Luke 23:5
And they were the more fierce, saying, He stirreth up the people, teaching throughout all Jewry, beginning from Galilee to this place. And they were the more fierce, saying, He stirreth up the people, teaching throughout all Jewry, beginning from Galilee to this place.
The outcry was fiercer because it came after Pilate had examined Jesus and declared that he found no fault in him, the leaders raising their charge to a higher pitch of intensity in response to that verdict of innocence. Their charge was that he was stirring up the people by teaching throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee and continuing to this place at Jerusalem. By framing his widespread teaching ministry in those terms they presented it as political agitation and seditious influence well known throughout the country, portraying him as a danger to Caesar.
The accusation was false, unsubstantiated, and base perfidy against an innocent man. Pilate saw no signs of sedition, placed no confidence in their testimony, was certain of Jesus' innocence, knew him to be the victim of envy, and had no thought of condemning him upon such a charge. The fierce charge was made in anger and was driven by the envy and plotting and scheming of the priests, scribes and rulers to destroy one who stood in their way, with murderous intent likened to Cain's, as part of a plot to have an innocent man condemned as a political agitator.
The mention of Galilee gave Pilate reason to learn that Jesus was a Galilean under Herod's jurisdiction, and dreading the ill will of the people he seized upon it to spare himself further difficulty, refuse to decide the case himself, escape responsibility, and send Jesus to Herod, then in Jerusalem. Pilate, who had power to condemn or to release, also hoped by that act to acknowledge Herod's superior authority, heal their old quarrel, and bring reconciliation, so that the two rulers became friends over the trial. The pressure of the priests and rulers upon the Roman governor to do their will led on to Jesus being crucified.
The condemnation belongs with the crowd's change from hailing him as king to reviling him and crying for his crucifixion. He foresaw that rejection and warned his disciples about it beforehand so they would not be overwhelmed when the crowd turned.