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Jesus condones pain and suffering as approptiate punishment for sinners.

• nikolay 4y ago
  Except that the punishment comes from God, not from brethren.
  • whythre 4y ago
    Of course- but consider that many of the torturers would be able to rationalize what they were doing. Kings were seen as the protectors of the nation via divine appointment, and the church acted with the authority to rival what is written in the Bible- a Bible that most Christians could not even read.