ius ▁Pil ate . ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁syn opt ic ▁g osp els , ▁the ▁high ▁priest ▁who ▁exam ines ▁Jesus ▁is ▁Ca ia phas ; ▁in ▁John , ▁Jesus ▁is ▁also ▁inter rog ated ▁by ▁Ann as , ▁Ca ia phas ' ▁father - in - law . ▁ ▁The ▁Den ial ▁of ▁Peter ▁in ▁the ▁cour ty ard ▁outside ▁the ▁high ▁priest ' s ▁palace , ▁the ▁same ▁time . ▁Peter ▁has ▁followed ▁Jesus ▁and ▁joined ▁the ▁mob ▁await ing ▁Jesus ’ ▁fate ; ▁they ▁suspect ▁he ▁is ▁a ▁sympath izer , ▁so ▁Peter ▁repeatedly ▁den ies ▁he ▁knows ▁Jesus . ▁Sud den ly , ▁the ▁co ck ▁c rows ▁and ▁Peter ▁rem embers ▁what ▁Jesus ▁had ▁said . ▁ ▁Pil ate ' s ▁trial ▁of ▁Jesus , ▁early ▁morning . ▁Pont ius ▁Pil ate , ▁the ▁Roman ▁governor ▁of ▁J ude a , ▁questions ▁Jesus , ▁but ▁cannot ▁find ▁any ▁fault ▁with ▁him ▁( acc ording ▁to ▁some ▁g osp els , ▁Pil ate ▁explicitly ▁decl ares ▁Jesus ' ▁innoc ence ); ▁however , ▁the ▁Jewish ▁leaders ▁and ▁the ▁crowd ▁demand ▁Jesus ’ ▁death ; ▁Pil ate ▁gives ▁them ▁the ▁choice ▁of ▁saving ▁Bar ab bas , ▁a ▁criminal , ▁or ▁saving ▁Jesus . ▁In ▁response ▁to ▁the ▁sc ream ing ▁mob ▁Pil ate ▁sends ▁Jesus ▁out ▁to ▁be ▁cru c ified . ▁ ▁The ▁Way ▁of ▁the ▁Cross : ▁Jesus ▁and ▁two ▁other ▁conv ict s ▁are ▁forced ▁to ▁walk ▁to ▁their ▁place ▁of ▁execution . ▁According ▁to ▁the