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Why Was Jesus Crucified?

Why Was Jesus Crucified? 1°5 14 It could only have been perceptible by those familiar with the RV of the book! 'Lo, these are but the outskirts of his ways; and how small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?' 15 cf. Weinel. For example: 'We k-nowJesus very well indeed.' 16 F. L. Cross, as above; the date was 1939. 17 Honourable exception must be made for the Cambridge trio J. B. Lightfoot, B. F. Westcott and F. J. A. Hort, who certainly went over the working of their opponents with the greatest care. The trouble there is that it is beginning to look as if, on the broad questions at issue, it was they, and not their opponents, who got the sums wrong. FRANCIS WATSON Why was Jesus crucified? The Church has traditionally been interested in this question as a problem of theology. It is believed that the crucifixion of Jesus was not an accident of history but an event at the heart of God's plan to reconcile humanity to himself; so, in the Nicene Creed, we confess not just that Jesus was crucified, but that he was crucified 'for us', for our http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Theology SAGE

Why Was Jesus Crucified?

Watson, Francis
Theology , Volume 88 (722): 8 – Mar 1, 1985
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1°5 14 It could only have been perceptible by those familiar with the RV of the book! 'Lo, these are but the outskirts of his ways; and how small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?' 15 cf. Weinel. For example: 'We k-nowJesus very well indeed.' 16 F. L. Cross, as above; the date was 1939. 17 Honourable exception must be made for the Cambridge trio J. B. Lightfoot, B. F. Westcott and F. J. A. Hort, who certainly went over the working of their opponents with the greatest care. The trouble there is that it is beginning to look as if, on the broad questions at issue, it was they, and not their opponents, who got the sums wrong. FRANCIS WATSON Why was Jesus crucified? The Church has traditionally been interested in this question as a problem of theology. It is believed that the crucifixion of Jesus was not an accident of history but an event at the heart of God's plan to reconcile humanity to himself; so, in the Nicene Creed, we confess not just that Jesus was crucified, but that he was crucified 'for us', for our

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Published: Mar 1, 1985

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