My two German devotional treasuries

In one of my German devotional treasuries I find this about Pilate.

Pilate, the silly judge.

Please read Matthew 27:24.

He is silly because of three things:

FIRST of all he says that the Lord Jesus Christ is without guilt, that he is innocent.

SECONDLY in spite of that he is sentencing the Lord Jesus Christ to death.

THIRDLY he is performing the act of washing his hands in token of innocence.

Pilate is so silly that even a little child cannot help but laugh about what he is doing.

I am finding that in the book Lass dein Heil uns schauen by Wilhelm Busch