Though some blame Pilate and the Romans for the death of Christ and others blame the Jewish authorities and people in general, the truth is that your sin and mine are responsible for the death of Jesus Christ. At an even more profound level, no one was able to murder Jesus Christ. He clearly stated that no man could take his life from him. He had the authority to lay it down and he had the authority to take it up again. Jesus was not a victim of the courts, he was in full control when he gave his life for our sin.