The Middle Knowledge of God

Pilate had full control. He could have said, no, we're going to set him free. So then would God's plan have been foiled? Because it was predicted from the beginning of man, from centuries. And so how would these things have come true if Jesus Christ had not fulfilled them? We know that Christ himself was in a very self-aware manner, specifically fulfilling the predictions made about him. The ultimate prediction was that he was going to die and be raised.