It was the day of Preparation of the Passover; it was about noon. “Here is your king,” Pilate said to the Jews.
John 19:14 NIV

I never thought about the fact that the Jews would not normally have chosen the time of Passover to do something like this. Why would they want their Holy day to be related to the death of what they considered to be an enemy. This happened when it did because it was God’s timing. The death of Jesus the sacrificial lamb, the Passover lamb, should be related to the Passover celebration. When the blood of a lamb was placed over the Israelites so that death would not touch them. Jesus’ blood over us is why we do not face spiritual death. Can never say God didn’t know what he was doing.

Pilate had a notice prepared and fastened to the cross. It read: JESUS OF NAZARETH, KING OF THE JEWS.
John 19:19 NIV

I always thought this was like Pilate rubbing in into the Jews for what they basically made him do. But today I am wondering if it was really because he was frightened and his interaction with Jesus caused him to want to do something to honor Jesus hoping it would take some of the blame from him. Or did he really believe that Jesus was the king of the Jews.