Pilate let Joseph have it, and Joseph prepared Jesus’ body for burial. “Joseph took the body, wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut out of the ...

Pontius Pilate was the Roman prefect (governor) of Judea around A.D. 26-37 and is most famous for presiding over the trial of Jesus, as described in the Bible. "In the Christian tradition, Pontius ...

It’s inconceivable, therefore, that Jesus was executed inside of the city walls. While in Jesus’ time the Church lay outside of Jerusalem, the expansion of the city over the following ...

Joan De Jesus, founder of Wine for Me, knows where to go when the vibes need to be just right: good food, low-key energy, and always a glass in hand.

Two millennia ago, religious and secular authorities colluded to kill a man who preached love and practiced what he preached.

And when Jesus doesn’t answer—either out of a refusal to speak, as is often the case in the Gospels, or out of the doubt that wracks Dafoe’s Jesus—Pilate cannot help but feel disappointed.

A Homily for Palm Sunday. Readings: Mark 11:1-10 Isaiah 50:4-7 Philippians 2:6-11 Mark 14:1-15:47 Pilate was punctilious. However else you might evaluate him, give him that. The Jewish historian ...

The Roman trial . It is said that justice given by Roman law was famous, and thus it was expected that the governor, Pontius Pilate, was to give Jesus a fair trial.

Pilate suggests that they seal the tomb with a large stone. Now Matthew refashions the final scene of Mark's story. The women come to the tomb and discover that Jesus is gone.