why was jesus executed

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…showed last 75 words of 964 total…s all a form control, and a desire for power. Seeing how intertwined politics and religion were, I have to believe that it was a political move. The crucifixion of Jesus satisfied both the Jews and the Romans, but ultimately, through their own action, they helped propel Jesus into an idol, and also helped propel Christianity into one of the fastest growing and now largest religions of the world, exactly what they sought to prevent.