“We must ensure that no innocent person is killed for murder."

The chief priests and elders, who sought evidence to condemn Jesus to death (Matthew 26:59), conspired to kill Him based on the charges of blasphemy against the temple (verse 61) and blasphemy against His divinity (vv. 63-65).  They then bound Jesus and took Him to the governor, Pontius Pilate (Matthew 27:1-2).  Though Jesus was sinless (2 Corinthians 5:21), they considered Him a sinner deserving of death and handed Him over to the Roman governor, Pontius Pilate. Clearly, Deuteronomy 19:10 states, "… an innocent person should not be put to death for a crime…," but they made the sinless Jesus into a condemned criminal.  Here is the verse from 2 Corinthians 5:21: "God made Him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God."