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Jesus the Holy Zealot
My Mission

 

My Mission in writing this book is to share the knowledge I accumulated through ancient texts, that Jesus was not just a wandering pacifist, but a brave, selfless holy man who willingly sacrificed His life to become spiritual leader of His people’s freedom-fighting Zealots, and that was why Imperial Rome knocked Him off.

 

Rome was desperate to hide the facts — that Jesus joined the Zealots to free His people from them and that this was the reason Rome crucified Him. It didn’t want its populace to know this, in fear that they, too, would seek to emulate Him and rise up to free their people.

 

Imperial Rome owned all scribes and artisans, so it was quite simple for it to use “the power of the pen” to tweak the story of Jesus’ life and crucifixion, to suit its goals. After Rome crucified Jesus and He manifested to His people from the dead Jesus, word of this spread far and wide. Rome’s populace sought to worship Jesus. Prior to this, Rome had mandated that its populace worship emperors as god and emperor’s sons as sons-of-god. But now, its masses were worshipping Jesus as a son-of-God. Rome needed to secure control of “god,” for both political and financial reasons. Owning god was financially lucrative, so Rome made itself the arbiter of the new Jesus faith.

 

To do so, Rome never mentioned its years of slaughter of Jewish people on crosses and in its Coliseum, and the Jewish people’s repetitive insurrection attempts. With no mention of the Jewish people’s quest for freedom, it was easy for Rome to distort the fact that Jesus and His men didn’t enter Jerusalem on Passover of 33 CE just for a “Passover Guys’ Night Out.” Rather, they entered as brave Zealot revolutionaries, with Jesus as the leader of their Messianic mission to free their conquered people from Rome. 

 

Rome's military machine rapidly squashed this entire insurrection. But the Emperor’s main catch was Jesus. Jesus had become His people’s spiritual leader, their hope, their Messiah. He had become their Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela, and Moses all in one. Jesus kept the hope for freedom alive in His people. Rome had to knock Him off, and make a spectacle of His crucifixion.

 

The years passed, and men had begun to write about Jesus. Rome knew it had to control the narrative. Rome appointed one man, a Greek man named Irenaeus, to triage through all writings in the Empire and pick several to form the foundation of Rome’s new religion — the Gospels. Irenaeus picked four, all written by Greek and Roman Gentile (non-Jewish) men, none of whom ever said they were Jewish or witnessed the events they wrote about. Irenaeus picked these four because their storylines supported one another, glorified Rome, and never mentioned that Jesus had become holy leader of His people’s freedom-fighting Zealots. Irenaeus didn’t know that they were similar because three of the writers merely copied the first writing, the Gospel of Mark. One, the Gospel of Matthew, even copied 600 verses from Mark, word-for-word.

 

Years later, Rome appointed another Greek man, Athanasius, to add the rest of the writings to form Rome’s New Testament. Athanasius included 13 letters from a deranged, Arab-Herodian named Paul, who boasted of some Jewish blood, but hated all Jews and all Jewish traditions. As a Herodian, Rome gave him Roman citizenship and permission to kill Jews, which he did. He actually became a psychopathic killer. So all Jews steered clear of Him.

 

In 70 CE, Rome massacred of over one million Jewish citizens and set Jerusalem ablaze. After that, there were no Jewish followers of Jesus left, and none of their writings survived to tell the true story of how Jesus sacrificed His life by becoming the Spiritual Leader of His people. . Actually, Athanasius burnt any remaining writings that were adverse to Rome. However, by piecing fragments of facts together, and on close evaluation of ancient New Testament manuscripts, such as the 325 CE Codex Vaticanus, tiny glimpses of truth shine through to confirm Jesus was not a weaking, pacifist doormat, but a brave self-sacrificing holy man who actually led His people’s freedom-fighting Zealots, on the 33 CE holy Messianic Passover insurrection attempt. Jesus knew the need for “Peace and Freedom through Strength.” Rome hid all of this to deter others from following in Jesus’ freedom-fighting path, and dumped blame for it own crucifixion on Jesus’ own people — the very people Jesus loved and was trying to save — the Jews. This book uncovers the true story of Jesus of Nazareth — the brave, self-sacrificing holy leader of His people’s freedom-fighting Zealots.

