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24 condemned to the shameful punishments of scourging and crucifixion. ,,26 "Pilate, then, would have liked to save Jesus. . . . . . According to a tradition, Jesus found a supporter in the wife of the procurator himself. . . . . . and the idea that the blood of this beautiful young man was about to be spilt, weighed upon her mind. . Certain it is that Jesus found Pilate prepossessed in his favor. The governor questioned him with kindness, and with the desire to find an excuse for sending him away pardoned. ,927. Thereupon Pilate endeavoured to release him, but the Jews cried out, 'If thou release this man, thou art no friend of Caesar. Whosoever claimeth to be a king denieth the claims of. Caesar. On hearing these words Pilate brought. Jesus forth, and sat down on the judgement-seat in a place called the Pavement,-in Hebrew,. Gabbatha. It was the preparation day of the. Passover, and about the sixth hour. And he said to the Jews, 'Behold your king:' but they cried out,— 'Away with him, crucify him. '-Pilate said to them, 'Shall I crucify your king?' -The chief priests replied, 'We have no king but. Caesar. '-When Pilate perceived that his efforts 26 27. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11 edition, p. 352, under Jesus Christ. . Ernest Renan, Life of Jesus Christ, Modern Library edition, p. 352