"He breaks the law.

And it were better that one man should perish, rather than the whole people." Annas, with an approving nod, said-- "But He, apparently, has many disciples." "Yes, many." "And they, it seems probable, have a great love for Him ?" "Yes, they say that they love Him, love Him much, more than themselves." "But if we try to take Him, will they not defend Him?
Will they not raise a tumult ?" Judas laughed long and maliciously.

"What, they?
Those cowardly dogs, who run if a man but stoop down to pick up a stone.

They indeed!" "Are they really so bad ?" asked Annas coldly.
"But surely it is not the bad who flee from the good; is it not rather the good who flee from the bad?
Ha! ha! They are good, and therefore they flee.

They are good, and therefore they hide themselves.