Whovever wrote this article is trying desparately to rewrite history. I will prove from all gospel accounts that it was the Jews who arrested Jesus, put him on trial and condemned Him to death for 'blashpemy', abused Him, and then coerced Pilate through a huge, angry mob, to crucify Jeusus. Pilate made no less than five separate attempts to save Jesus from the Jews, but when they became unruly and threatened to take the matter to Ceasar, Pilate finally relented. Read what the Bible records:
"Upon this Pilate sought to release him, but the Jews cried out, "If you release this man, you are not Caesar's friend; every one who makes himself a king sets himself against Caesar." (John 19:12)
Now read the rest of the dialogue:
"When Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus out and sat down on the judgment seat at a place called The Pavement, and in Hebrew, Gabbatha. Now it was the day of Preparation of the Passover; it was about the sixth hour. He said to the Jews, "Behold your King!" They cried out, "Away with him, away with him, crucify him!" Pilate said to them, "Shall I crucify your King?" The chief priests answered, "We have no king but Caesar." Then he handed him over to them to be crucified". (John 19: 13-16)
Now, on several prior occasions the Jews tried to stone Jesus, push Him off a cliff, and arrest Him for the crime of 'blasphemy', punishable by death according to Jewish law. Read on:
"The Jews took up stones again to stone him. Jesus answered them, "I have shown you many good works from the Father; for which of these do you stone me? The Jews answered him, 'It is not for a good work that we stone you but for blasphemy; because you, being a man, make yourself God." (John 10: 31-33)
"Again they tried to arrest him, but he escaped from their hands". (John 10:39)
Who arrested Jesus and placed Him on trial, the Jews or the Romans? The Bible tells us that it was the Jews:
"While he was still speaking, Judas came, one of the twelve, and with him a great crowd with swords and clubs, from the chief priests and the elders of the people". (Mathew 26:47)
Did the Jews take Jesus to Pilate for condemnation, or to their own their own high priest Caiaphas? Read what the Bible says:
So the band of soldiers and their captain and the officers of the Jews seized Jesus and bound him. First they led him to Annas; for he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high priest that year. It was Caiaphas who had given counsel to the Jews that it was expedient that one man should die for the people". <(John 18:12-14)
Pilate tried desparately to release Jesus from the mob of Jews, for he sensed His innocense:
"Pilate then called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people, and said to them, "You brought me this man as one who was perverting the people; and after examining him before you, behold, I did not find this man guilty of any of your charges against him" (Luke 23: 13-14)
Pilate tries once again to release Jesus, again proclaiming His innocence, but the Jews persist in forcing Christ's death:
"Behold, nothing deserving death has been done by him; I will therefore chastise him and release him." But they all cried out together, "Away with this man, and release to us Barabbas" (Luke 23: 16-18)
Pilate, not wanting to condemn an innocent man, yet again attempts to save Jesus' life:
"Pilate addressed them once more, desiring to release Jesus; but they shouted out, "Crucify, crucify him!" (Luke 23: 20-21)
Pontius Pilate is still not ready to give up Jesus to the Jews, and he pleads for Jesus' life one more time:
"A third time Pilate said to them, "Why, what evil has he done? I have found in him no crime deserving death; I will therefore chastise him and release him." But they were urgent, demanding with loud cries that he should be crucified. And their voices prevailed." (Luke 23: 22-23)
So we see in the gospel of John and Luke that it was the Jews who betrayed, arrested, tried, and unrelentingly demanded the death of Jesus, against the strong wishes of the Roman Procurator, Pontius Pilate. Now let's see what Mathew records about the event:
"While he was still speaking, Judas came, one of the twelve, and with him a great crowd with swords and clubs, from the chief priests and the elders of the people". (Mathew 26:47)
"Then those who had seized Jesus led him to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders had gathered---Now the chief priests and the whole council sought false testimony against Jesus that they might put him to death", (Mathew 26:57-59)
It was the Jews who condemned Jesus, spat in His face and ridiculed Him, as Mathew records:
" Then the high priest tore his robes, and said, "He has uttered blasphemy. Why do we still need witnesses? You have now heard his blasphemy. What is your judgment?" They answered, "He deserves death." Then they spat in his face, and struck him; and some slapped him, saying, "Prophesy to us, you Christ! Who is it that struck you?" (Mathew 26: 65-67)
Finally, here are the most self-condemning words ever spoken by mankind, and they even carry a condemnation for indeterminate generations to come, for obvious reasons:
"And Pilate said, "Why, what evil has he done?" But they shouted all the more, "Let him be crucified." So when Pilate saw that he was gaining nothing, but rather that a riot was beginning, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, "I am innocent of this righteous man's blood; see to it yourselves." AND ALL THE PEOPLE ANSWERED, "HIS BLOOD BE ON US, AND ON OUR CHILDREN!" (Mathew 27: 23-25)