Pilate did not simply seize the money, for he knew that plundering the temple was sacrilege and would have caused angry Jews to ask Tiberius to recall him.
એનાથી યહુદીઓ તિબેરિયસ પાસે દોડી જાત, અને પછી જવાબ આપવો ભારે પડી જાત.