And Pilate, when he had called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people,
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Ambrose of Milan
AD 397
They send Christ to Herod and then to Pilate. Although neither pronounces him guilty, both gratify the desires of strange cruelty. Pilate washes his hands but does not wash away his actions. A judge should not yield to either envy or fear and then sacrifice the blood of the innocent. Pilate’s wife warned him. Grace shone in the flight. The Godhead was revealed, yet he still did not abstain from a sacrilegious verdict.
