It was quite political back then as well. Governments were corrupt and so was the religious establishment.
Everyone thought they knew how things would go. For the disciples, they had a miracle worker as their teacher/leader. He could stop a storm and raise people from the dead. Surely he would prevail.
The Sanhedrin and Pharisees had a prophecy and traditions to uphold. They were “all in” and were confident that they would know and recognize the foretold Messiah. But this young upstart, this Jesus, was just another rebel, using tricks and magic to sway the masses.
And the Romans, well, they had their law and order and strength to rule the whole world. Their gods had blessed their Caesar and they were loyal to a fault. Why would they even question that authority? God help the man who tried.
He was just one more punishment, one more lesson for the masses, one more death. That one they called Jesus, he could have talked his way out of it; the evidence was sketchy at best. The crowd could yelled louder to release him. Even the disciples wondered why he didn’t stop the proceedings.
None of it made sense to the human mind or to the naked eye. sometimes it’s the worst of times that must happen to shed light on the truth.
” By a perversion of justice he was taken away.
Who could have imagined his future?” Isaiah 53:8 [RSV,CV]
Meditations from Zion 
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