Ecce homo! What did he mean? What did the Roman Imperial Procurator, speaking in Latin, want from the people of Jerusalem crowding impatiently beneath the balcony? Was his shout directed towards Caiaphas and the other religious leaders present, who were demanding that 'this man' be sentenced to death?

Ecce homo! Look at the man! But what for?

Perhaps Pontius Pilate wanted this: the crowd to be more resolved in reviling 'this man'the prisoner whose head