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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. it's an important question you ask, but one i think with a simple answer. we have this need to peek over our ne...

Sedrick richmond at the washington press club foundation's 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 second season of the cnn original series finding jesus premiers next at 9:00 p.m. eastern. this sea...

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. >> it's the largest religious event of the jewish calendar. promises of a new kingdom is very powerful, especially when people are celebrating the liberation of the jewish people from the power. >> now we really can understand why the more zealotic ...

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. there's still a lot of mystery. there's still a lot of questions. not serving resolved, but the series really leans into that mystery. and i think whether you're a believer or s...

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 man's 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 was executed for being a threat to the roman empire. >> what pilate cared about was making a polit...