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Jesus' Jewish people didn't cry "Crucify Him."

They just cried. Pilate ordered "Crucify Him."

This site is based on the book  "Jesus, The Holy Zealot." 

It explains how Imperial Rome veiled the fact it crucified Jesus of Nazareth because He had become spiritual leader of His people's freedom fighting Zealots. Jesus was not the submissive pacifist he is portrayed as. Jesus died fighting for Freedom and Peace through Strength. He died a brave fighting fallen Zealot hero.

 

During the 5th century, when punctuation entered written Greek, Imperial Rome ordered scribes to insert punctuation into previously unpunctuated manuscripts. They did so in such a way as to absolve Rome of its guilt in crucifying Jesus.

The New Testament passage with the order to crucify is Mark 15:13-14. The Gospel of Mark is critical because it was the 1st Gospel written, and the three later Gospels copied Mark.

 

Through punctuation, Imperial Rome morphed Jewish pilgrims crying out in despair, into Jewish pilgrims crying out an order "Crucify Him." Actually, it's absurd to fathom unarmed Passover pilgrims, surrounded by 6,000 Roman soldiers, being able to force Pontius Pilate to crucify anyone, especially a Jewish rabbi. All absurd.

Here's the original passage:

ANDTHEYAGAINCRIEDOUTCRUCIFYHIMHEPILATESAIDTOTHEM

— — — — — — — — — — 

Here's the  passage with spaces:

AND THEY AGAIN CRIED OUT CRUCIFY HIM HE PILATE SAID TO THEM

— — — — — — — — — — 

Here's the passage after Rome had its 5th century scribes add punctuation.

Rome's scribes inserted a ,  after "cried out" to read:

“THEY AGAIN CRIED OUT,  ‘CRUCIFY HIM.'  

 HE PILATE SAID TO THEM . . .


Had truth prevailed, scribes would have placed a . after "cried out" to read:

  “THEY AGAIN CRIED OUT .  

‘CRUCIFY HIM’ , HE PILATE SAID TO THEM.

 — — — — — — — — — — 

Rome purposely had scribes place a , after “cried out,” to absolve Rome if its  obvious guilt in crucifying Jesus because He was the spiritual leader of the Jewish freedom-fighting Zealots. Rome robbed Jesus of His true honor in sacrificing His life to free His conquered people. Jesus was not some whimpy flower child. Jesus was a brave fighter and Rome knocked Him off.

(Actually, Rome slaughtered 1.1 million Jews that century, including Jesus.)

"And the Jewish people cried out."   
                                                                           Mark 15: 13-14

For millennia, the words, "The Jews killed Christ," have divided Jewish and Christian worlds.
Well, what if further analyses reveals this wasn't so at all. The reality was, Imperial Rome ordered scribes to tweak Gospel manuscripts to obscure the fact it crucified Jesus for leading a band of freedom-fighting Zealots hoping to free their people from Rome. Rome's monarchy was afraid that if its masses knew this, they might follow Jesus and the Zealots, and revolt against it, too.  Here's the true story.  

Background

 

And then it came to pass,

that from amongst the vast number of people

conquered by the Roman Empire,

one small tribe of desert people stood out.

That was because all others

accepted worshiping Rome’s Emperors as Gods,

but this small tribe of people refused.

For they were a holy people

who worshiped a transcendent God —

A God that could neither be seen, nor heard.

A God that no human could claim to own.

 

These people were from the Middle Eastern land of Judea,

hence, they were known as the Jewish people

or, more commonly, as “the Jews.”

Because they refused to worship Rome’s Emperors as Gods,

Imperial Rome despised them,

hating them more than it hated all others.

