The Roman governor, Pilate, was the only person who could legally sentence Jesus to death. So the Jewish leaders sent Jesus to him for a second trail, hoping he would be found guilty and put to death.

the trial before Pilate, the final kind of public scene where the decision is made to send Jesus to the cross. Of all of those episodes, most of them seem to be the product, really, of literary ...

The Roman governor, Pilate, was the only person who could legally sentence Jesus to death ... They spat on him and beat him with the staff, before putting his clothes back on and leading him ...