Pharisees

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in response to reader comment: Deborah, you got it all wrong

Submitted by Debra (United States), Oct 15, 2009 at 01:23

That's some very interesting information and fascinating history. I hardly 'blame the Jews' for Jesus' crucifixion though. He was divinely ordained to go through it so the perpetrators aren't really even relevant. The church was way off base persecuting the Jews for it and the Apostle Paul was himself a Pharisee. I don't really find any scriptures in the New Testament that support anti-Semitism although they have certainly been twisted for those purposes.

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