“Pontius Pilate did not sentence Christ to death.”
“No one has the power to take my life from me. I have the power to lay it down, and I have the power to take it again. John 10: 17-18
Everything that occurred was according to plan. Even including the people involved who made their own “free-will” decisions and did what they personally wanted to do. :)
I completely agree, it was the fulfillment of prophecy, and had to happen.