went to India and He went to England during said time (the latter generally ties in with St. Joseph of Arimathea being his uncle).
 
I'm hazy on the details but isn't there the theory that Jesus and Buddha are the same person? They were both active around about the same time and there's a whole gap between the ages of 12 (when Hr's arguing with the Temple doctors) and 30 (when he started His ministry) that we know jack squat about what Jesus was doing. I've heard theories like He went to India and He went to England during said time (the latter generally ties in with St. Joseph of Arimathea being his uncle).

Buddha lived over 400 years before Jesus. you may be thinking of the idea occasionally put forward in Hinduism that Vishnu could be equated with the God of the Old Testament and that Jesus would therefore count as the tenth avatar of Vishnu (according to some Hindus Buddha was the ninth, I don't believe this a belief that Buddhists hold but am happy to be corrected). For those who find this theory intriguing, it is worth noting that the tenth avatar is

Expected towards the end of this present age of decline, as a person on earth, seated on a white horse.

or, as Revelations puts it -

And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.

...
 
I'm hazy on the details but isn't there the theory that Jesus and Buddha are the same person? They were both active around about the same time and there's a whole gap between the ages of 12 (when Hr's arguing with the Temple doctors) and 30 (when he started His ministry) that we know jack squat about what Jesus was doing. I've heard theories like He went to India and He went to England during said time (the latter generally ties in with St. Joseph of Arimathea being his uncle).

From what I understand, there are a couple of theories about Jesus surviving the Crucifixtion and dying elsewhere then in Israel. The ones I have heard include Kashmir, France, and Japan.
 
Astonished, Jesus left Jerusalem to gather his followers in safety. He instructed them to go out and preach peace and restraint, this helped to deflate the zealot unrest in Judea. Pontius Pilate's wife converted to the Christian faith, and he became friendly to Jesus partly due to the relative stability and prosperity of Judea in comparison to Herod Antipater's domains. As Jesus' following grew his opponents in the Sanhedrin were frustrated and diminished. A message of brotherly love, personal accountability, non-aggression, charity, compassion to children, human rights, piety, separation of church and state, and governmental accountability to the people spread outwards from Judea in the following years.

On the accession of Gaius Ceasar (Caligula), Herod Agrippa I is dispatched to Batanea and opposed the spread of Christianity. After hearing the complaints against Jesus he immediately caused him to be sent to Caligula for judgement. Because of Agrippa's favor with the Princip, even Pilate could not prevent this. When Jesus arrived though Caligula was in the throws of his fevered illness, and being known as a miraculous healer was summoned to heal the Emperor. When Caligula recovered, Jesus mentally counseled the weakened and fearful man, and this intervention spared Rome from Caligula's insanity. Caligula ruled for 45 years, beginning a period later known as "the First Era of Good Emperors". Caligula encouraged the growth of Mauretania and Britain into Roman client states. Jesus returned to Judea, and Agrippa was ordered to cease his religious persecution.

Jesus would make two more sea voyages with his disciples: one southern, and one northern. His greatest trip was the southern route down the Red Sea which took him to visit Egypt , Yemen, and thence to Gujurat. On his return, he stopped in Ethiopia where he reclaimed the Ark of the Covenant for the Temple. Near the end of his life Jesus took a second trip, along the Eastern Mediterranean Sea to visit the burgeoning congregations in Anatolia and Greece.

During the Passover in the thirty third year of Caligula's Reign Jesus was assassinated by Sicarii zealots for not having made Judea an independent kingdom. His wife, children, and some close friends left Judea, and made a tour of congregations in Italy and Gaul before settling in the mission Joseph of Arimathea established in Britain decades previously. Though many trials and tribulations would give injury throughout history, the Second Temple in which Jesus preached stands today, one of the wonders of the Classical Period, a monument to forgiveness and compassion, in one of the most prosperous and peaceful regions of the world.
I wish that would have happened...
 
It is almost certain that the High Priests would have still called for Jesus's death on grounds of blasphemy and it would have been brought about via mob violence. Keep in mind that Pilate was basically bullied by the mob into condemnation. The tipping point was probably the healing of Lazarus, and they were not going to let Him go after that, even if the Romans weren't keen on doing it themselves.

Now, I certainly believe in the Resurrection and I believe that would happened no matter the manner of His death. But the Cross and the Crucifixion became integral symbols of Christianity going forward (although its debatable for certain regions when the Cross became paramount over other symbols), and without death by crucifixion, that changes dramatically. Perhaps the Fish or the Chi Rho would have been made official long term symbols.
 
It is almost certain that the High Priests would have still called for Jesus's death on grounds of blasphemy and it would have been brought about via mob violence.

Especially if you believe Jesus staked a clear claim of Godhood.
"Before Abraham was, I AM" is quite polemic. There's a reason the Pharisees tried to stone Him.

He will most likely just continue to preach until the High Priests get to him. Maybe they kill him from the distance with an arrow, or mob violence, or something else.
 
We have a problem... we lose the crucifixion symbolism. Let's simplify things and take the atheist historian view that Jesus of Nazareth was just a prophet and healer (like the ancient equivalent of a pharmacist... plenty of the plant extracts had active compounds that could do useful stuff like pain relief http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willow, anti-inflammation, or Vaseline) and not fully divine and fully human like the Bible says. He would continue to preach and his philosophy was more favorable to order. Order and peace, while this view would doubt he would have approved of the first great Jewish revolt. One thing the atheist view and the Bible can agree on is that Jesus was a Jew, so with continue preaching there might be a change in Judaism. If there eventually is a large revolt down the line, Jesus's version is likely the only one to not be repressed by the Roman response. In these days, most people respected each others' gods and often believed in foreign gods even if they didn't worship them (usually believing their own ones to be dominant). Romans lack the tradition of proselytizing and are unlikely to get started at this point. The authorities might end up seeing a dangerous and a harmless version of Judaism.
 
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