It wasn't Pilate.....

It is apparent Pilate is not wanting Jesus to be crucified! Several times he attempted to get Jesus to change his story…and several times he tried to get the Jews to relent from their blood-thirsty plan. Why do we think that is?
Did Pilate have a change of heart?
Did Pilate suddenly decide that ‘the best thing’ would be to let this man go?
Did Pilate finally believe that Jesus was who he said he was....and was fearful of the reprocussions?
One of the thoughts I had was that Satan was somehow involved….but now don’t believe that to be true. Satan cannot see in the future and therefore would believe that the death of Jesus would be a good thing for him. Satan wasn’t “in on” God’s redemptive plan, and would have no way of knowing that Jesus death was all part of that.

John 19:16 Finally Pilate handed him over to them to be crucified.

Another small detail that has escaped me as I’ve heard and read this story a million times, is that Pilate had written “King of the Jews” and that the Jews were not happy about it. "Do not write 'The King of the Jews,' but that this man claimed to be king of the Jews."

22Pilate answered, "What I have written, I have written." I feel this is what God, in his sovereignty, had Pilate write.

I am just awed at the whole story…How Jesus went before a kangaroo court, accepted the trumped up charges, was “judged” by a Governor with an agenda (his own job/neck) and went to the cross for our sins and ultimately God’s Glory!