Pontius Pilate is inextricably linked with the crucifixion of Jesus Christ but there was always debate about his existence ...

Pilate continued to bend to the will of the Pharisees, allowing them to guard the tomb, but upon hearing of Jesus’ resurrection, he sent word to Tiberius, sharing with him the news.

While the appearance of Jesus before Pilate is described in all four Gospels, said Downtown Church of Christ Minister Greg Fleming of Midland, “I have long been intrigued by Paul’s reminder to ...

Pilate schemes for Jesus’ release, but a riotous crowd clamors for his death. Pilate caves and decides to crucify Jesus, whom Christians believe rose from the dead three days later.

Linking Jesus’ death with Pilate represents the insistence that Jesus was a real person, not merely a figure of myth or legend. More than this, ...

Pilate schemes for Jesus’ release, but a riotous crowd clamors for his death. Pilate caves and decides to crucify Jesus, whom Christians believe rose from the dead three days later.

It is in this context that Pilate meets Jesus. In Matthew’s gospel, by the time Jesus arrives at Pilate’s step, he has already been arrested and questioned by the Sanhedrin (Matt. 26:57–68).

Despite Pilate’s surprise, Jesus was indeed dead. But the Roman governor is not alone in struggling to comprehend the sheer reality of death. As a pastor of a small parish, ...

In the musical, Pontius Pilate is the governor of the Roman province of Judea and has Jesus flogged to appease a mob demanding for Jesus’s crucifixion. Pilate eventually relents to pressures ...

They have Jesus arrested and tried before Pilate during the week of Passover. ‘Jesus Before Pilate, First Interview,’ by 19th-century painter James Tissot. Gandvik/Brooklyn Museum via ...

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.

Pilate schemes for Jesus’ release, but a riotous crowd clamors for his death.Pilate caves and decides to crucify Jesus, whom Christians believe rose from the dead three days later.