So Why not Pontius Pilate

So I don't usually write about religion, but a friend of mine posed what I thought was a very interesting  question so she said, "why didn't Jesus show himself to his doubters like Pontius Pilate? With it in mind to prove them wrong, in particular she felt that Pontius Pilate was quite clear that he felt that Jesus had not done as the crowd had said and a beating may sufficed?

I thought it would have been because Jesus having the perfect nature that he does would not be the sort of man to say i told you so, because that's it isn't? that would be like saying " nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh"  he after all was about turning the other cheek. 

Is that a rather human and / or superficial way of looking at it?  After all, being Easter we heard the story of Thomas, who doubted what his fellow disciples told him. he said that unless he saw for himself the holes made by the crucifixion, he would not believe so hence the phrase doubting Thomas and we also heard about the two disciples while they were walking to the   Emmaus about 7 miles outside Jerusalem, they were talking about the events when Jesus appeared in a different form to them so they did not recognise him and prophesied they were quite surprised that the "stranger" did not seem to be aware of what had happened. He explained to them how it was ordained that the Christ would suffer and enter into his glory! He explained all the scriptures from the prophets starting with Moses!   When they got home they invited him in and it was only wen they broke bread that they recognised him they then set out back to Jerusalem and told the others that it was true that the lord has risen.  And these were people who believed from time. 

Also it could be argued, that these people Pilate and co, did not want him, so what would be the point of going to them? Therefore in my mind its quite clear that Jesus could not deviate from what had been prophesied in order to prove to the haters who he was. He had many other opportunities to do that in particular when he was being taunted while on the cross by the criminal, instead he asked his father why he had forsaken him! 

And here is God’s gift to his people – faith. As Christians I think it may be our abundant duty to spread the word so that everyone can share in God’s gift. I believe too, that by rejecting Jesus in life they were rejecting God and his gift! 

So I am now wondering, what it would have been like if he had shown himself to Pontius pilate what the world would be like today?