Answer 1
It is probably not so much a case of rejecting Jesus as a case of not seeing in Jesus any reason to follow him. It appears likely that the early Jews knew nothing about Jesus that would encourage very many of them to become Christians.
In the turbulent century leading up to the destruction of the Temple, in 70 CE, there were many holy men who claimed to be the new Messiah, or at least to be a spiritual leader who would save the Jews, and it would have been difficult for Jesus to stand out in this period, unless he could offer absolute proof of his divinity.
Such proof could have been the many miracles the gospels say that Jesus performed, although Mark says that Jesus told the people not to talk about the miracles. In fact, Paul said, while explaining the difficulty in winning converts, "For the Jews require a sign" (1 Corr 1:22) - which according to G. A. Wells (Did Jesus Exist?) means that Paul knew nothing of the existence of any miracles performed by Jesus or any disciples. And if Paul knew nothing of any miracles performed by Jesus, it is also likely that few if any Jews knew of them.
Answer 2
I think, primarily, it was because John the Baptist was unable to accept Jesus as the Messiah. Initially, John was given the revelation that Jesus was the Son of God and, with the power, influence and great number of followers that John had, if John had truly followed Jesus, he would have told his own followers to follow Jesus instead. But later, we see John say some rather enigmatic statements such as "He (Jesus) must increase, I must decrease." If John had followed the Messiah, would he not also increase, in any sense of the word? And, after criticising King Herod for something minor - at least relative to the fact that the Messiah was on the earth - he is thrown in jail. There, he wants to ask Jesus, "Are you the One who is to come, or shall we wait for another?" Is this a question a faithful follower of Jesus would ask? What is Jesus' answer? Speaking of John, he says, "He who is least in the Kingdom of Heaven is greater than he." Therefore, John is less than the least in the Kingdom of Heaven. John is not in the Kingdom of Heaven. Why? John had great faith, many followers and extreme discipline. The Billy Graham of his day. Many wondered if he were not the Messiah himself. His mission was great: to testify to the coming of the Messiah and follow Him all his life. Had he done so, Jesus would not have died. Of course, this is heresy for those who believe that Jesus' mission was to die. So be it; it is the truth.
Answer 3
Jews would have rejected Jesus because, according to the stories about him in the Christian Bible, there was nothing to accept. Based on the Christian Bible, the very most that Jesus could have been was a false prophet from the Jewish perspective. The reason being that, from the Jewish perspective, he taught against the teachings of the Tanach (Jewish Bible).
John the Bapstist would have played absolutely no role in the attitudes of Jews as he's a strictly Christian character that is not mentioned in any Jewish records.
Answer 4
Judaism speaks very little about Jesus. According to our tradition, the vast majority of the Jews at the time didn't hear of him. The Sages of the Mishna (Rabbi Yochanan ben Zakkai, Rabbi Yonatan ben Uziel, Chanina ben Dosa, Bava ben Buta, Shimon ben Hillel, Rabbi Eliezer, Rabbi Yehoshua, Rabbi Akiva, and hundreds of others) were active at that time and their yeshivot (Torah-academies) were flourishing. Their tens of thousands of disciples and hundeds of thousands of sympathizers were active in the Jewish world in that generation; they were the leaders and the forefront of Judaism. As Josephus (Antiquities book 18) writes, "the cities give great attestations to them." The great majority of Jews loved their sages and their Torah.
The unlearned class of the Amei-haaretz (ignoramuses) was a small fringe of society, but even they would and did lay down their lives in order not to violate anything of the Torah. As one ancient historian famously wrote:
Hecateus declares again, "what regard we (Jews) have for our laws; and we resolve to endure anything rather than transgress them." And he adds: "They [Jews] may be stripped on this account, and have torments inflicted upon them, and be brought to the most terrible kinds of death, but they meet these tortures after an extraordinary manner, beyond all other people, and will not renounce the religion of their forefathers."
No one (even any who did hear of Jesus) - would have given heed to what was and is considered unacceptable for us. The few who came in contact with him soon lost interest, and the early Christians felt the need to turn to non-Jewish centers of population in order to gain adherents, while the Jews remained Jews.
Rather, you might prefer to ask "What does Judaism not say" about Jesus. And the answer is that we do not believe that he is or was anything other than a regular human being. We may also note that according to our tradition, prophecy ceased about 340 years before the birth of Jesus; and public miracles stopped even earlier.
Many Jews became Muslims, but some were obstinate in belief for this reason: Muhammad [SAW] said Jesus [AS] was the Messiah. Jews did not believe this. If Muhammad [SAW] said he was the Messiah, Judaism would not exist and all the Jews would be Muslims, but Muhammad [SAW] told the truth that God Almighty gave to him through Gabriel [AS].
Islam is the Truth.
There are two ways to deal with this question: from a present evidential perspective and from a biblical evidential perspective.
