JESUS OF NAZARETHILLEGAL-TAX PROTESTER

By Ned NettervilleAnd Many Other Contributors

ACCORDING TO THE GOSPEL OF LUKE,THIS IS HOW THE TRIAL OF JESUS COMMENCED:

“Then the entire assembly rose as a body and brought Jesus before Pilate.They began to accuse him saying, ‘We found this man perverting our nation, forbidding us to pay taxes to the emperor...’”–

Luke Ch. 23, ver. 1

Did Pilate execute Jesus for teaching his followers that taxes violate God’scommandment, “Thou shall not steal?” At the time he was killed, thenumber of Jesus’ disciples was increasing daily as he worked miracles of healing among the poor in Galilee and Judea. Some of his followers whotook his words to heart and began living his way of life may have resistedCaesar’s tax. Clearly, the principles that Jesus preached constituted aserious threat to tax revenues in Judea and Galilee, and even threatenedthe existence of Rome as a nation-state.In addition to being the Roman governor, Pontius Pilate was the procurator of tax revenues for Judea, a position analogous to a United States DistrictDirector of Internal Revenue. Pilate obviously could not allow a notorioustax resister to continue preaching inflammatory anti-tax rhetoric in his taxdistrict, lest he lose his lofty position and perhaps even lose his head. Sohe took the pragmatic course and crucified Jesus.

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Revised Edition, March, 2006This work is hereby released into the Public Domain.To view a copy of the public domain dedication, visit:http://creativecommons.org/licenses/publicdomain/Mailing address:Creative Commons559 Nathan Abbott WayStanford, CA 94305, USA.DEDICATED TO:Jesus of Nazareth, perhaps the first illegal-tax protester Doctor Bob and Bill, two old friendsMr. Florida, a dedicated libertarian and our frequent bail bondsmanCarl Watner, voluntaryist and a true inspirationIrwin Schiff, the Internal Revenue Service’s worst nightmare(Currently imprisoned by the IRS. Please pray for him)

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

NED’S INTRODUCTION.............................................................................4PREFACE: EXEGESIS AND HERMENEUTICS/.......................................6CHAPTER 1: GUILTY! CRUCIFY THE TAX REBEL...............................12CHAPTER 2: RENDER UNTO CAESAR.................................................25CHAPTER 3: BLASPHEMY......................................................................29CHAPTER 4: THE CHARACTER OF JESUS..........................................36CHAPTER 5: TAX COLLECTORS AND PROSTITUTES........................43CHAPTER 6: GOD’S LAW OR MAN’S LAW, PEACE OR WAR.............51CHAPTER 7: JESUS CHRIST, ANARCHO-CAPITALIST........................60CHAPTER 8: THE INTERPRETERS’ GUILT...........................................71CHAPTER 9: THE PETER AND PAUL PROBLEM..................................91CHAPTER 10:SCHOLARS WHO SUPPORT OUR THESIS.................106CHAPTER 11: SEPARATE CHRISTIANS FROM THE STATE.............117CHAPTER 12: SLAVERY AND TAXATION............................................126CHAPTER 13: THE JESUS-PRINCIPLES.............................................131NED’S ADDENDUM:...............................................................................134BIBLIOGRAPHY ...................................................................................142