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Gandhi´s doctrine of passive resistance was exactly what Jesus instructed his followers about and which led to his easy capture and torture. It is also what gave both, the desired results and the incidentally, the final grief of the realisation of the ingratitude of those in the multitude without “ears to listen” . Gandhi gasped at his own Assassin and Jesus cursed the fate of Judea when he realised the end was near. Both, felt betrayed by those they chose to “save” Yet if in the case of Jesus he plotted his own demise, his poignant cry of despair might well have been provoked by unexpected lance in the side that might not been part of the deal. It might have been instigated by the very priests who were determined to make sure that Jesus did not survive the ordeal. There again, it might have been part of the signs required to show that the heart was not pumping and that there was no need to break his legs. Very little blood mixed with lung fluid would have given that impression and this in turn might have been the product of any heart slowing ingredient that may have been put into the sponge applied when he said he thirsted. It might have been this which forced the issue and a hasty and unceremonious demand for his body to be brought down. Perhaps these precious life and death moments were the planned ones which would bring him to the very lintel of death but which provided, a potentially vital rescue exercise in the tomb. There were other factors of course like the Jewish Sabbath about to enter, but then that was hours away. Again, the burial would have had to be before sunset and the argument with the Temple authorities could have been that of a pious Jewish family anxious not to be found with burial rites into the Sabbath.