I give Mel Gibson credit for shooting the extra-biblical scene
no doubt from his Catholic tradition .. heehee
When ah? You can find it in the four gospels. They are Jews no
doubt, but note that Jesus is always targeting one group of Jews -
the Pharisees and the temple Priests. This is hardly surprising
because the Jews in the 1st century are not united.
Furthermore the Apostle Paul, a Jew himself, did not think highly
of the Jewish Laws. So when he triumphed the Jerusalem Council, the
faith was offically opened to the gentiles. From then on, the
gentiles would control Christianity.
Jews were hated because they were the Christ killers. Judas was
hated most becaue he betrayed Jesus and his name has been linked to
Jews ever since.
Edit: And the casual student of bible should know, Jerusalem was
sacked in CE70. So the Jerusalem Church officially disintegrated.
Its head, Apostle James, was martyred. The Jewish control on
Christianity was over before the turn of the century. So when we
say Church Fathers .. they are almost always gentiles!!
