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Originally posted by Dragonlich
He had to be killed because he was a danger to Roman rule, crucifixion was a relatively normal execution method back then.
I don't see any reason to find some supernatural explanation. 
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Agreed. If Jesus did today the things that he did in Judea in the 1st Century AD would have been labeled a terrorist and treated as such by the powers that be.
He was a radical seeking social change for an oppressed people, and seemed to be willing to incite his followers to armed revolution in order to accomplish that goal. The United States Government of 2004 would have taken no less extreme measures to elmiinate him as a threat.