After Jesus was put on trial by the group called the sanhedrin, he was taken to the people in charge of the city he lived in to be put on trial.
The person's name was Pontius Pilate, and he was the ruler in the area of Judea that was part of the country called Rome.
The people who did not like Jesus brought him to Pontius Pilate and said that Jesus was telling everyone that he was the King of the Jews.
They said that it was against the law for him to say he was king, because the Roman Emperor was in charge of all the people and that would mean Jesus was better than him.
Pontius Pilate talked to Jesus but didn't think that he did anything wrong, so he wanted to have him set free.
The angry crowd said that they wanted Jesus to be guilty, so Pilate agreed to have Jesus crucified on a cross.
(from: wikipedia - pontius pilate)
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