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The Crucifixion of Jesus Christ: Who were the main actors?
2023-10-24 16:01:21 / MISTERE&KURIOZITETE
Practically, the story of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ begins at the moment when he was betrayed. From this moment until his death, there were several people who were involved in the last stages of Jesus' life. We find out who they were and the role they had to play.
Judas Iscariot
Before he was betrayed by Judas, Jesus was already a wanted man. He had angered the Pharisees, Herodians and Sadducees with his preaching. And he filled the cup when he attacked the temples and accused the leaders of turning his Father's house into a market. Arrest was inevitable. Judas revealed the whereabouts of Jesus for thirty pieces of silver. Later, Judas returned the silver and hanged himself in shame.
Caiaphas
Before going to Pontius Pilate, Jesus was tried by Caiaphas. The involvement of the High Priest in the crucifixion of Christ is significant. Jesus was a threat to the power of Caiaphas, so he had to be stopped at all costs. Jesus was unjustly tried in a staged trial that took place in the house of Caiaphas at night, where the High Priest illegitimately assumed the role of prosecutor and judge. Jesus was accused of blasphemy and sentenced to death. For the execution, Caiaphas sought the help of the Roman authorities.
Pontius Pilate
The Romans conquered Palestine in 63 BC, so they were in power during the time of Jesus.
Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea. Little did he care about Jesus Christ, except that he threatened peace. So when Caiaphas presented Jesus to Pilate, the charge was rebellion, not blasphemy.
The charge of Blasphemy would have been somewhat meaningless to Pilate. Either way, Pilate acquitted Jesus. But it didn't end there.
crowd (1)
Pilate's decision did not please the crowd, convinced that Jesus was guilty. Pilate, although he believed that Jesus had done nothing wrong, did not want to get into trouble with an aggressive crowd, especially during the Passover.
He publicly practiced the tradition of freeing a prisoner for Easter, perhaps in the hope that the crowds would free Jesus, and punish a person already known as a criminal...
crowd (2)
Barabbas, a notorious prisoner, was placed beside Jesus, and the crowd was invited to release one of the two.
Instead of choosing Jesus' freedom, the crowd chose Barabbas, leaving Pilate with no choice but to sentence Jesus to death before symbolically washing his hands of the whole affair.
Simon of Cyrene
Jesus was beaten and taken to Golgotha to be crucified. The cross on which he was sentenced to die was carried behind Jesus, by a person the Bible calls Simon of Cyrene. Three of the four Gospels mention Simon by name.
According to a translation of the Gospel according to Luke, 'they forced Simon, a man from Cyrene, who happened to be coming from the village, to carry the cross behind Jesus'.
So far he is the only character who, at least for a short time, eased Christ's suffering.
Mary Magdalene
Even Mary Magdalene appeared as a pacifier in the midst of all this horror. According to the Bible, Jesus had cured Mary Magdalene of seven 'demons', and all the gospels (except Luke) say that she witnessed Jesus' crucifixion and burial. Even more importantly, Jesus appeared to Mary for the first time after death.
Marys
It is written by St. John that Jesus' mother, Mary, also witnessed the crucifixion, but then, there is some confusion.
According to the Gospels, there may have been as many as four Marys present. St. John says that Jesus' mother Mary Magdalene and Mary the wife of Clopas (who was probably Jesus' aunt) were present.
St. Matthew and St. Mark claim that another Mary, the mother of James and/or Joseph, also witnessed the crucifixion.
Longinus
Longinus was the biblical name of the anonymous soldier quoted by St. John who pierced Jesus' side with a spear. Its name is derived from the Greek word for "spearhead", because very little is known about it. An anonymous Roman Centurion also appears in the Gospels of Mark and Luke, and in this version, the soldier proclaimed his belief that the crucified man was indeed the Son of God.
St. Dismas and Gestus
All the gospels mention two criminals crucified alongside Jesus. They were later given the names Dismas, the repentant thief, and Gestus, the unrepentant thief.
St. Mark tells how Jesus was insulted by the priests and the crowd.
St. Luke wrote that one of the thieves (apparently Gestus) joined in the mockery and was rebuked by Dismas, who then asks Jesus to remember him.
Jesus responded by telling the repentant thief that he has been given a place in heaven.
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