Heh....did Jesus not go to the temple fought those merchants inside?
Did he not go against the temple leaders?
Did he not threaten their authority?
It's seems reasonable that they wanted him dead then.
There is NO evidence what-so-ever that somebody other than Jesus was crucified, this is a complete fabricated lie, history does not support this neither does Archeology.
How about they thought they crucified him?
"At this time there was a wise man who was called Jesus. . . . Pilate condemned Him to be condemned and to die. And those who had become His disciples did not abandon His discipleship. They reported that He had appeared to them three days after His crucifixion and that He was alive; accordingly, He was perhaps the Messiah concerning whom the prophets have recounted wonders" (Antiquities, xviii.ch. 3, subtopic 3, Arabic text).
"Now, there was about this time, Jesus, a wise man, if it be lawful to call him a man, for he was a doer of wonderful works--a teacher of such men as receive the truth with pleasure. He drew ever to him both many of the Jews, and many Gentiles. He was the Christ; and when Pilate, at the suggestions of the principal men amongst us, had condemned him to be condemned and to the cross, those that loved him at the first did not foesake him, for he appeared to them alive again the third day, as the divine prophets had foretold these and the ten thousand other wonderful things concerning him; and the tribe of Christians, so named from him, are not extinct at this day" (Antiquities, xviii.ch. 3, subtopic 3, Greek text).
hahaha .... this is a known complete FORGERY.
check it out.
By the way, Josephus didn't right about the slaughter of children when Jesus was born....only one in History to write about it is Matthew...hint hint?