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I
saw
Pilate
hesitate
.
Pilate
,
the
Roman
governor
,
for
the
moment
was
Pilate
the
man
,
with
a
man
's
anger
against
the
miserable
creatures
clamouring
for
the
blood
of
so
sweet
and
simple
,
brave
and
good
a
spirit
as
this
Jesus
.
I
saw
Pilate
hesitate
.
His
gaze
roved
to
me
,
as
if
he
were
about
to
signal
to
me
to
let
loose
;
and
I
half-started
forward
,
releasing
the
mangled
foot
under
my
foot
.
I
was
for
leaping
to
complete
that
half-formed
wish
of
Pilate
and
to
sweep
away
in
blood
and
cleanse
the
court
of
the
wretched
scum
that
howled
in
it
.
It
was
not
Pilate
's
indecision
that
decided
me
.
It
was
this
Jesus
that
decided
Pilate
and
me
.
This
Jesus
looked
at
me
.
He
commanded
me
.
I
tell
you
this
vagrant
fisherman
,
this
wandering
preacher
,
this
piece
of
driftage
from
Galilee
,
commanded
me
.
No
word
he
uttered
.
Yet
his
command
was
there
,
unmistakable
as
a
trumpet
call
.
And
I
stayed
my
foot
,
and
held
my
hand
,
for
who
was
I
to
thwart
the
will
and
way
of
so
greatly
serene
and
sweetly
sure
a
man
as
this
?
And
as
I
stayed
I
knew
all
the
charm
of
him
--
all
that
in
him
had
charmed
Miriam
and
Pilate
's
wife
,
that
had
charmed
Pilate
himself
.
You
know
the
rest
.
Pilate
washed
his
hands
of
Jesus
'
blood
,
and
the
rioters
took
his
blood
upon
their
own
heads
.
Pilate
gave
orders
for
the
crucifixion
.
The
mob
was
content
,
and
content
,
behind
the
mob
,
were
Caiaphas
,
Hanan
,
and
the
Sanhedrim
.
Not
Pilate
,
not
Tiberius
,
not
Roman
soldiers
crucified
Jesus
.
It
was
the
priestly
rulers
and
priestly
politicians
of
Jerusalem
.
I
saw
.
I
know
.
And
against
his
own
best
interests
Pilate
would
have
saved
Jesus
,
as
I
would
have
,
had
it
not
been
that
no
other
than
Jesus
himself
willed
that
he
was
not
to
be
saved
.
Yes
,
and
Pilate
had
his
last
sneer
at
this
people
he
detested
.
In
Hebrew
,
Greek
,
and
Latin
he
had
a
writing
affixed
to
Jesus
'
cross
which
read
,
"
The
King
of
the
Jews
.
"
In
vain
the
priests
complained
.
It
was
on
this
very
pretext
that
they
had
forced
Pilate
's
hand
;
and
by
this
pretext
,
a
scorn
and
insult
to
the
Jewish
race
,
Pilate
abided
.
Pilate
executed
an
abstraction
that
had
never
existed
in
the
real
.
The
abstraction
was
a
cheat
and
a
lie
manufactured
in
the
priestly
mind
.
Neither
the
priests
nor
Pilate
believed
it
.
Jesus
denied
it
.
That
abstraction
was
"
The
King
of
the
Jews
.
"
*
*
*
*
*
The
storm
was
over
in
the
courtyard
.
The
excitement
had
simmered
down
.
Revolution
had
been
averted
.
The
priests
were
content
,
the
mob
was
satisfied
,
and
Pilate
and
I
were
well
disgusted
and
weary
with
the
whole
affair
.
And
yet
for
him
and
me
was
more
and
most
immediate
storm
.
Before
Jesus
was
taken
away
one
of
Miriam
's
women
called
me
to
her
.
And
I
saw
Pilate
,
summoned
by
one
of
his
wife
's
women
,
likewise
obey
.
"
Oh
,
Lodbrog
,
I
have
heard
,
"
Miriam
met
me
.
We
were
alone
,
and
she
was
close
to
me
,
seeking
shelter
and
strength
within
my
arms
.
