While Your Temple Still Survives…

Note: A longer version of the post below appears at Your Daily Tripod , owned by my friend TonyD.

Estimates are that around 50,000 people lived in Jerusalem in Jesus’ time. But the number in town swelled by more than double, perhaps by five times, for holidays such as Passover. One might imagine the city fairly bursting at the seams, with visiting relatives and other pilgrims.

Imagine how the average resident or visitor have reacted to the crucifixion of three men, one of them whom some said wa...