> and not the slightest bit New Testament. I don't know about "slightest" The part where the state severely beats an innocent man and nails him to a couple o

> and not the slightest bit New Testament. I don't know about "slightest" The part where the state severely beats an innocent man and nails him to a couple of pieces of wood, and the guards hang around waiting for him to die in agony is a pretty central part of the New Testament. And it turns out there are two other guys also undergoing the same fate. The one guy says - hey use your power and fight against the state and get us out of this mess. He is seen as a villain. The other guy says, me and the other guy deserve what the state is doing to us, but you don't, but please just remember me in the afterlife. This guy is seen as a good guy. So yes, there are some hints of this in the New Testament as well.