{What then shall I do unto Jesus which is called Christ?}
(	i oun poi(8873)(9320)I(8873)oun ton legomenon Christon;). They had asked
for Barabbas under the tutelage of the Sanhedrin, but Pilate
pressed home the problem of Jesus with the dim hope that they
might ask for Jesus also. But they had learned their lesson. Some
of the very people who shouted "Hosannah" on the Sunday morning
of the Triumphal Entry now shout {Let him be crucified}
(staur(9374)h(8874)(935c)). The tide has now turned against Jesus, the hero
of Sunday, now the condemned criminal of Friday. Such is popular
favour. But all the while Pilate is shirking his own fearful
responsibility and trying to hide his own weakness and injustice
behind popular clamour and prejudice.