Who were the villains? Pilate, the Priests, Herod, or the Crowd? Pilate (who is usually the bad guy in the movies) knew the Priests wanted to kill Jesus out of envy and he tried to make a case for Jesus’ innocence. Even Herod found no evidence to support crucifixion but the Priests worked the crowd into a frenzy.
Roy Paget, one of our members, made a good point - Barabbas was fighting the Romans and would have been a hero to the people so perhaps it didn't take a lot of effort on the part of the Priests to get the crowd to call for the release of Barabbas but the crowd calling for crucifying Jesus has to be laid at the feet of the Priests.
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