Pilate tells the Jews to go and crucify Jesus themselves. He reiterates that he finds no guilt in the man. The Jews go further and say that He has made himself into the Son of God. Pilate asks him who He is. Jesus has numerous chances to declare who He is and have Pilate release him, yet it is His plan to go to the cross. This passage shows that the cross could have been avoided. Christ was not truly captured and killed against His will. In fact, it was His will to go to the cross for His people.
