Their next move was to go to Pilate, the Roman procurator responsible for finances in the region and for maintaining law and order.3 Six incidents indicate his political responsibility (R. Brown 1994: 698–704): (1) the standards in Jerusalem (Josephus, Antiquities 18.3.1 §§55–59), (2) coinage in his time, (3) the aqueduct incident (Josephus, Antiquities 18.3.2 §§60–62), (4) bloody Galilean sacrifices (Luke 13:1–2), (5) the golden shields dedication (Philo, Embassy to Gaius 38 §§299–305), and (6)