David, the essay, JESUS OF NAZARETH, ILLEGAL-TAX PROTESTER, does not assume. It provides a wealth of evidence in support of the proposition that Pilate, as a Roman procurator or prefect responsible for, among other duties, finances, including taxes, within a Roman province, would not ignore or dismiss out of hand an accusation that Jesus was forbidding or otherwise interferring in Rome's collection of taxes. Here, at this site of all place, it should not be hard to convince participants that a tax official would so summarily dismiss the charge of inciting tax resistance as the canonical gospels imply. The essay, JESUS..., provides considerable evidence from Scripture and elsewhere that the charge was NOT false.

But let us get back to the point. Your opinion, as I indicated, is bereft of support, and your link to an old thread on this forum does nothing whatsoever to prove the statement you presented as factual that the Herodians were in charge of Temple finances. I am not asking you to prove it, only show me some evidence to support your opinion.