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It is clear from all the gospel accounts that Pilate knew that Jesus was innocent and the whole charade was a setup by the Jewish religious leaders to get rid of Jesus. Pilate confronted the crowd with the reality of their actions, “What crime has He committed?”. But the crowd were not for looking at reality. Sin does that to us, it blinds and distorts our thinking.
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Pilate so he was getting nowhere and infamously washed his hands of the matter. He was half right in what he said, “It is your responsibility”. The people had to accept responsibility for what they were doing, they were manipulating events in order to have Jesus killed. However, he was wrong when he said “I am innocent of this man’s blood”. He was not innocent. Pilate had the authority to release Jesus, he was the one who ultimately signed the death sentence. There are times when people object to saying the Jews killed Jesus, and terrible things have been done in history using this as a justification for the terrible actions. The Jews were guilty, but so were the Gentiles. We are all guilty. Romans 3:23 sums up the situation, “All have sinned ..” Anytime in history when one group decides that all their problems are the result of someone else's sins is a recipe for disaster.
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