On the Christian tradition of the Recall of Pilate

The Christian tradition regarding Pilate's trial is noteworthy:

(a) the Giving Up of Pilate has a strange formula where the Emperor is unnamed and entirely sympathetic to Christianity and wants to punish the Jews for killing Christ. Gaius in the end did much the same thing perhaps for different reasons. (I find it interesting that most people read Philo's work in concert with what appears in Josephus but I always mistrust the surviving Christianized copies of the latter. Could the reason for Gaius' threat against the Jews have been based on their mistreatment of "little Marcus" Agrippa? It would explain the statue in the temple metaphor).

(b) The Report of Pilate before Claudius makes Claudius the Emperor which is ridiculous but it shows that the tradition deliberately and consistently avoids acknowledging Gaius' presence for some reason. The longer Greek form identifies the Caesar as Tiberius. It also introduces Berenice (although unnamed) and her relation to Paneas.

(c) The Death of Pilate has Tiberius as the Emperor and Berenice as the holder of the sacred sudar.

(d) In the Letter of Herod we find Gaius slipped into the letter in a strange way ". Now, my lords, if this is not satisfactory, I would ask my accuser, Caius, to write any of the learned Jews, and learn if my statement is not correct. As to Agrippa's accusing me of having arms for seventy thousand soldiers, it is correct; but they were left me by my father, Herod the Great."

(e) The Letter of Pilate again identifies Tiberius as the Caesar but the fact that the speech is identified as occuring on March 28th is interesting.

(f) In the Avenging of the Saviour Tiberius is the Caesar, Berenice is present but so is Titus. Pilate is a prisoner.

(g) The Acts of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul identify Claudius as the Emperor