windar
Teller of Tales
Hard to say, since the accounts date to well after his death. Some people choose martyrdom to further their cause. Martin Luther King expected to be assassinated. I don't think he wanted to have it happen, but he knew there was a very good chance and didn't change what he said and did.That makes me make the following question : how consensual was Christ? His mission was to suffer for redemption. Had Christ not made a riot in the Temple, (used as stock exchange) we maybe would never have heard of him. Was Christ consensual, aware that he risked to be crucified when he made that rriot? Ultimately, is it all hindsight, that mission? Or was Christ pushing the limits in the tmple, so that the punishment RISKED to become unavoidable?