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Reality. >> speak to me. >> i think he was a harsher, brutal, matter of fact, military of a man who just got on with the job. >> i have the authority to set you free. i also can have you crucified. >> so why is the pilate of the bible so concerned with the fate of jesus? >> it was crucial for early christians to minimize the responsibility of the romans in crucifying jesus. >> further gospel writers recognizes that jesus is innocent is really important. it's as if unrighteousness recognizes righteousness when it's right in front of them.

>> in our excavation, we find enormous walls and we interpreted them as the foundations, it's the retaining wall to the advice. >> and if this was the palace, it was also likely the spot where pilate held the trial of jesus. >> jesus was sentenced, here in jerusalem in the area, meaning, the residents of the roman government. >> haird's long lost palace, the most lavish in the city is the obvious spot for pilate's headquarters. >> it's enormous. it's royal. this is the place where ponchos pilate should sit in jerusalem, only here.

Passover. >> yes. >> it's the one chance he has to do a litmus test on what the crowd actually thinks about jesus. >> barabas is offered as a dmois kind of a passover amnesty. >> who shall i release? barabas or jesus? >> he has the power over life and death in judea, yet he's perfectly willing to throw this open to the crowd and say, you guys decide. >> barabas. >> sort of perplexing that pilate would have, under any circumstances, thought about letting go a rebel. >> barabas. >> but of course,n the story, it's barabas the violent revolutionary they decide to let off. >> release barabas. >> je...

Can be very brutal. the pilate of the gospels is uncertain. a couple of the gospels suggest that the jewish authorities pressurized a reluctant pilate into sending jesus to the cross. >> are you the king of the jews? >> in reality, i think, this is not at all realistic. and i don't think it would have taken very much for pilate to be convinced that jesus had to be sent to the cross. >> we can see the gospel accounts of the trial of jesus in some ways as fictional courtroom dramas. >> then why does the pilate of the bible try to avoid crucifying jesus? >> i have the authority to set you free. >...

Pilate's buttons. if you don't get rid of this guy, you are no friend of cesar. well this is no idol phrase, what this meant was we will report you to the emperor and you can bet you're not going anywhere other than judea. >> here is your king. shall i crucify your king? >> pilate keeps pushing back at the chief priests over the condemnation of jesus. he's pushing them and pushing them, and they keep coming back to him until finally they say, we have no king, but cesar. >> we have no king but the emperor. >> this is the ultimate blasphemy. and of course from the point of view of roman governor...