Now see the wickedness of the Jews, and the moderation of Pilate, though he too was worthy of condemnation for not resisting the people. For they cried out, “Crucify”; he faintly tries to save Jesus from their determined sentence, and again puts a question to them.
Wherefore there follows: “Then Pilate said unto them, “Why, what evil hath he done?” For he wished in this way to find an opportunity for releasing Christ, who was innocent.
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