When Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but rather that a riot was starting, he took water and washed his hands in front of the crowd, saying, “I am innocent of this Man’s blood; see to that yourselves.”
And all the people said, “His blood shall be on us and on our children!”
Then he released for them Barabbas, and having fscourged3 Jesus, delivered him to be crucified.
I agree that Pilate did everything he could to encourage the Jews to allow Jesus to be set free, even asking them to choose between setting Jesus Christ free to choosing to set a deranged murderer free... but the Jews chose to release the murderer have have Jesus tortured and crucified while they mocked Him.
With the Jew's history of respecting Jesus Christ, what could go wrong?
When Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but rather that a riot was starting, he took water and washed his hands in front of the crowd, saying, “I am innocent of this Man’s blood; see to that yourselves.”
And all the people said, “His blood shall be on us and on our children!”
Then he released for them Barabbas, and having fscourged3 Jesus, delivered him to be crucified.
I agree that Pilate did everything he could to encourage the Jews to allow Jesus to be set free, even asking them to choose between setting Jesus Christ free to choosing to set a deranged murderer free... but the Jews chose to release the murderer have have Jesus tortured and crucified while they mocked Him.
Gives me chills.