Was Jesus a Political Revolutionary?  Essay by Anonymous UserB,
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31 times          Was Jesus a political revolutionary? This
question has been asked by priests and scholars alike,
throughout time. There is a lot of evidence within the Bible
that may prove the idea of Jesus being a revolutionary. He goes
about being a revolutionary very strangely, but I believe that
he was one.          Let us start by stripping Jesus of any God-
like powers and the miracles that he worked. Let's look at Jesus
the man. He was born in a town named Bethlehem while his
parents, Mary and Joseph, were on their way to their hometown to
report for the census. This we know, but after his birth we
don't really hear about him for a while. Nobody really knows
what he did during this period. Obviously he grew up and became
one of the most influential men in history.          The mood at
this period in history was tense. Profits have been predicting
the coming of the 'Messiah' fo