When Pilate declared, "I find no reason for a charge against this man," he was saying that Jesus had done nothing, that Jesus had no fault, that there was nothing blamable in this case. In essence, Pilate was saying that Jesus was sinless! Can you imagine? From the mouth of a pagan, Roman governor comes the proclamation of truth about Christ, while the religious leaders were screaming for crucifixion. Could part of the problem have been the way the Jerusalem leaders looked at Jews from Galilee? There was a definite divide between them in the religious culture of that day. Jesus was considered to be one of "those" people from Galilee who could not possibly have known better than "us," the elite of Jerusalem!

When Pilate saw Jesus, he didn't seem to be worried about Jesus as a king. After all, the man before him looked bloodied and beaten already. But if Pilate had been able to see Jesus as the King described in the book of Revelation, he would have had a completely different response. So would the lost world today.

When the Jewish religious leaders brought Jesus to Pilate for trial, what were the charges they levied against Jesus? Which of those charges was Pilate most concerned about? Why was this Roman governor worried about what those religious leaders wanted? Why did he feel the need to cater to them? And just who was Pilate anyway?