Inner family conflict

The only orchid to bloom in my home.
"All the people answered, 'His blood be upon us and upon our children.'" (Matthew 27:25)  Throughout Christian history this verse has been misinterpreted as a curse upon all Jewish people for all time. Matthew is writing around the year 70 for a community made up mostly of Jews.  They certainly are not including themselves in "all the people."
They are involved in a bitter dispute with their fellow Jews who did not become Christians.  Matthew puts this line on the lips of those Jews who called for the crucifixion of Jesus. Their children are alive in Matthew's time and still involved in the same bitter inner family conflict.  They maintain that the best way to be true to their Jewish tradition after the destruction of the Temple in 70 AD is to gather in synagogues with their rabbis.  Mathew's Jewish community maintains that following the teaching of Jesus is the best way to be true to their Jewish tradition.  A family argument limited to that time.
As Jews prepare to celebrate Passover as we prepare to celebrate Easter we pray that God's unearned love will bind us together.