Biblical influences on antisemitism

Various verses from the New Testament of the Christian Bible on Jesus Christ's death and treatment by Jews, and verses that influenced antisemitism:


 * “... So when Pilate saw that he was gaining nothing, but rather that a riot was beginning, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, "I am innocent of this man's [Jesus Christ] blood; see to it yourselves." And all the [Jewish] people answered, "His blood be on us and on our children!” ...”, Matthew 27:24–25.


 * “... So, because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jews began to persecute him. In his defense Jesus said to them, "My father is always at his work to this very day, and I too am working." For this reason they tried all the more to kill him; not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God. ...”, John 5:16-18.


 * “... Jesus went about in Galilee. He would not go about in Judea, because the Jews were seeking to kill him. ...”, John 7:1.


 * “... Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I have come here from God. I have not come on my own; God sent me. Why is my language not clear to you? Because you are unable to hear what I say. You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies. Yet because I tell the truth, you do not believe me! Can any of you prove me guilty of sin? If I am telling the truth, why don’t you believe me? Whoever belongs to God hears what God says. The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God.” ...”, John 8:42-47


 * “... I and the Father are one.” The Jews picked up stones again to stone him. Jesus answered them, “I have shown you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you going to stone me?” ...”, John 10:30-32.


 * “... The Jews insisted, “We have a law, and according to that law he [Jesus Christ] must die, because he claimed to be the Son of God.” ...”, John 19:7.


 * “... “You stiff-necked people [Jews], uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit. As your fathers did, so do you. Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? And they killed those who announced beforehand the coming of the Righteous One, whom you have now betrayed and murdered, you who received the law as delivered by angels and did not keep it.” ...”, Acts 7:51-59.


 * “... For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God in Christ Jesus that are in Judea. For you suffered the same things from your own countrymen as they did from the Jews, who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove us out, and displease God and oppose all mankind by hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles that they might be saved—so as always to fill up the measure of their sins. But wrath has come upon them at last! ...”, 1 Thessalonians 2:14-16.

Jewish deicide
Multiple biblical verses have influenced antisemitism, including the Jewish deicide charge that Jews as a people hold the responsibility for killing Jesus Christ. This claim led to the slur “Christ-killer” and to the persecution of Jewish people, which included massacres and forced expulsions of Jews from many countries. The deicide charge was a commonly held position among the Church Fathers, was the official position of the Catholic Church, and was supported in legislation by various popes. As early as the second century, there were claims of Jewish deicide made by Irenaeus, Justin Martyr, and Melito of Sardis.