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Pontius Pilate’s Public Defense of Jesus
A Jewish crowd brought Jesus before
Roman authority and Pontius Pilate argued profusely against crucifying Jesus. Luke 23:4 refers to the Jewish crowd as “multitudes.” Pilate carried Jesus’ defense to the point that a riot was forming. Why would the Roman Prefect defend a Jewish peasant, whom he supposedly had never known, in front of a Jewish crowd vehemently
calling for his execution?
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