A very good point - Jesus, a Jewish man, was found guilty by the Jewish court and sentenced to death. But since only the empire could sanction the death penalty they went to Pontius who was in charge of Judaea. Pontius tried to fob it off to Herod Agrippa, the client king of Galilee, with the excuse that Jesus was a Galilean, but Herod declined the hot potato.
“Pontius tried to fob it off”
Barabbas the scapegoat. Very interesting stuff.