Cantata

Pilate:
I see no reason to authorize this execution;
And this is the season to set one of your people free
So here's my suggestion: this wise and unusual rabbi;
Your priests seem to hate him, but he seems quite harmless to me

Caiaphas:
Are you, O Pilate, a faithful, good servant of Caesar?
For this Jesus here makes a claim to be King of the Jews
If you would ignore him, you too would be guilty of treason
You'd best execute him, or you may be crucified, too

Caiaphas:
Hear ye, hear ye, let the trial begin;
Bring the guilty, I mean the accuséd one, in
Let witnesses come, let us hear, let us see--
I'm sure we will find that their charges agree