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The Jews also killed Jesus so yeah
The romans, technically.
Nar the Romans handed Jesus off to the Jews to deal with him. That's where the phrase "I wash my hand of this" comes from. Was the Roman judge saying not my problem its a problem for your religious group to deal with. Then the Romans crucified him on the Jews behalf.
This is almost certainly not true. There is no way Romance would cede such an important aspect of governance to the Jews, not to mention most scholarship having converged on the idea that Jesus was killed by the Romans for changing their sovereignty (claiming to be the King of the Jews).
The documentation at the time is pretty clear. The Romans were scared of a Jewish uprising so crucified Jesus.
At Pentecost, Peter told the Jews they crucified Jesus
Acts 2:23
Acts 2:36
Acts 4:10
Although this shouldn't be used as an anti semetic talking point. Christ's redemption is for the Jew and the Gentile. All have sinned and fallen short.
You can’t use the acts as evidence for this, since they’re internally inconsistent versus the other gospels and the Pauline epistles. Current scholarship clearly puts the blame on the Romans. This is backed up by Pontius Pilate being well known for being a brutal ruler, and not one who cared much for Jewish sensibilities.
https://www.reddit.com/r/AcademicBiblical/comments/zztpe4/comment/j2ecjug
Current scholarship? You mean Bart Ehrman- some guy who came about 2000 years after the fact and has been debunked over and over again, and is generally one who is known for making pretty bad takes and arguments. Even here the redditor claims he says:
When mosy of the records about Him document Him claiming that.
There are no inconsistencies in Acts of the Apostles either.
The religious heads of his time and place were opposed to him, yes, but that doesn't make Abrahamic and Mosaic Judaism any less important. If someone had the courage to be openly moral and follow Jesus' footsteps in "Christian" America, he'd also be silenced...