Stations in the Street - Station 3

“Shall I crucify your king?” Pilate asked.
“We have no king but Caesar,” the chief priests answered. John 19:15

Jesus submits quietly and peacefully.
Jesus is condemned by religious leaders.
What was their fear?

“what new mystery is this? overflowing emptiness
the Invisible is seen among the shadows and the mist,
before my doubting eyes… the Infinite appears in time -
the Unquestionable is questioned but makes no reply!