He is infamous for his contributions to Jesus’ suffering and death. Though his name is immortalized through the recitation of the Creed each Sunday, Pontius Pilate’s life as a whole is largely ...

It’s a straightforward part of the Easter story: The Roman governor Pontius Pilate had Jesus of Nazareth killed by his soldiers. He imposed a sentence that Roman judges often inflicted on social ...

A short time ago we remembered the trials of Jesus before the Sanhedrin of the Jewish leaders (Luke 22:66-71), King Herod (Luke 23:6-11), and repeatedly before the governor Pontius Pilate (Luke ...

Pilate begins the scene with his back turned to the camera and to Jesus, paying more attention to the steed brought for his inspection. “So you are the King of the Jews,” he asks with ...

Jesus is brought before Pontius Pilate, the prefect of the Roman province of Judaea, for his sentencing. Pilate listens to the accusations leveled at Jesus by the Pharisees. Realizing that his own ...

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Jesus was neither an imperialist nor a bigot. There is a biblical figure who provided a model for your tactics. His name was Pontius Pilate, and he was a clean-cut Roman procurator who condemned a ...

Roman law was supposed to give Jesus a fair trial, but this was not the case It is said that justice given by Roman law was famous, and thus it was expected that the governor, Pontius Pilate ...

The ring's discovery sparked excitement and debate amongst historians and archaeologists, as it may well have been worn by the man who sentenced Jesus Christ to death. Pontius Pilate served as the ...