Rome treated them harshly.

Thus, the Jewish people passionately sought freedom.

 

During their annual holiday of Passover,

the day they celebrated God’s freeing their ancestors

from slavery in Egypt,

brave young men from amongst them

would wage insurrections,

seeking to free their people from Imperial Rome.

Sadly, none of these insurrections succeeded.

 

And, as they were a holy people,

they began to think they might only attain freedom

if a holy man were to lead them.

They prayed that such a man might arise.

 

Generations passed

and eventually, such a man did.

He was a spiritually-evolved young rabbi,

a brave holy Man of God,

a man who brought the sick to health,

the lame to walk,

and the dead to life.

This man was Jesus of Nazareth.

Once they found Jesus,

they begged Him

to join them in their holy fight for freedom

— and not only join them,

but to lead them — in a freedom-fighting insurrection.

Jesus agreed.

These young men, willing to fight and die for freedom,

were known as “The Zealots,”

men with a zeal for freedom.

Of course Jesus agreed to lead them.

For a man of His character could not just standby

and let others fight, and die, in His place.

 

When the rest of the Jewish people learned of Jesus,

they became filled with hope.

To them, Jesus had become

            their Mahatma Gandhi,

            their Martin Luther King, Jr.,

            their Nelson Mandela,

            even, their Moses,

the Holy man who had come to free them.

 

All the Jewish people knew

that Jesus and His men were Zealots

and that Jesus was leading them.

Imperial Rome knew this, too.

To the Jewish people — Zealots were Freedom-Fighters.

To Imperial Rome — Zealots were insurrectionists.

Rome’s mandatory sentence for insurrection

— Crucifixion. —

Jesus knew this.

He continued on the mission.

 Jesus' Disciples were not just guys out on holiday
— they were brave freedom-fighting Zealots — 

 

Jesus’ Disciples were not “Airy-Fairy Flower-Children.” They were Brave Freedom-Fighters.

 

The fateful Passover arrived. Triumphantly, Jesus marched His men into Jerusalem. These were twelve swarthy, robust Galileans — five of whom were known Zealots. Every Jew knew the scoop: Jesus and His “disciples” were  Zealot freedom fighters on a dangerous mission to overthrow Roman forces.

 

Their Goal: Free their people and their Holy Temple. Many had tried before. All had been slaughtered. But with Jesus as their leader, hopes soared they might succeed. The Jewish masses all knew what was happening. They knew that Jesus and His men had entered Jerusalem as Zealots: They knew that No Jew celebrates Passover away from family. They knew that No Jew celebrates Passover “out with the guys.”

 

They knew that Galileans had a “zeal” for freedom. They knew that Jesus had become Spiritual Leader of the Zealots. They prayed this insurrection might succeed. All Jewish people knew that twelve, young, strong Galilean men would not normally be entering Jerusalem on the family holiday of Passover alone — Passover is a family holiday. They also knew that  Zealots conducted insurrection attempts on Passover and that Jesus and His men were all Zealots. Rome knew this, too. That was why, Pilate stationed 6,000 soldiers on Temple grounds and 30,000 more on standby in Caesarea.

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At least 5 of Jesus' Disciples had Hebrew or Aramaic names
                               that meant Zealot or Freedom - Fighter

 Jesus’ Twelve Disciples were Zealots — men willing to die to free their people.

At least five of them had names that in Hebrew or Aramaic meant "Freedom-Fighter or Zealot

Jesus’ 1st Zealot Disciple:
Simon the Zealot was a Kanna’im —Kanna’im is a Hebrew word meaning “Zealot.” “Simon was a member of the Zealot party” [Mark 3:16] Although Simon was a Kanna’im, oddly, the New Testament mistranslates the Hebrew word “Kanna’im” as “Canaanite” — even though the Canaanite civilization ended 2,000 years prior. In Hebrew, “kanai” means “One zealous for the sake of God.” In the ancient teaching of the Babylonian Talmud, [Gittin 56b], Rabbis describe “Kanna’im” [Biryonim] as Zealots and their actions as those of Zealots.

