"text-align:justify;line-height:16.5pt;">The Zealots were the
people just under the Pharisees. They absolutely hated the Romans
because they ruled their land. The Zealots wanted Jesus dead
because He did not live up to their expectations as the Messiah. As
Messiah Jesus was expected to deliver all the other nations into
the hands of the Zealots but He did none of these things, therefore
the Zealots got annoyed and they wanted Him dead. The Zealots also
wanted to kill Jesus for his sympathetic behaviour towards tax
collectors. This is because the Zealots as a group were strongly
different to any form of Roman rule and therefore would have been
angry with Jesus for encouraging other Jews to pay their taxes to
Caesar whom they opposed. The Zealots wanted to be in charge
instead of the Romans: they didn't like the Romans but Jesus liked
them! Jesus talked to them, told people to accept them and Jesus
welcomed EVERYONE so this also meant the Romans and the Zealots
definitely did not like that.
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