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Were the Jews expecting the Messiah to suffer at all?
Jewish expectations for the messiah's coming were diverse, so we should be careful not to generalize or look back at the period with hindsight and project assumptions that might not apply. The OP does ...
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Why is Jesus portrayed and remembered in a state of suffering?
Because, with St. Paul, "we preach Christ crucified," which, with a false understand (1 Corinthians 2:14) of the meaning of the suffering of Christ, or inded the idea of such on its face, is "...
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