The Passion of Jesus Christ

[Professor S]

Originally Posted by Koopa

also erm...weren't most of the public "pagan" romans?

Nope. You have to remember that the Romans were conquerors and government officials. One of the reasons why the Romans were so good at maintaining such a large empire is that they learned to not attempt to impose their religious beliefs on others. Those that were Romans at that time in that area were soldiers, social elite and officials. The general populace was that of the people who lived there before the Romans came, which would be Jewish.