I was willing to think that the Passover pardon could have been a real thing, except maybe that it was usually done with less hardened criminals. That said, it turns out there is zero extrabiblical evidence whatsoever that it was ever a thing. It was probably invented partly as a parallel to the Day of Atonement “scape goat” ritual described in Leviticus, and partly as a way of shifting the blame from the Romans to the Jews. Also of note, Pilate is portrayed in the gospels as more of an anti-villain than anything else, but in reality, he was so tyrannical that EVEN THE EMPEROR TIBERIUS FOUND HIM TOO BRUTAL FOR THE EMPIRE.
Comparing the Universal Oneness of All Life to Yo Mama since 2010.
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I was born with the gift of laughter and a sense the world is mad.
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I was born with the gift of laughter and a sense the world is mad.