The things about Jesus the Nazarene, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people, and how our chief priests and leaders handed him over to the judgment of death and crucified him. But we had hoped that he was the one to redeem Israel. [Luke 24:19-21]

Author: Note that Luke, a non-Jew, is placing the blame for Jesus' death on the Jewish leaders, but this is partially false. Most possible is that Jesus, as seen in his teachings and actions, opposed the Temple Religion and tried to bring a new version of the Jewish religion to the people, prophet style. Jesus, a popular and non-military leader, became food for slaughter by the Jewish establishment collaborating with the Romans. Jesus lost his backing by the people who popularized him.

Peter and the other male disciples deserted Jesus in Jerusalem at his arrest and after. According to Christian history, Acts, there were around 120 Galileans in Jerusalem following Jesus, and many other people. Where were they when Jesus was arrested and being tried? Jesus had asked to be defended and should have been defended. Was there a large conspiracy among Jesus' own people, led by Peter and even his brother, James, who later headed the early Church? Jesus was essentially killed by his own people.

Jesus alone the Jewish establishment to fundamentally change by living the religion of God and not man. Jesus taught people to love, not hate, and was killed for it by those who hate and resist in life. Even Jesus' own closest followers did not love him or else they would have stood with him, risking their lives as well. These are the facts. Judas was not the sole betrayer. Jesus was betrayed by his own people. Our job as seekers after the truth has been to find out why, and now we know the truth, as much as can be known from this distance.