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Originally Posted by Sliver
That's what's so befuddling about people falling all over themselves fretting about his death. It was literally the standard issue torture/death sentence of the time and place. Thousands of people went down that way. It's a big meh.
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A lot of the fixation on his torture and death is due to early Christians being persecuted by similar means. Martyrdom is baked into the earliest interpretations because it was relatable. Interestingly enough there was a lot of energy put into justifying why the sacrifice of Jesus was so important after Christianity became the state religion of Rome.