Well Pilate DID literally wash his hands of the whole thing. Plus blaming the Romans undermines the whole “If he did nothing wrong why didn’t he comply with law enforcement?” narrative.
The Romans are gone and their Empire has been dead for longer than anyone has been alive. The Jewish people are still around and have their own State…which is continually in the news because they keep behaving like they still live in the Old Testament.
The Romans get a pass for some reason.
Realistically, nobody was going to blame the dominant culture that ended up spreading the plague, I mean, Christianity.
Well Pilate DID literally wash his hands of the whole thing. Plus blaming the Romans undermines the whole “If he did nothing wrong why didn’t he comply with law enforcement?” narrative.
The Romans are gone and their Empire has been dead for longer than anyone has been alive. The Jewish people are still around and have their own State…which is continually in the news because they keep behaving like they still live in the Old Testament.
https://youtu.be/qmFhsts8WC4?si=Cgh_oQo71FcYIZc6
excuse to post some sopranos