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Er... read the sentence, with particular reference to the word *"Some"*.

Or was it because of the demands of the early Bophuthatswanan Methodists that Pilate gave up and washed his hands of the whole thing, despite finding no reason to convict Jesus?

Of course (in the story) ***some*** Jews actively promoted his death.

That's a huge part of the story: God promises the Jews a Messiah; Jews on the whole expect said Messiah to be a warrior King; said Messiah turns out to be notable pacifist from a humble background; many Jews disappointed; some regard him as a fake; He's rejected by the Jewish people (as a whole, but not all of 'em); He gets sacrificed, and becomes saviour of anyone, Jew or Gentile, who chooses to believe in him.

Over the next 2000 years, a number of cults grow up, emphasising different aspects of the story, or making up new bits, and some of them then take it in turns to fall out with each other and everyone else.

Meanwhile most people - Jews, Christians, Muslims, Sikhs, Hindus, Shintoists, Taoists, Buddhists and even atheists - just want to get on with their lives, treat their philosophical beliefs or superstitions as an important but small part of who they are, and really don't try too hard to take offence where none is intended, and certainly don't confuse "some" with "most", "many" or "all" when a factual statement is made about some members of a given group.