12 And Herod and Pilate became friends with each other that very day, for before this they had been at enmity with each other…
“What crime has this man committed? Pilate demanded?The I have found in him no grounds for the death penalty. Therefore I will have him punished and then release him.”
But with loud shouts they insistently demanded that he be crucified, and their shouts prevailed.
— Luke 23:12
The most popular and the most respectable joined hands.
