Stoning was the Jewish method of bumping someone off. Crucifixion was Roman. LH is right when he says that the Sanhedren wanted to get rid of the trouble maker. However, the phrasing that Jews killed Christ has been used by Christians to persecute Jews. So, maybe we go to the expression that the Sanhedren killed Christ with Roman help just as today we say that Nazis killed Jews, not Germans killed Jews.

Bruce Murdoch