transportation into the city, this is a very deliberately provocative act. jesus is essentially claiming, i am the king of the jews, the expected messiah coming from the east into the jerusalem to bring new hope. anyone in authority at the time would be deeply concerned that jesus was actually trying to incite come kind of rebellion. pontius pilate is also in jerusalem, not to celebrate passover but to keep the peace and dispense roman justice. imagine, you have thousands and thousands of people coming to the same place. they re staying in tents all around the city. in walks jesus with thousands of followers, and he tries to disrupt what s going on there. this is exactly what pilate s job is. his job is to prevent
no, i don t care. that, of course, was sedition, it was rebellion, it was absolutely not what any jew should be involved in since the temple is sacrosanct. if what jesus was saying was able to rally the people around him, that could create the kind of unrest that would be a serious problem for caiaphas. caiaphas whole upbringing taught him that protecting the temple was the most important thing. this is the most holy place on earth. and here comes this prophet from where? from nowhere, from galilee trying to disrupt their activities there. quite clearly, jesus had to be eliminated. but only one man in jerusalem can authorize his execution.
during work under the tower of david museum. in our excavation, we find enormous walls and we interpreted them as the foundations, it s the retaining wall to the advice. and if this was the palace, it was also likely the spot where pilate held the trial of jesus. jesus was sentenced, here in jerusalem in the area, meaning, the residents of the roman government. haird s long lost palace, the most lavish in the city is the obvious spot for pilate s headquarters. it s enormous. it s royal. this is the place where ponchos pilate should sit in jerusalem, only here.
this is exactly what pilate s job is, his job is to prevent that kind of a ruckus. for pilate, it s order in the city he s looking to maintain. to keep jerusalem under control, pilate depends on a powerful ally. the way that rome rules in judea is by using the high priest. the high priests are running the show. but rome exercises it s own power over the priestly class by appointing and sacking at will. according to historical account, pilate governed through the same high priest for ten years. he is the ultimate moral and religious authority in jerusalem. and he s also the mediator between the people and the roman government. he ruled as high priest for a long time, suggesting that he was a pretty practical fella.
jerusalem. the location in the bible for the ultimate act in the life of jesus. this place was the defining event of jesus ministry. it s where he was crucified by the romans. millions of pilgrims have come here to follow in the footsteps of jesus, but his passion would never have reached it s climax were it not for one man, ponchos pilate. questions of pilate s cull. ability and his desire to execute jesus is a complicated