After Pilate realized Jesus was innocent of the charges brought before him, he wanted to let Jesus go, but when he told the people what he wanted to do, they got upset.
They didn’t want justice, they wanted death! They wanted blood! They wanted the blood of Jesus and they got it!
If you want the blood of Jesus Christ applied to your life today, you can have it.
The mob asked for His blood and He gave it to them. He died for them. He even asked for their forgiveness. While He was on the cross, just before He died, He cried, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do”.
They were building the foundation of our salvation. Now we can be forgiven through repentance and our sins can be washed away through baptism. The crucifixion is the foundation of our faith.