ok try this out.Yes I dismissed it and that is because I do not see anywhere in the scripture that it was the crowd that followed the crowed he was asking for forgiveness for and the mere fact he pleaded for forgiveness indicates that Jesus believed that his plea was heard and that God the father might do as he pleaded.
I don't believe in adding interpretation of scripture or in any kind of understanding that is aside from what the scriptures themselves say and as I said the scriptures do not say it was the crowd following the crowd and again if he pleaded with the father then he must have believed that he heard and might answer his plea.
So in conclusion and forgive me if I am to not understand this correctly Jesus was speaking about the Jews who were crucifying him
When Jesus said to pontas perhaps he who delivered you to me was greater of bigger sin, was he opening the eyes to the dream his wife had about the messiah ?
I do believe these things just pass people by.
Jesus was showing pontas that the people handing him over to pontas where guilty of knowing he was the messiah but still handing me over to you, whilst opening his eyes that pontas was also guilty of the same thing.
There you have the Pacific reason.
I would like you to answer the question, when Jesus said forgive the crowd for they know not what they do, was he saying that on the bases, they know not what they do for all things they know not what they do.