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One thing I have to say is that as if Pontius Pilate would have asked the crowd about choosing Jesus or Barabbas; he was the Roman Prefect (historical) of that area and ruled with an iron fist.
Anyone, Jesus or whoever, that would have been causing problems during Passover, especially knowing that only a few years before, they had a riot and the Romans had to kill hundreds of Jews to restore order, would have been up shit creek.
Pilate wouldn't have thought for 2 seconds about killing him. There was NO hand-wringing from the cruel Pilate. It was a fast trial and execution, with no second thoughts. In fact, Pilate was recalled a few years later for being an EXCESSIVELY cruel Prefect.
It was a collaboration pure and simple, and for Gibson to absolve Pilate in anyway, even indirectly, is terrible. In absolving Pilate, he almost lays it 100% at the feet of the Jews.
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