Then said Thomas, (called Didymus, the twin,) to his fellow-disciples, Let us go too, that we may die with him.

They answered and said to him, If this fellow had not been a malefactor, we should not have delivered him up to thee.

Upon this Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews clamoured, saying, If thou release this fellow, thou art no friend of Caesar's: every one who professes himself a king, speaks in opposition to Caesar.