One man's Freedom Fighter is another man's terrorist.
The issue I have with the whole Jesus story is that for the prophecies to work, he HAD to die, which means that Herod, Pilate, and even Judas were not acting from free will or malice, but following the path that fate ( God ? ) had mapped out for them. If any one of the three had made a different decision, the whole PR plan leading up to the betrayal, the crucifixion, and the resurrection could have failed.