Posted: Sep 25, 2013 7:25 pm
Nebogipfel wrote:That's something else that puzzled me when I was small. Why was Pilate always regarded as such a bad man? As far as I could see, he made a pragmatic decision under a lot of pressure. Who might not have done the same in his place?
I don't think Pilate is portrayed as badly as the Sanhedrin, but his "crime" was to crucify a man who he considered innocent of the charges brought against him. He "washed his hands" of Jesus rather than to preserve an innocent man. He took water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, “I am innocent of this man's blood".