man, i explain it to you and you still don't get it? what's wrong with you? israel (palestine back then) was under roman occupation.  the population was mostly jews and the administration was roman. the pharisees decided they want jesus dead. they had tremendous influence on the jewish people, so the roman administration had the entire volatile occupied population demanding jesus to be executed. would pilatus risk an open revolt for the life of an innocent? well, he didn't. nor would us, probably in his position.
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