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Pontius Pilate’s Public Defense of Jesus
✦ A Jewish crowd[1] brought Jesus before Roman authority. Pontius Pilate argued profusely against crucifying Jesus.[2] ✦ Luke 23:4 refers to the Jewish crowd as “multitudes.” ✦ Pilate carried Jesus’ defense to the point that a riot was forming.[3] ✦ Why would the Roman Prefect defend a Jewish peasant, whom he supposedly had never known, in front of a mob vehemently calling for his execution? |
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