The story of the crucifixion of Jesus is told in chapter 19 of John’s account of the good news, in a way that illustrates the different ideas of reality held by the different actors. Pilate had a fairly superstitious outlook. He believed that Jesus had not done anything wrong, but he was less concerned about establishing the truth than he was about not getting into trouble, whether with the angry crowd, or with an angry god.
The senior priests and temple officers already had their pre-conceived notions of what the “truth” was, and no amount of evidence or logical persuasion was going to change their minds. People tend to choose their own version of “truth”, and in many – perhaps most – cases, people choose to believe a “truth” that they feel comfortable with or which validates their egos and lifestyles, rather than a truth which is based on an objective consideration of all the relevant facts.
Jesus’s own take on reality was based on his understanding of his role in God’s ultimate plan for the world. His behaviour seems odd, given that he seems to have said nothing to defend himself when he was clearly quite gifted as a speaker and there was a reasonable chance that he could have used his oratory skills to turn the situation around. But he knew that he had to die to pay for the sins of others, so that sinners could be reconciled to God, and he simply endured the trial and crucifixion without resisting.