Pilate is looking for every excuse not to kill Christ. But he's not a strong leader. Pilate's wife even warns him about condemning Christ. She says she's suffered a dream about Christ. Interesting that Pilate's wife should have this kind of premonition. You have to wonder why her?
It's interesting to me too that Pilate tries to skirt the issue by sending Him to Herod and Herod sidesteps the whole deal by sending Him back to Pilate dressed in an elegant robe. And then this weird little piece of scripture -- "That day Herod and Pilate became friends -- before this they had been enemies." [Luke 23:11-12] Intriguing. What was their relationship based on? Did Pilate find Herod's dressing Christ in an elegant robe amusing? Does misery like company? Odd that their friendship should be marked by the moment that Jesus is tried.
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