I found out that their charges against him were based on questions about their law. They weren’t accusing him of anything that deserved death or prison.
then that person is proud and doesn’t understand anything. They like to argue more than they should, and they’ll always be fighting about what words mean. This results in jealousy, fighting, harmful talk, and bad suspicions.
But stay away from foolish disagreements, long ancestry lists, arguments, and fights about what the law teaches. None of those things do any good or help anybody.
If I’m guilty of anything worthy of death, I’m prepared to die. But no one has the right to hand me over to these Jews to face false charges. I appeal to Caesar!”
Pilate saw that he wasn’t getting anywhere. Instead, the crowd was starting to get angry. So he took water and washed his hands in front of them. “I’m not guilty of this man’s death,” he said. “You’re accountable for that!”