Jesus was sent to Pilate two times on the night of His betrayal. First, the Jews sent Him there from the house of Caiaphas. When Pilate discovered that Jesus was from Nazareth, He was sent to Herod, thinking he could wipe his hands of the case. It appears to have been a fairly short meeting between the two. Jesus would neither speak to Herod nor perform miracles for him. So Herod had Him sent back to Pilate.
John 18 and 19 records the account of Jesus’ second encounter with Pilate. After he had Jesus flogged, soldiers put a crown of thorns on His head and dressed Him in a purple robe. They continued to beat Him while mocking, “Behold, the king of the Jews.”
Pilate then presented Jesus to the crowd that had gathered outside. John 19:4 picks up the account:
Pilate went out again and said to them, “See, I am bringing him out to you that you may know that I find no guilt in him.” So Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said to them,“Behold the man!” (John 19:4-5 ESV)
The Latin (Vulgate) translation of John 19:5 renders the Greek [Ide, oJ a‡nqrwpoß], “Ecce homo.” The Ecco Homo church marks the traditional spot where this event took place.
It is built on the edge of the eastern Forum of Hadrian’s Aelia Capitolina (his renaming of Jerusalem). An arch of that entry still exists today and has been incorporated in the current architecture (pictured above).
The above mentioned Forum is believed to have been built over an area that would have been part of the Antonia Fortress, Pilate’s “judgment hall,” just to the north of, and connected to, the Temple Mount.
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