It’s the beginning of Holy Week for Christians around the world. Death and its aftermath are already on the minds of people whose lives are deeply affected by coronavirus (and whose isn’t?), but 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 ...

“While Pilate was still seated on the bench, his wife sent him a message, ‘Have nothing to do with that righteous man. I suffered much in a dream today because of him.’” (Matthew 27:19) Le Rêve de la ...

This week we explore words spoken to the cross and to Jesus, but words spoken too late. Some of the thoughts and ideas are taken from Seven Words To The Cross: A Lenten Study For Adults, by J. Kalas ...

We live in an age of Pilate politics. Pontius Pilate is a familiar figure to many of us, especially on this Easter weekend. He was the Roman governor of Judea and Samaria, tasked with collecting taxes ...

A long-buried street that led pilgrims to the Jewish Temple 2,000 years ago was commissioned by Roman governor Pontius Pilate. To uncover an ancient stepped street in Jerusalem, Israeli archaeologists ...

Warner Bros. recently acquired Pontius Pilate, a script by Vera Blasi (Woman on Top) about the Roman prefect who presided over Jesus' trial and was convinced by the crowd to sentence Jesus to death. ...

This post is in partnership with History Today. The article below was originally published at HistoryToday.com. Towards the end of the second century AD the pagan intellectual Celsus wrote an ...

We know the man, and we know his name. 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 ...

He is the only Roman official and non-Christian person named in Christian creeds: every week in churches around the world, millions recite that Jesus “suffered under Pontius Pilate.” It is a striking ...