It is very amazing how the story of Jesus Christ of Nazareth who lived about 40 years after the death of the Roman Emperor Julius Caesar appears to be so similar to the extent that one would easily suspect of the story of Jesus having been plagiarized from that of the roman emperor. Caesar was a Roman general who rose through the ranks to become an emperor. Jesus was a Jew who preached the coming of the kingdom of God throughout Palestine in the first century AD. The similarities outlined below are mind-blowing.
The least to consider is that both Jesus Christ and Julius Caesar have their initials as JC.
Caesar did his conquest in the northern part of the Roman empire in a region called Gaul. Jesus was preaching and conquering demons and diseases in the northern part of Palestine in a region called Galilee.
Both words Gaul and Galilee have only two consonants, G and L.
When Caesar was returning from Gaul to Rome, he did a massive triumphal procession where he was hailed by the mob in the streets of Rome to commemorate his victories. Jesus, when he was returning from Galilee to the capital Jerusalem, had a great triumphal entry into the city with people cheering him Hosanna! Hosanna!
Pompey Magnus was a noble statesman and a senator in Rome. He saw how the mob cheered Caesar and became suspicious of Caesars ambitions. Pompey suspected that Caesar had political ambitions. Caiaphas was the High Priest in Jerusalem. He saw how the masses cheered Jesus in the triumphal entry and read political meaning into the whole show. in fact in the bible, Jesus was advised to tell the people to keep calm otherwise the show could spark a response from the authorities. Jesus answered that God would raise stones to cheer him if they kept quiet.
Pompey took a decision to kill Caesar upon suspicion that Caesar wanted to be king. Caiaphas decided to kill Jesus because the Jews hailed him as King of the Jews.
To be easy for Pompey Magnus to execute his plan, he allied himself with the closest friend of Caesar, Brutus. Caiaphas thought it wise to involve a close companion of Jesus to make things easy. He allied himself with Judas Iscariot.
Brutus was the last to stab Caesar to death and as Caesar was dying on Brutus' sword he said to Brutus, 'et tu, Brute?' meaning ' so you too, Brutus?' Judas Iscariot openly betrayed Jesus with a kiss and Jesus words to him was, ' you betray the son of man with a kiss?'
Brutus finally committed suicide having regretted from his actions. The suicide story of Judas Iscariot is not unknown to us all.
Caesar was killed on the 15th of March. Jesus was killed on the day after the Jewish Passover which was always celebrated on the 14th day of the first month of the year which was the month of March in those days.
Whatever we make from these similarities, it is for all of us to ponder over them. Thank you very much for reading. I will be posting more of such insightful stories. Please do not forget to subscribe.
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