*** Rome crucified Simon the Zealot ***

 

Jesus’ 2nd & 3rd Zealot Disciples were brothers James and John Boanerges:
Boanerges, means Sons of Thunder.” [Mark 3:18] Both James and John, sons of Zebedee, were fierce fighters with fiery demeanors. They would not back away from confrontation. The Aramaic term Boanerges means impetuous, “Full of Zeal.” These brothers were known as “Sons of Thunder.” When they triumphantly entered Jerusalem, proclaiming Jesus as their Messiah, they were on a fearless mission to free their people. This was a bold move.

*** Rome beheaded James Boanerges *** (John died a natural death)

 

Jesus’ 4th Zealot Disciple Simon Peter Simon Peter was a Zealot.
[Not to be confused with the other Simon - Simon the Zealot.] Simon Peter was a man well-trained and quick with a sword. “He severed the Chief Priest’s servant Malthus’ ear without hesitation.” [John 18:10] Swordsmanship was not an easy skill. Simon Peter was adept. Jesus actually had to hold him back, as he struck at the slightest provocation. Gospel writers portray him as a coward because he denied being one of Jesus’ companions. That was slanderous. Simon Peter denied being a companion because he was committed to the on-going, multi-pronged insurrection. To label Simon Peter a coward is as cruel as labeling a soldier who continues fighting after his trench-mate has been killed, as a coward. “The mission must go on.”

*** Rome crucified Simon Peter ***

 

Jesus’ 5th Zealot Disciple Judas Iscariot.
Judas Iscariot was Jesus’ bravest Zealot fighter. He was a member of the “Special Forces” — the Sicarii. Sicarii were the bravest and fiercest Zealot fighters. In Aramaic, the name “Iscariot” is a contraction of two words: Iscariot = ish + sicarii meaning: “Man of the sicarii” or “Man of the sword,” “Dagger-man.” Sicarii carried a knife at all times, called a “Sica.” The 2nd century Epistle of the Apostles [Epistula Apostolorum] states that Judas was a Zealot: “Judas the Zealot.” Judas has been the most maligned of Jesus’ disciples. Jesus sent Judas out at night on a covert mission to coordinate will all the other insurrection factions. Knowing Roman troops were planted throughout the city, Jesus told Judas: “Do quickly what you have to do.” [John 13:27] Just as Black American slaves hanging from trees had not committed suicide - they were lynched, so, too, Judas Iscariot, a sicarii fighter, was lynched. Rome caught Judas, tortured him, threw him back at Jesus’ feet, and then lynched him.

*** Rome lynched Judas ***

Significance of The Codex Vaticanus (c. 325 - 350 CE)

 

The Codex Vaticanus is the oldest writing ever found that contains the oldest writing ever found that contains the original writing, Mark 15:13-14, in which the call was made to crucify Jesus. Mark 15: 13-14, can be found on page 1301 of the Codex Vaticanus, right column, 5th line from bottom.​​ This unpunctuated passage challenges the conventional narrative that Imperial Rome crucified Jesus because Passover Pilgrims forced Pontius Pilate to do so, because Jesus committed blasphemy — which He never did. It offers the opportunity to analyze this pre-crucifixion passage, Mark 15:13-14 critically.

The following is an enlarged image of the last five lines of page 1301,

third column on the right of the Codex Vaticanus, containing Mark 15:13-14.

This is the original unpunctuated form. 

The Codex Vaticanus 
Mark 15:13-14 page 1301,
bottom of the page,
3rd column on the right:

As demonstrated above, and explained in detail in "Jesus the Holy Zealot," the verb "cried out" meant the Jewish Passover peasants were merely crying, in sorrow, saddness, shock, and horror.  They were not ordering Pilatre to do anything. Plus, they never had any power to order Pontius Pilate. They were conquered people.

