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We have here a sentence of death being passed upon our Lord Jesus. The mighty struggle that had gone on inside Pilate, between his convictions and his corruptions finally came to an end and his corruptions won out. The fear of "man" had a greater power over him than the fear of "God". In effect, he signed the warrant for His execution. He had pronounced Him innocent yet condemned Him as guilty.
Pilate, since he had become governor of Judea, had exasperated the Jews in many ways, he had sacrificed many to enforce his resolutions. Fearing, therefore, that he may have pushed them to the limit, he was willing to gratify the Jews in this way. In an effort to transfer the guilt upon the Jews, he delivered Him, not to his own officers as would have usually been the case, but to the chief priests and the elders thus attempting to relieve his own conscience. Thus Christ was condemned, though innocent, that we who are guilty might not be.
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