If he were not. malefactor, we would not have delivered him up unto thee.

Their reply shows that they had hoped that Pilate would take their verdict that Jesus was. malefactor, worthy of death, and would send him to death without. trial. They had condemned Jesus to death on the charge of blasphemy, because he declared that he was the Christ, the Son of God, but they knew well that Pilate would be indifferent to. charge of this kind. Such. claim on the part of Jesus would be no offence against the Roman law.

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