All of them said, “Let him be crucified.” The governor said, “Then what evil has he done?” But they were crying out even louder and saying, “Let him be crucified.”
This verse portrays the blindness of the human crowd and the complete distortion of justice. Pilate tries to find a reason for guilt, but the people do not seek the truth; they demand blood. The cry, “Let him be crucified,” becomes the worldwide voice of sin, by which humanity rejects the Holy One of God. In this moment, the sentence of the cross is born not from law, but from hatred, and at that moment Jesus’ innocence exposes the dark hearts of the crowd, showing how far a person can go from the truth. Pilate’s question, “What evil has he done?” becomes a rhetorical call for all ages, revealing that when a person does not accept the truth, he demands that it be crucified.