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The theme is that of Belief vs Unbelief. At one point Jesus said to Pilate that he was the Truth. Pilate replied: what is truth? He certainly did not know because the Truth was standing right in front of him as he asked this question. Pilate by "washing" his hands of Jesus's death was actually showing his guilt. It was not Jesus who was on trial but rather Pilate himself and through his actions or lack thereof he convicted himself. Possibly there are a number of themes and sub-themes here. Pilate was also known at times as being one who was very cruel to the Jews and also very stubborn. Here he is seen as being weak and bowing to pressure, which some have interpreted as being out of character. However on one previous occasion when he had caused gross offense to the Jews by allowing some votive shields to be placed where they should not be (according to the Jews religion) and would not yield to their pleas to remove them, they threatened and then actually did send a report to Caesar, who swiftly rebuked Pilate and ordered their removal. When at Jesus' trial the Jews said 'if you let this man go you are no friend of Caesar,' Pilate understood their meaning. This was a thinly veiled threat to do the same again - probably with dire consequences for Pilate. (Pilate of course knew the Jews wanted the Romans out and were themselves not great lovers of Caesar). The theme here could be stated in several ways - every man has his price. In this case Pilate valued his skin over justice. He bowed to pressure. 'Leverage' could be another way of stating it or 'between a rock and a hard place.'

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