Reflections on life, meaning and purpose

Why did they do it? Judas, the Jewish leaders, Pilate — why did they send Jesus to his death?

Governor Pilate was actually not eager to kill Jesus. He did not want to get involved in that religious squabble. Pilate declared three times that he found no guilt in Jesus, but then people were saying, “If you release him, you are not a Friend of Caesar!” When Pilate’s interests were threatened he acted selfishly rather than doing justice, and condemned to death an innocent man whom he had a duty to protect. We have a responsibility to care for the vulnerable too.