As far as I’m concerned, the people demanded Jesus to be crucified because of mob justice. And as a leader, Pontius still has to answer for the people he is governing. I mean, he himself asked the people what did Jesus do wrong.
He was a military overseer of a very recently conquered area. The Romans were still actively hunting and killing insurrectionists. He very much did not govern by the consent of the governed.
As far as I’m concerned, the people demanded Jesus to be crucified because of mob justice. And as a leader, Pontius still has to answer for the people he is governing. I mean, he himself asked the people what did Jesus do wrong.
He was a military overseer of a very recently conquered area. The Romans were still actively hunting and killing insurrectionists. He very much did not govern by the consent of the governed.