Pilate’s Fault

Pope St. Leo the Great, Sermon 59: “Pilate’s fault is indeed, less than the Jews’ crime; for it was they who terrified him with Caesar’s name, chided him with hateful words, and drove him to perpetrate his wickedness.  But he also did not escape incrimination for playing into the hands of those that made the uproar, for abandoning his own judgment, and for acquiescing in the charges of others.”