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[–] frezik@midwest.social 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Jesus whipped people who were making money off the temple, so he certainly wasn't a pacifist. This may have happened twice.

He may have known enough not to pick a fight that would be lost, anyway.

Bart Ehrman argues that Jesus' actual goal was to lead a rebellion that would kick the Romans out of Judea and set himself up as king. That wouldn't have been too unusual for the apocalyptic preachers of the time.