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It must be emphasized that the main storyline presented Jesus as having been relentlessly pursued by an evil cabal of Jews, headed by the high priest Caiaphas, who finally blackmailed a weak-kneed Pilate into putting Jesus to death.

Last time I checked, that "storyline" was literal Gospel Truth ... and followed upon three years' worth of Jesus' conflict with the Jewish religious authorities of his time. Pilate, as a Roman pagan, didn't really care until someone rather spuriously portrayed Jesus as being in conflict with Caesar.