The religious leaders tried to pin Christ as a political threat, but instead of defending himself, in order that He may lay His life down for us, He went willingly. Christ suffering under Pontius Pilate was no accident of history; the plan of redemption has Christ coming at the appointed time, to fulfill all that the prophets had spoken. Don't think too little of the price that has been paid for our sins. We are forgetful people who are quick to undervalue Christ and the significance of all that He went through in dying for His people. Christ's kingdom is not of this world. We don't spread the Word like Islam through forced surrender at the end of a sword, but we take part in the advance of the kingdom through the spreading of the gospel.