Ἀντῐ́πᾱς (Antípās), a contraction of Ἀντῐ́πᾰτρος , that may mean also: enemy of the Father.
The spiritual Christ possessing Jesus in Mark is the Son of Father, before the his judaizing sarcastic reduction to "Jesus Bar-Abbas".
Why Pilate? Because of Herod "anti-Father"
Why Pilate? Because of Herod "anti-Father"
Nihil enim in speciem fallacius est quam prava religio. -Liv. xxxix. 16.