An interesting Jewish article by a man who was bothered that the "righteous" leader called Jesus for never saying a harsh word about the oppressive Romans. Jesus was quick to judge the Jews and correct their faults and missteps, and yet didn’t preach against the cruel ways of the Romans.

The Romans had one of the most cruel forms of punishment in the history of the world, one that even the German Nazi did not match…crucifixion. A body hung upon a cross for hours and hours, dying of thirst and hunger as their limbs literally tore away from their body from the weight, nails pounded through their feet and hands after being beaten fiercely. Pontius Pilate murders tens of thousands of Jesus’s fellow Jews, and yet, he had nothing to say about this inhumane treatment. Jesus was a threat to the Romans, as he preached about his kingdom on earth, and the Romans viewed him as dangerous.l. 

If Jesus had lived in Germany during the time of the Nazi terror, would he speak out against the Holocaust, as millions of his people made their way to the gas chambers? Or will he speak on faith, justice and virtue alone?  With the Romans making very rare appearances in the Gospels, could it be that the writers only chose to document what Jesus had to say about the Jews because he himself was a Jew, and what he said about the Romans wasn’t as important? Can anyone really know what was said between the lines of the Gospels and how Jesus really felt about the Romans? 

What do you think? Why didn’t Jesus publicly criticize the Romans? Should he be considered a l"righteous" leader?