John 19-21

It took me over 15 minutes to read the end of John's gospel. Pilate faced a terrible choice; convict an innocent man to death or risk the Jews starting a revolt. Surely he had the troops on alert, ready for anything that the Jews might attempt. But their rabbid hatred toward Jesus must have been unsettleing. Surely Pilate wanted to find some justification for sentencing Jesus to death, but Jesus would offer nothing that Pilate could use to support such a wrong choice. In the end Pilate made the more politically correct choice; at least fromhis perspective.
Stuart