Why Did Jesus Have to Die? Roman, Jewish, and Christian
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Thank you. As we approach the season of Lent, and then Holy Week
and Easter, I propose to consider the question: “Why did Jesus
have to die?” At the outset, I must say that this isn’t an easy
question to answer for several reasons. Let me mention three.
First, when it comes to the death of Jesus, we’re dealing with
an historical event concerning which we have limited historical
sources. We don’t have some of the sources that would make our
task much easier, the diary of Pontius Pilate, for example, or
notes from the proceedings of the