They cried out, 'Away with him! Away with him! Crucify him!' Pilate asked them, 'Shall I crucify your king?' The chief priests answered, 'We have no king but Caesar.' — The leaders' demand—"Away with him!" (Aire aire)—twice over, echoes the Barabbas demand. The question "Shall I crucify your king?" forces an explicit choice. The leaders' response—"We have no king but Caesar"—represents theological apostasy: the descendants of David reject all kings but Rome's. The irony reaches apex: those devoted to Torah assert allegiance to a pagan tyrant to destroy God's true king.

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