EVERYONE!
GIVE GEOTUS YOUR HIGH ENERGY!
this is wildly inaccurate, but still hilarious.
Jesus was executed for political crimes as per Roman law.
There was nothing, at all, special about the manner of his execution.
From The Empire's perspective, it's dangerous to have a conquered people openly flaunting their own, separate king.
Next thing you know, everyone's spartacus and none of them feel they have to listen to nor pay taxes to Caesar.
Also, Jesus was a prick.
Take the Barabbas story.
Pilate is doing the usual "I'll let someone go cuz holiday and mercy of Caesar" blah blah.
Happens every year. Jesus probably knew this, but whatever.
So you have this Barabbas guy… hometown hero who ended up killing a Roman who was part of their subjugation to a foreign power.
Then you have this Jesus guy who had his homies steal a donkey and a calf, which he then rode into town where he proceeded to vandalize'n'destory everyone's shit and attacking people, before rolling up into the temple and having his boys cause a disruption.
Not only is that fucked up in its own right, the Romans who govern and police the area now have to get involved with this local squabble and they'd really rather not have anything to do with it if they could avoid the situation.
But they're forced to take time out of their schedules for this nonsense and every time that happens they make everyone else waste THEIR time to come watch the demonstration.
Jesus wasn't even from the area and all he was doing was bringing problems and punishment down onto these poor townspeople.
Everyone was pissed at him during The Passion because ALL OF THEM had something better to do, but the Romans forced them to come watch that shit show.
I know you've romanticized the past and all, but fuck that guy.
Jesus was an asshole.