Good Friday
CRUCIFY HIM! CRUCIFY HIM! CRUCIFY HIM! The crowd gathered around Pilate's estate grew more agitated with every passing moment. If he couldn't get this riot under control he could lose his position. Caesar would not take kindly to a man who couldn't control a crowd. "I have found no guilt in this man!" He tried to reason with them. "CRUCIFY HIM! CRUCIFY HIM! CRUCIFY HIM!" He looked to where his wife's messenger now stood off behind him. Her words echoed in his mind, ~Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for I have suffered much because of him today in a dream.~ There had to be something he was missing. "Nothing deserving death has been done by Him. Therefore, I will punish Him then release him." He had to try to get these people to see reason. He sent Jesus to be flogged. When Jesus was brought back before him his heart ached. Then he remembered, it was custom to release a prisoner at the passover feast. He could bring up Ba