What does "Cry Out" in the New Testament mean?

 

The following are examples of “Cried Out” in the Greek New Testament:
 

“And Jesus cried out again in a loud voice and breathed his last.”

                                                            [Matthew 27:23]
 

“She was pregnant and was crying out in labor pains as she
struggled to give birth.”              [Revelation 12:2]
 

“When the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were
frightened and said, ‘It is a ghost!’ And they cried out in fear.”

                                                            [Matthew 14:26]

 

The verb for “CRY OUT” used in this New Testament passage means the utterance of a loud sound. It can mean crying an order, but not usually:
           sobbing            gasping            wailing              screaming
           lamenting          moaning           bewailing

            groaning           shrieking           bawling             weeping

 

                        “AND THEY AGAIN CRIED OUT ”   [Mark 15:13-14]

Jesus the Holy Zealot

Jesus the Holy Zealot, by Holly H Roberts, is available at Amazon.com in paperback and e-pub kindle. I hope you find reading this book as meaningful, as I found researching and writing it.

Summary and Link to  Jesus the Holy Zealot - Press Here

Now, 2,000 years after Rome crucified Jesus, it has become apparent

that Jesus’ crucifixion has not been accurately represented

by the existing interpretation and punctuation of Mark 15:13-14.

"Jesus the Holy Zealot" contains urther analysis of Greek grammar, including:

The meaning of "He Pilate"

The relevance of the word "again" in "They (the Jews) cried out again"
Relevance of Fluid Word Order in ancient Greek

Declensions of Word Endings and Word Forms in Greek
 

Rome’s scribes inserted a “ ,” after “The Jewish people cried out:”

“AND THEY AGAIN CRIED OUT, ‘CRUCIFY HIM.’
  HE PILATE SAID”  
                 


Rather than a “.”

“AND THEY AGAIN CRIED OUT.
‘CRUCIFY HIM’, HE PILATE SAID”


The reality was:

Rome, and Rome alone, sought to eliminate Jesus and commanded its soldiers to do so.

Imperial Rome feared Jesus’ spiritual power as Holy Leader of His peoples’ freedom fighting Zealots.

So, Pontius Pilate ordered his soldiers to “finish Him off.”

Jesus led a dangerous, valiant Passover insurrection to free His conquered people from Rome.

Sadly, Rome’s military squashed it and crucified Jesus.

After crucifixion, Jesus returned from the dead and manifested to His own people.

Word of this miracle spread and masses of Romans clamored to worship Jesus.
Imperial Rome panicked,

for instead of worshiping Emperors as gods and their’ sons as sons-of-gods,

Rome’s populace had begun to worship Jesus as the Son of God.

Rome could not stop this religious movement,

so it decided — “If we can’t stop it, then we must own it!”

But first, we must tweak the story.

Rome’s story became: Rome’s guy Pilate never wanted to crucify Jesus.
But some random, demonic group of Passover pilgrims forced him.

And, Jesus was never the brave Spiritual Leader of His people’s freedom fighting Zealots.

Jesus was just a wandering pacifist flower child,

who committed blasphemy, saying He was the Messiah and a Child of God.

JESUS NEVER COMMITTED BLASPHEMY

 (But Rome's Gentile readership had no idea what blasphemy was, anyway)

And, although saying "you are either the Messiah or a Child of God" was never blasphemy,

Rome’s gentile masses had no idea what blasphemy was, anyway,

so they believed Rome’s story.

for leading a Messianic Passover insurrection, to free His people from Imperial Rome. 

 

After His death, Jesus manifested to give His people hope to carry on.

And that’s the whole true story

of the brave, spiritually-evolved holy man and healer

who sacrificed His life

to become the Spiritual Leader of His people’s

freedom fighting Zealots

— Jesus of Nazareth. —

                                  "And the Jewish people cried."

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