Caiaphas was High Priest. Jesus was sentenced to death on the orders of Pilate, the Roman Governor because the Jewish leaders had no authority to do so. The Pharisees and priests, as a committee, urged Pilate to condemn Jesus.
He was Jewish and a leader, but not a member of the established Jewish hierarchy.Jewish AnswerFrom the Jewish perspective he wasn't a leader.
The word "jesus" means leader in Greek. Rabbi (teacher) and pharisee (high priest) are the religious leaders of the Jewish religion during the "Jesus" timeframe.
Jesus was accused of blasphemy by the Jewish leader
The Roman emperor at the time of Jesus' death was Tiberius.
Christianity is based on the death and resurrection of Jesus. Without His death and resurrection there would be no Christianity.
The Jews are blamed for the death of Jesus because it was the Jewish religious leaders who manipulated Herod and Pilate into crucifying Jesus by charging Jesus with breaking certain Jewish laws making him worthy of death. The Romans would have rather released Jesus that day and crucified Barabbas. But the Jewish mobs at the behest of the Jewish leaders clamored for the release of Barabbas and the crucifixion of Jesus.
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The Roman leader, Pontious Pilot, sentenced the saviour to death, by crucifixion.
Jesus (if he existed) was Jewish, so he practised Jewish worship. Christianity didn't exist until after his death, it was invented by the Holy Roman Empire, not Jesus himself.
Jesus of Nazareth was raised in a Jewish home. Christianity was not formed until after Jesus' death and His resurrection.
Jesus was Jewish. His actions later led to the founding of Christianity.