They kept interrogating Jesus expecting that he would eventually be found guilty of an offence against the law. Pilate said to the Jews, "'Take Him yourselves and crucify Him, for I find no guilt in Him'" (Jn 19:6). In the questioning the high priest asked, "'I adjure You by the living God, that You tell us whether You are the Christ, the Son of God'" (Mt 26:63). The phrasing of the question presumes a response. Jesus replied, "'You have said it yourself'" (:64). Then the high priest said, "'He has blasphemed! What further need do we have of witnesses? Behold you have now heard the blasphemy; what do you think?' They answered, 'He deserves death'" (:65-66). The Jews later told Pilate, "'We have a law, and by that law He ought to die because He made Himself out to be the Son of God'" (Jn 19:7). Their religion made up laws like this, but man's laws are not ethical just because they're laws. Peter said, "'Let all the house of Israel know for certain that God has made Him both Lord and Christ--this Jesus whom you crucified'" (Ac 2:36).
Their decision resulted in "some [who] began to spit at Him, and to blindfold Him, and to beat Him with their fists" (Mk 14:65). Isaiah had said, "'I did not cover My face from humiliation and spitting'" (Isa 50:6). Micah prophesied, "'With a rod they will smite the judge of Israel on the cheek'" (Mic 5:1). Later Pilate's soldiers "kept beating His head with a reed, and spitting on Him" (Mk 15:19). The Jews were violent "accusing him vehemently" (Lk 23:10). "They cried out all together, saying, 'Away with this man'" (:18). "They kept on calling out, saying, 'Crucify, crucify Him!'" (:21). Herod's soldiers treated Jesus contemptuously, mocked him, and returned him to Pilate (Lk 23:11). Pilate responded "'I have found in Him no guilt demanding death' . . . [but] their voices began to prevail" (:22-23). Therefore "Pilate then took Jesus and scourged Him" (Jn 19:1). Micah prophesied, "'I gave My back to those who strike Me, and My cheeks to those who pluck out the beard'" (Mic 5:6). "The soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on His head, and put a purple robe on Him" (Jn 19:2). The Jews threatened, "'If you release this Man, you are no friend of Caesar'" (:12) "so he handed Him over to them to be crucified" (:16). "His appearance was marred more than any man and His form more than the sons of men" (Isa 52:14).