In this episode, we finish our look at chapter 18 out of the Book of John. We cover verses 28-40. After Jesus' arrest, after being questioned by Annas, and after an illegal and mockery of a trial before Caiaphas (the High Priest the Romans recognized), Jesus is taking by the Jewish religious leaders to Pontius Pilate, who was the Roman governor over Jerusalem and the surrounding area, to demand Jesus' execution. They told Pilate that Jesus declared himself as a king who wanted to overthrow Rome. Pilate and the religious leaders were not on good terms, and Pilate didn't want anything to do with their plot to kill Jesus because he thought the religious leaders' issue with Jesus was related to a dispute over Jewish law, not Roman law. After questioning Jesus, Pilate truthfully declared that Jesus was "'not guilty of any crime.'" But when Pilate offered to release Jesus because of the Passover, the religious leaders, and the mob they had put together, demanded that a murder and a real rebel named Barabba be released, and Jesus killed.
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