I believe it was Pontius Pilate who gave the Jews a choice, either a known murderer in Barabus (not sure of name) was crucified, or Jesus. The Jews chose to have Jesus crucified, and they let Barabus go, thus the hatred by so many. Problem with this, and I won't get into anything biblical because this isn't the board, but the problem with people hating the Jews because of this is that they did what they did because it fulfilled prophecy. Jesus had to be crucified.