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The matter somewhere short of execution. >> perhaps, pilate is hoping this will be sufficient and the jewish authorities will accept this. >> look, i am bringing him out to you to let you know that i find no case against him. >> pilate says, i find no crime in this man. and he gets jesus, and he puts him in front of the jewish authorities, but this is a man whose been horribly flogged. >> here is the man. >> hes wearing regalia, purple robe, a crown on his head, and pilate says -- >> behold the ...

>> pilate is really trying to figure out, is this a rabbi from galilee and followers who think hes special or someone who has come specifically in order to overthrow roman power? >> are you the king of the jews? >> hes trying to ascertain whether jesus is a political threat to roman power in judea. >> if you say so. >> blasphemy. >> in lukes account of the trial, pilates verdict is swift. >> i find no places for an accusation against this man. >> i think that pilate himself had grave doubts that...

All the sudden you serendipitously reading your whole life, studying your whole life and its like this aha, oh my goodness, i get why jesus came here. >> reporter: jerusalem is the epicenter of three great faiths, christianity, judaism, and islam. more than half of the visitors to the country are christians. coming increasingly from asia and african nations. leading parishioners from ohio to the site of the visitation where mary is said to have praised god after learning she is the mother of jes...

>> my kingdom is not of this world. >> jesus says, my kingdom is not of the character of worldly kingdoms. its not of this world. i came to bring the truth. >> everybody who belongs to the truth listens to my voice. >> what is truth? >> when pilate asks jesus, what is truth, we have a great example of dramatic irony. here is the man who is acting as judge and jury in a sense over this mans life, truth should be exactly the thing that he understands. >> pilates not understanding jesus is not fort...

>> that, of course, was sedition, it was rebellion, it was absutely not what any jew should be involved in since the temple is sack ra sanctuary. >> if what jesus was saying was able to rally the people around him, that could create the kind of unrest that would be a serious problem for kyra fas. >> his whole upbringing taught him that protecting the temple was the most important thing. >> this is the most holy place on earth. and here comes this prophet from where? from nowhere, from galilee tr...

Warning. >> have nothing to do with that innocent man. in a dream last night, i suffered much on account of him. >> in the ancient world, dreams are often seen as a way in which the gods communicate with humans. we have sort of the voice of god coming into the narrative at this point and declaring jesus innocent. matthew also contrasts a pagan woman who already understands something about jesus with the jewish chief priests who are intent on getting jesus killed. >> recalled the man. its an impo...

Sedrick richmond at the washington press club foundations annual dinner. take a listen. >> and you can just explain to me that, that circumstance because she really looked kind of familiar in that position there. >> so now richmond is apologizing in a statement that we just received moments thaeg reads in part, the last thing i would ever want to do is utter words that would hurt or demean women. i apologize to kellyanne conway and everyone who have found my comments to be offensive. well the ...

Jerusalem. >> i think he had resolved well before he ever entered the city on the donkey to do whatever it took to accomplish the mission. >> matthew describes the whole city of jerusalem being in turmoil with people saying, who is this, and the crowds answer, this is jesus the prophet from nazareth. >> he arrives as the city prepares for passover. >> its the largest religious event of the jewish calendar. promises of a new kingdom is very powerful, especially when people are celebrating the lib...

It helps to make it all come alive. >> and just quickly, what will viewers in and your hope walk away with after watching this? >> well again, i think and especially the first episode is about pilate and the stone that was found. it was the master stories coupled with what history and biblical archaeology has done to try to inform the gospels. what those findings tell us about the life of jesus, i think, is remarkable. theres still a lot of mystery. theres still a lot of questions. not serving r...

So anyone or anything that gets in the way is going to be destroyed. >> and so at that point, as soon as he hears them say that, he sends jesus to the cross. >> i am innocent of this mans blood. see to it yourselves. >> pilate is not very interested in being fear minded at all but delaying executing jesus or trying to do a lesser thing than execute jesus. >> his first responsibility was to rome and any threat to rome needed to be dealt with. >> jesus was not executed for being the son of god. he...