They found no ground for condemning Jesus even though they hired false witnesses. "It was not because they didn't try that the Jewish religious leaders could find no crime. They employed Judas to be. traitor, they bribed false witnesses, they held. preliminary trial in hopes that Jesus would utter some unguarded word that they could use against Him" (Reese p. 477). "They asked Pilate" In the end, they were forced to put pressure on Pilate, that if he did not release Jesus, they would do their best to portray him as being disloyal to Caesar.

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