Present Evidential Arguments
Some of the most common Jewish arguments against their accepting Jesus as the Messiah are the following:
Judaism, past and present, says very little about Jesus. According to our tradition, the vast majority of the Jews at the time didn't hear of him. The Torah-sages (Rabbi Yochanan ben Zakkai, Rabbi Yonatan ben Uziel, Chanina ben Dosa, Bava ben Buta, Shimon ben Hillel, Rabbi Eliezer, Rabbi Yehoshua, Rabbi Akiva, and hundreds of others) were active at that time and their yeshivot (Torah-academies) were flourishing. Their tens of thousands of disciples and hundreds of thousands of sympathizers were active in the Jewish world in that generation; they were the leaders and the forefront of Judaism. As Josephus (Antiquities book 18) writes, "the cities give great attestations to them." The great majority of Jews loved their sages and their Torah.
The unlearned class of the Amei-haaretz (ignoramuses) was a small fringe of society, but even they would and did lay down their lives in order not to violate anything of the Torah. As one ancient historian famously wrote:
Hecateus declares again, "what regard we [Jews] have for our laws; and we resolve to endure anything rather than transgress them." And he adds: "They [Jews] may be stripped on this account, and have torments inflicted upon them, and be brought to the most terrible kinds of death, but they meet these tortures after an extraordinary manner, beyond all other people, and will not renounce the religion of their forefathers."
No one (even any who did hear of Jesus) - would have given heed to what was and is consideredunacceptable for us. The few who came in contact with him soon lost interest, and the early Christians felt the need to turn to non-Jewish centers of population in order to gain adherents, while the Jews remained Jews.
Rather, you might prefer to ask "What does Judaism notbelieve about Jesus." And the answer is that we do not believe that he is or was anything other than a regular human being.
(See: What do Jews believe God is like?)
We may also note that according to our tradition, prophecy ceased about 340 years before the birth of Jesus; and public miracles stopped even earlier.
Here is a related topic:
The word "messiah" is the transliterated form of the Hebrew "moshiach." The word moshiach means "anointed." The title of moshiach was given to any person who was appropriately anointed with oil as part of their initiation to their service of God. We have had a number of meshichim (plural) in the form of kings and priests. There need be nothing supernatural about a moshiach.
This being said, there is a prophecy of a future moshiach. However, this is a relatively minor topic in Judaism and the Tanakh.
The Jewish requirements of the messiah are:
* Build the Third Temple (Ezekiel 37:26-28).
* Gather all Jews back to the Land of Israel (Isaiah 43:5-6).
* Usher in an era of world peace, and end all hatred and oppression. As it says: "Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, nor shall they learn war any more" (Isaiah 2:4).
* Spread universal knowledge of the God of Israel, which will unite humanity as one. As it says: "God will be King over all the world. On that day, God will be One and His Name will be One" (Zechariah 14:9).
* The messiah must be descended on his father's side from King David (Genesis 49:10 and Isaiah 11:1).
* The messiah will lead the Jewish people to full Torah-observance. The Torah states that all of its mitzvot (commands) remain binding forever.
because he was believed to not be the messiah
No, Christians do not reject Jews. However, Jews reject Christians.
Some of them were not yet willing to admit that Jesus is Messiah and savior. It was also prophesied that some of them would reject the Messiah.
Gisus or Jesus is believed by Christians to be God in the Holy Trinity, while Jews reject Jesus as nothing but a man and Muslims believe Jesus was an important prophet but not a God or the son of God.
Whether Jesus actually lived or died is of no importance to Judaism since Jesus himself is of no importance to Judaism. If Jesus lived, then he certainly was born, just like all other humans. However, all Jews reject the Christian claim that Jesus was conceived from a virgin. If Jesus lived, he was a human with two human parents.
Jewish people worship the same god as Christians do. Jews believe that the Messiah has not come to Earth yet; Christians believe that Jesus is the Messiah; and Muslims believe Mohammad is the prophet of Alah but was not a holy being. The Muslim understanding of Mohammad would be paralle to the Jewish view Jesus.
Jews for Jesus was created in 1973.
The Jews did not (and do not) verbally or actively reject Jesus. They just do not (and did not) accept him as more than a regular human being. In this sense, of not venerating him, it is a continuing thing, not a one-time "event." See also:Does Judaism say anything about Jesus?
Jesus was not Jewish
Because at the time of Jesus not all the Jews believed he was the King foretold. This was because Jesus did things that the Jewish religious system called "blasphemous", such as daring to heal people or help in urgent situations on the SABBATH day etc. The Jews were "by-the-book" people and couldn't accept that Jesus did these things against Jewish-sabbath tradition. The Jews didn't understand scripture as well as they would have liked because all of these things were prophesised well before this time, in the books of Daniel, isaiah, eziekial etc. It was very clear that Jesus was indeed the promised Messiah, but the Jewish leaders could not accept this, because it didn't fit in with their pre-concieved ideas. Jesus said He had come not to "do away" with scripture, but to FULFILL it! He also said that he was bringing a NEW covanent ot his people. Messianic Jews are Jews who do accept that Jesus was and is the promised Messiah. There are plenty of messianic Jews today who follow Jesus.
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