He was a bureaucrat who wanted no troubles and law/order.
To accomplish this he needed to work with the Jewish power structure in Judea.
He was not going to send his governance into chaos over a poor Jew. No matter guilty or innocent.
It really is that simple.
The writings of Philo and Josephus proved nothing about Pilate’s existence, the doubters said. Those two were just repeating stories they heard. Pilate was probably a mythical character, made up to advance the Jesus story.
The discovery of the Pilate Stone changed all that.
He would have made a great GOP-e.
Pilate is a “saint” in the Coptic church in Egypt (I believe his saint day is June 25th). He is said to have become a devout follower of Jesus and a leader in the early church.
Interesting . . .
pilate was picked as governor to keep a lid on the powder keg that was the land of the jews
he had to deal with jewish politicians who wanted to maintain their own power
he had to deal with a festival crowd overflowing in a city which was turbulent in NORMAL times
The romans generally used a zero tolerance policy to handle things
The one person.. the ONLY person... to try to block Jesus's crucifixion... not once, not twice, but THREE times... when even Jesus knows what has to happen to get all of our sins forgiven... and yet Pilate still gets unending hatred for 2000 years. SMH.